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Introduction To Podcasting
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OVERVIEW

• General Introduction to Podcasting
• What it is
• Some Podcasitng Myths
• About iTunes
• About Vodcasting
• Planning Your Podcast
• Topic and structure
• What You Need to Podcast
• The 7 primary components

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INTRO What is a Podcast?
-an audio file (mp4) with some computer code
added so that it can be syndicated via the
internet and downloaded to your computer.

• A podcast is like a radio show.
• Like radio, podcasts often consist of episodes
  released periodically.
• Unlike radio, podcasting offers more
  choice/variety.
• Unlike radio, podcasting can use a subscription
  model, enabling the user to have favorite shows
  automatically delivered to his/her own computer.
• Podcasting is sort of like TiVo for the Internet.

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INTRO Podcasting Myths

• You need an iPod
• You dont.
• You need iTunes
• You dont.
• You cant know profile of who is listening or
  viewing.
• You can.
• Its expensive.
• You can do it for free.
• You need a distribution deal.
• Nope. You can do that yourself.

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INTRO ITunes

• Although there are other directories, other
  searches, and other podcatchers, we will focus
  here on iTunes
• iTunes
• enables you to find, subscribe, manage, and play
  back audio, as well as transfer podcasts to an
  iPod or other MP3 devices)
• runs on both Windows and Macintosh computers
• is freely available from Apple
• downloading and installing is easy
  http//www.apple.com/itunes/

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INTRO A Few Things to Note

• Podcasts may be cross-listed on other directories
  or not found in iTunes at all.
• There is no universal list of all podcasts.
• The information provided about the podcasts comes
  from the authors, not from the host.
• iTunes directory does not display all available
  podcasts.
• Some podcasts have associated Web sites, and
  visiting those sites may reveal additional
  episodes not downloadable via iTunes.

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INTRO Managing Files/Subscriptions

• Automatic subscription to podcasts can quickly
  fill up a hard drive.
• iTunes has a built-in "safety" feature that stops
  automatic downloads of new episodes if there are
  five unplayed podcasts. You can override this by
  manually downloading new episodes.
• After you've downloaded a podcast, the files can
  be listened to on your computer or transferred to
  your portable music playersuch as an iPod.

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INTRO Vodcasting

• Video podcasting, also known as "vodcasting" or
  "screencasting."
• essentially the same process as podcasting,
  except uses video files instead of audio files.
• iTunes can be your gateway into video podcasting
  too.
• As vodcasting becomes more widespread, iTunes
  should remain a good choice for both podcasts and
  vodcasts

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PLAN Choose Your Topic
Having something to say really matters!
The first step to podcasting is choose a topic.

• Choose something that interests or excites you.
  This will make creating your podcast fun for you
  and for your listeners.
• Podcasting for Instruction
• F2F class lectures and conversations can be
  audio archived and broadcast for later study
• Podcasts can support Online Learning

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PLAN Think About Structure

• A music podcast
• Intro Theme Song
• Welcome Message
• Announcements
• Song Intro
• Song
• Song Intro
• Song
• Music News
• Song Intro
• Song
• Final Comments
• Outro Theme Song

• A tech news podcast
• Intro Welcome
• Announcements
• Top 10 Tech News Headlines with Commentary
• Tech Quick Tip
• Outro

• A review show movies, food, etc.
• Intro Theme Song
• Welcome
• Announcements
• First Review
• Second Review
• Interview
• Third Review
• Final Comments
• Outro Music

• Instruction
• Welcome
• Objectives What we will learn
• Planned Lecture or actual recorded lecture and
  conversation
• Review What we have learned

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iTunes U
Apple offers free podcast hosting for colleges
and universities
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1. Open iTunes 2. Go to http//itunes.berkeley.ed
u 3. Click on Take me to Berkeley iTunes, 4.
Look in your iTunes and you will see
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Podcasting and 508 Compliance
Many educational podcasts are non-compliant with
Federal Accessibility Requirements (Section
508) In other words, they do not offer captioning
or a text component

• For required online learning activities,
  educators must also provide captioning or a
  textual component to meet federal regulations

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WHAT YOU NEEDTO PODCAST

• Computer with Internet Connection
• Microphone /or Recorder
• Audio Editing Program (Audacity)
• Web Hosting space
• Program to create RSS feeds (Podifier)
• FTP Program (FTP Commander)
• Podcatcher (iTunes)

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What You Need1. COMPUTER WITH INTERNET
CONNECTION

• PC
• at least 512 MB of RAM.
• at least 2-3 Gigabytes of Hard Drive Space
• Soundcard
• In/Out or Mic/Headphone Jacks
• Mac
• Any recent Mac that runs OS X

ALMOST NECESSARY Broadband Connection
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What You Need2. Microphone and/or Digital
Recorder

• At Your Computer
• Headset microphones work
• 35 - 200
• Or..
• On Location
• Best digital recorder you can afford
• 50 - 400

For approximately 30.00, you can get a Voice
Recorder Plugin for your iPod
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What You Need3. Audio Editing Audacity

• Audio Recorder Editor Audacity
• Free, easy to use, runs on PC or Mac.

