Can You Hear Me Can You Hear Me Now?Now?

How to Make a How to Make a PodcastPodcast

Shikun (“KK”) Jiang, Technology Coordinator

National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region

Here’s ALLHere’s ALLWhat You’ll Need!What You’ll Need!

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Aggregators

Social NetworkingFolksonomies

Videocasting

Perpetual Beta

WikisTags

Social Bookmarking

RSS

Collaboration

Pay per Click

BlogsAtom Feeds

IM xhtml

SMS

Blogroll

texting

Syndication

xml

Podcasting

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Web 2.0:Web 2.0:“Web is a platform”CollaborationParticipationFlexibilityTypical applications

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What is Podcasting?What is Podcasting? Distribute multimedia files over the Internet for playback

on portable media devices or personal computers Series of episodes regularly updated Push technology Give listeners control over when, where and how Ask a Ninja – Special Delivery 1: What is Podcasting

◦ http://youtube.com/watch?v=OEmss2lg-ug

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Why Should I Have a Why Should I Have a Podcast?Podcast? Meet the needs of your audience

◦ Time-saving

◦ on-demand

◦ Control over when, where and what

Easy to use, low cost and fit into today’s mobile world◦ http://www.paulcolligan.com/podcast-statistics/

Easy to set up and manage Increase information delivery to reach extended users

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What Types of Things Could I What Types of Things Could I Podcast?Podcast?

News update Book reviews Classes Story time Examples:

◦ Denver Public Library Podcasts: http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/

◦ Hennepin County Library – TeenLinks – Podcasts :http://www.hclib.org/teens/Podcasts.cfm

◦ Mayo Clinic Podcasts: http://www.mayoclinic.org/podcasts/

◦ MedlinePlus Directors Comments:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directorscomments.html

◦ NIH Podcasts: http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/podcast/nihpodcastarchive.htm

◦ Podcasting in Libraries: http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting

◦ Other: http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/

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How to Get a How to Get a Podcast?Podcast?

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Podcatcher◦ Aggregators (aka feedreaders) “collect” RSS/Atom

Podcast feeds ◦ Web-based

◦ Google Reader: http://www.google.com ◦ Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/

◦ Client-based◦ iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ ◦ Juice: http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/

Finding podcasts◦ Odeo http://odeo.com/ ◦ iTunes http://www.apple.com/podcasting/

◦ iTunesU http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html

◦ Podcast.net http://www.podcast.net/

The Podcaster How to!The Podcaster How to!

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Several important things to consider

Design & record your audio / video content

Edit your files and save them to MP3 (audio) or MPEG4 (video) format

They can listen to the podcast on theirComputer, or download it to an MP3player or iPod

Upload the files and publish the feed

Someone subscribes to your feed

They open their feedreader

Practice Time!Practice Time!

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Practice Time:Practice Time:Sign Up for a Podbean AccountSign Up for a Podbean Accounthttp://www.podbean.com

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Practice Time:Practice Time:Software PreparationSoftware Preparation Audacity – cross-platform free audio recording &

editing software◦ Download: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

LAME code – converting audio to MP3 format◦ Download: http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?

lame_enc

GarageBand – audio recording software for Mac◦ http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

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You!ComputerMicrophoneCamcorder (optional)

Practice Time:Practice Time:Hardware PreparationHardware Preparation

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Who’s your audience?What topic you want to

cover?

Practice Time:Practice Time:Design Your ContentDesign Your Content

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Practice Time:Practice Time:Recording and EditingRecording and Editing

Who will do it?How to edit?

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Upload your podcast to your podbean account

Generate an RSS feedNotify your audience

Practice Time:Practice Time:Uploading and PublishingUploading and Publishing

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Questions?Questions?

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Shikun (“KK”) JiangTechnology Coordinator

NN/LM South Central Regionshikun.jiang@exch.library.tmc.ed

u713-799-7880