StretchLearn Course

Edit your podcast and video by editing the words, not a waveform

Descript makes a recording editable like a document. Learn to clean a transcript, cut every um in one pass, record your screen, use Studio Sound and Overdub responsibly, and publish a finished episode — with worked examples at every step.

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Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

Descript turns your recording into an editable transcript, so deleting a sentence in the text deletes it in the audio and video. This course takes a complete beginner from a raw recording to a published episode: importing or recording, cleaning the transcript, removing filler words and dead air, layering screen recordings and B-roll, applying Studio Sound and Overdub where they genuinely help, and exporting or publishing to a host. Every lesson ends with a concrete worked example and the licensing, consent, and quality facts you need before you ship.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Set up a Descript project and choose the right recording or import path for a podcast or video

Edit audio and video by editing the transcript, including Word Detail, Ignore, and gap removal

Remove filler words and long pauses in a single pass using Remove Filler Words and shorten word gaps

Record a clean screen demo and combine narration, webcam, and screen on Descript scenes and layers

Apply AI tools — Studio Sound, Overdub, Eye Contact, and the Underlord assistant — only where they improve the result

Export a platform-ready file and publish a podcast to a host with chapters, show notes, and the right loudness

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Getting Started: How Descript Edits With Text

Understand the transcript-based model that makes Descript different, set up your first project the right way, and learn to record or import clean source audio and video. You configure the basics that make every later edit faster.

3 lessons

What Descript Is and Why Editing Text Changes EverythingContent · 40 min

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Set Up Your First Project and Account the Right WayContent · 40 min

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Record or Import Clean Source Audio and VideoContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Editing the Transcript: The Core Workflow

Learn the editing moves you will use on every project — cutting by text, fixing words, handling gaps, and removing filler — so a raw recording becomes a tight, listenable cut.

3 lessons

Cut, Trim, and Rearrange by Editing the WordsContent · 45 min

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Remove Filler Words and Tighten Pacing in One PassContent · 50 min

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Multi-Track Audio, Levels, and Studio SoundContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Video, Screen Recording, and AI Tools

Move beyond audio: build video compositions with scenes and layers, record clean screen demos, add captions and B-roll, and use Descript's AI features — including Overdub — responsibly.

3 lessons

Building Video With Scenes, Layers, and B-RollContent · 50 min

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Record a Clean Screen DemoContent · 45 min

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AI Tools: Overdub, Eye Contact, and Underlord — Used ResponsiblyContent · 50 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Polish, Export, and Publish

Take a finished edit across the line: do a final quality review, export at the right settings, publish a podcast to a host with chapters and show notes, and repurpose long content into clips.

3 lessons

The Final Quality Pass Before You ExportContent · 40 min

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Export Settings and Publishing a PodcastContent · 45 min

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Repurpose Long Content and Build a Repeatable WorkflowContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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