Podcasting

Podcasting How-To

Podcast Sites

• Odeo
• YAHOO® Podcasts
• iTunes®
• Podshow

What is Podcasting?

• A standard for distributing audio or video files in so they can be subscribed to and syndicated easily for playback later (not streaming).
• A set of tools for doing so: Web standards, user software, hardware.
• A cultural phenomenon and aesthetic encompassing a broad range of content.

When is a Podcast not a Podcast? When It's on Your TV

• Apple® Front Row
• Windows® Media Center

Gather

• Recording in Audacity (Use a Built-in Mic or Plug a Mic into Your Computer)
• Phone recording
  • Log into odeo.com.
  • Click on "create".
  • Click on "Make a Phone Post".
  • Enter your phone number in "Your phone number:", use "1234" for the pin, and leave "Don't place in a channel." selected.
  • Call the number listed and conference in anyone you want to include, make sure to hit # when you're done to save the recording.
  • Click on "create" again. Your new audio will be listed under "Your audio without a channel". Click on the file name.
  • Right-click on the "MP3" button and safe the file to your computer.

• Music

  • creativecommons.org
  • About Google™ and YAHOO® CC Search
  • Podsafe Music Network

Produce

• Audacity: Free, Open Source Software for Recording and Editing Sounds
• Audacity Documentation
  • Audacity Introduction
  • Audacity Multitrack Production
  • All Audacity Documentation
• Possible Creative Elements of Podcasts
  • Host
  • Music
  • Interviews
  • Conversation
  • Monologue
  • Documentary
  • Stories/Fiction
  • Other Podcasts (Remixing)
  • Re-purposed Content

Publish

• Upload Your Audio
  • Upload your audio to our shared server space, using your favorite file transfer program.
• Post Your Entry with MovableType
  • Go to the blog and click "post" at the top of the page, then click "create entry".
  • If you'd like to include some descriptive text explaining what your podcast is about, that would be helpful. However, all you have to do is include a hyperlink to your audio file and the software will do the rest. here's a sample link: <a href="http://<cms.876 podcast site>/<username>/<mp3file.mp3">my podcast file</a>

Listen

• Click on others' MP3s to listen!
• Subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes®.

Terminology

• Wikipedia entry: Podcast
• Feed
• RSS
• Audio File
• Episode
• Aggregator