Note 1 Audacity requires an MP3 Encoder
LAME Note 2 You can also use iTunes to convert
your audio to MP4.
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What You Need4. Web Hosting Space

• Before you write the RSS (Really Simple
  Syndication) file, which allows listeners to
  subscribe to your podcast, you need to know where
  you are going to put the files on the Web.
• You need Web Hosting Space
• We suggest
• For students McDaniels Student Server
• http//student.mcdaniel.edu/yourusername
• For faculty http//www2.mcdaniel.edu/yourusername
  
• There are, of course, many commercial Web Hosting
  Sites available.

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What You Need5. Program to Write RSS Feeds
PODIFIER

• Once you record your audio and know where you are
  going to upload it, you need to create an rss
  feed.
• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is code that
  allows listeners to subscribe to your podcast, as
  well as learn information about it (title,
  author, type, size, program notes, etc)
• You can write this, or use a FREE program to
  write it for you.
• We suggest Podifier

If you plan on doing just a one time podcast, you
may just want to write an XML file. Podifier
does that as well.
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What You Need 6. Program to Upload files to
Web FTP Commander

• Once you have
• Recorded your audio
• Edited it with Audacity and converted it to an
  mp3 mp4
• Determined your Web space (URL)
• Written your RSS feed with Podifier

• Your Final Step
• is to upload (FTP) your mp4 and your rss files to
  your Web site
• A number of programs do that (including Internet
  Explorer and Podifier), but we suggest you use
  FTP COMMANDER

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What You Need7. PodCatcher iTunes

• iTunes is recommended here and has already been
  discussed. But there are other Podcatchers and
  Pod Searching Programs. Including
• Juice
• PodNova
• Odeo

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A Few Resources and Links
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Resources and Links

• iTunes (http//www.apple.com/itunes/download/)
• The program to get for subscribing, searching,
  managing, and playing podcasts
• Audacity (http//audacity.sourceforge.net/)"Audac
  ity is free, open source software for recording
  and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X,
  Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating
  systems."
• An Audacity installation and simple usage
  tutorial can be found at http//campus.arbor.edu/
  resources/audacity/recording3/
• Podifier (http//www.podifier.com/)
• Automates creation of RSS feeds
• TUTORIAL
• How to Podcast http//www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.
  com/00-podcast-tutorial-four-ps.htm
• Nice overview. Good instructions. Great tutorial
  on recording and using Audacity.

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Resources and Links

• Podcast Network    http//www.thepodcastnetwork.co
  m/"Unlike a directory, all of the content
  available on The Podcast Network is managed by a
  central production team ensuring not only the
  quality and consistency of the actual content
  itself but also of the audio quality and the
  other technical elements.
• Podcast Bunker    http//www.podcastbunker.com/"W
  e're about Podcast Quality, not Quantity! We only
  list The Very Best Podcast!
• NPR Podcasts    http//www.npr.org/podcasts/"NPR
  Podcasts include selections from Morning Edition,
  All Things Considered and other award-winning
  programs from NPR and partner organizations.
• Podcast Alley    http//www.podcastalley.com/"Pod
  cast Alley is the podcast lovers portal.
  Featuring the best Podcast Directory and the Top
  10 podcasts (as voted on by the listeners). You
  will also find podcast software, the podcast
  forum and great podcasting info.
• Podcast    http//www.podcast.net/
• iPodder    http//www.ipodder.org/
• Vodcasts    http//www.vodcasts.tv/

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Resources and Links

• Podcasting News (http//www.podcastingnews.com/)
• Information, tutorials, hardware and software
  suggestions
• PodNova (Podcatcher) http//www.podnova.com/
• Vodcaster (http//www.twocanoes.com/vodcaster/)Tu
  torial on vodcasts. Software to help you create
  vodcasts
• Playlist.com http//playlistmag.com/features/2005/
  07/howtovodcast/index.php
• iTunesU http//www.apple.com/education/products/ip
  od/itunes_u.html

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Resources and Links

• iCube    http//web.uconn.edu/millerd/iCube.htm"
  Podcasts in mp3 format hosted by Dr. David B.
  Miller, Department of Psychology, University of
  Connecticut, Storrs, CT, U.S.A. The podcasts are
  discussions of course material for each week's
  lectures hosted by David Miller, who is joined by
  several students from his class in General
  Psychology I. (PSYC 132)."PodGuides.net   http/
  /users.telenet.be/kattebel/index_en.html
  Tutorials and tools for creating enhanced
  podcasts available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

ArtMobs, Marymounthttp//mod.blogs.com/art_mobs/
http//homepage.mac.com/dave7/ArtMobs/FileSharing
52.htmlUnofficial audio guides to art in the
Museum of Modern Art.iGeneration    http//i-gen
eration.blogspot.com/Blog and student-developed
podcasts.
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