Create Your Own Podcast

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Create Your Own Podcast
Module 12
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What is a Podcast?

• Digital audio or video presentation
• Pre-recorded, suitable for playback on a digital
  device.
• Technical linked to an RSS feed, can be
  auto-updated to a digital device
• Uses lecture/discussion, updates, demos news,
  music, or any web subscription communication

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What is a Webcast?

• Digital audio or video presentation
• Live discussion, often recorded for review later
• No RSS feed must be manually downloaded to a
  digital device
• Uses as before, any web communication, not
  typically used to describe music downloads

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New Terms

• RSS Really Simple Syndication
• Allows auto-download of new data
• User subscribes to RSS/Web feed
• RSS feed URL of RSS data
• Aggregator application that checks for new
  content at an RSS feed site and retrieves the
  updates
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator

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Two minutes of digital concepts

• File formats
• File size matters
• data may be compressed
• quality may be affected
• download time is relative to size

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Sample Audio File Formats

• Extension File Description  Common?
• .aac Advanced Audio Coding File Yes
• .aif Audio Interchange File Format Yes
• .m3u Media Playlist File  Yes
• .midi MIDI File  Yes
• .mp3 MP3 Audio File  Yes
• .mpa MPEG Audio File  Yes
• .ra Real Audio  Yes
• .ram Real Audio Media  Yes
• .wav Windows WAVE Sound File   Yes
• .wma Windows Media Audio File  Yes
• From http//www.fileinfo.net

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Sample Video File Formats

• Extension File Description  Common?
• .asf Advanced Systems Format File Yes
• .avi Audio Video Interleave File Yes
• .m4v iTunes Video File  No
• .mov Apple QuickTime Movie  Yes
• .mp4 MPEG-4 Video File  Yes
• .qt Apple QuickTime Movie  Yes
• .rm Real Media File  Yes
• .swf Macromedia Flash Movie  Yes
• .wmv Windows Media Video File  Yes
• From http//www.fileinfo.net

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What software can you use to create a video
Podcast?

• PowerPoint
• Camtasia v4
• FeedForAll
• Trial versions are available

Note All software may be replaced by
any application that will produce the same results
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What hardware is required to create and produce a
Podcast?

• Workstation with speakers
• Microphone for live audio recording
• Camera for live video recording
• Delivery system
• Web server for posting Podcast server must
  understand the file format

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What do you need to download and view a Podcast?

• Free Examples
• Apple iTunes and QuickTime
• iTunes accepts most audio and video file formats
  and plays music
• QuickTime plays most video file formats

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What are the steps to create a Podcast?

• Plan
• Produce
• Publish
• Promote
• http//www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/00-podcast-
  tutorial-four-ps.htm

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Planning a simple video podcast

• Choose outline a discussion
• Outline the audio dialog
• Choose applications to create podcast
• Choose a delivery system
• Server public or private
• iPod, iRiver, etc.
• CD or DVD

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Produce

• Powerpoint create slideshow
• Camtasia add voice-over audio
• Cucusoft convert file format if needed
• FeedForAll create RSS feed file

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Publish Promote

• Copy files to a Web site
• Test with iTunes QuickTime
• Share the URL of your production!

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Questions Feel free to contact of the creator
of this material

• Barbara Taylor, Professor Collin County Community
  College, btaylor_at_ccccd.edu

This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under Grant No.
0402356. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions
or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Science
Foundation