Podcasting Made EasyLearning Technologies Workshop

Monday 14th February

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Workshop Programme

• What is a Podcast?

• Using Podium

• Using Audacity

• Using Podbeans

• Using the cLc

• Getting Fancy

What is a Podcast?

• In brief a podcast is:– an audio recording that is distributed via the internet – downloaded and listen to via a PC or mobile device – a syndicated feed that uses RSS to pull the files to the

user

• The term podcast is a a portmanteau of the words "iPod" and "broadcast", the Apple iPod being the brand of portable media player for which the first podcasting scripts were developed

Where can I Get Podcasts?

• iTunes

• Online directories

Types of Podcasts

You can podcast several different types of files– Audio – usually mp3 format– Enhanced Audio (with images) – mv4 format– Video – mpg4 or mov (iPod compatible) – also called

vidpod– PDF – also called eBooks

As most people use iTunes to subscribe to podcasts you need to have your files in a format that iTunes recognises

How do I make a Podcast?

3 main steps1. Record the audio file

2. Put it in a ‘broadcast’ folder on internet

3. Get the subscription link

We will focus on Audio

podcasts today

• Record straight into software

• Simple editing• Publish with click

of button• Get subscription

link with click of button

• Need FTP site

• 5GB Monthly Bandwidth• 100MB Storage• (100 minutes audio podcast, 25

minutes video podcast with average quality)

• Easily include pictures, links, audios and videos, invite comments and categorise your posts

• Choose and customize layout from a range of templates

• Intuitive Feed Settings and iTunes Preview

• Geo Podcast Stats Powered by Google Map

• Easily display your podcast to blogs, websites and social networks.

Free Basic Account Details

Demonstration of Podbeans

• Go to Lee-Anne’s ePortfolio homepage on cLc to find links to podbean demonstration

Using the cLc to Podcast

• Podcasts need an RSS feed to work!

• cLc can create RSS folders

• Put audio/video files into folder

• Copy URL of RSS folder to iTunes

• Anywhere you create a folder you can create a podcast

• The podcast has the security of the group that it belongs to

Making it Fancy

cLc custom page

Feedburner creates list

Feedburner creates subscribe link

Flaming text heading

Feedburner ???

• Feedburner takes the URL from the RSS folder and does all the hard work

• Owned by Google

Paste URL from RSS folder here

Compare the Podcast OptionsPodium Podbean cLc

Storage FTP server needed

Max 100Mb (free) ∞Ownership Password

protectedAccount owner Changeable

Content Type Audio only Audio, Video, PDFs etc or combination

Audio, Video, PDFs etc or combination

No of Podcasts Unlimited 1 Unlimited

Subscribe to iTunes?

Yes – copy URL

Yes – single click Yes – need to set up or copy URL

Ease of Use Very Easy Easy Depends on level of finish wanted

Security Public Public Inherits from Group

Websites for Reference

• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

• Podcast.net - http://www.podcast.net/

• Podcast.com - http://podcast.com/

• iTunes Store - http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html

• Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/

• How to Podcast - http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/what-is-a-podcast.htm

• Podbeans – http://www.podbean.com/ • Podium – http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/ • Feedburner - http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home