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ULEAPUniversity of Louisville

Education Activities Podcast

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Podcasting in the CommonwealthPodcasting in the Commonwealth““Telling our stories to the world…”Telling our stories to the world…”

Our Goals for the Training

• Define: podcast, podcasting, and podcaster

• Learn to use podcasting software• Work as a team to develop school

podcasting presence• Create a school podcasting website• Learn new stuff, ask questions, and have

Education Activities PodcastWhat is a Podcast?

Definition from Wikipedia

• A series of digital media files distributed over the Internet

• Distribution is done by subscription using RSS

• Podcasts may be listened to on computers or portable MP3 players

• The hosts or authors of a podcast are referred to as podcasters.

What is a Podcast?

Uses Listeners

Record and distribute news broadcasts

The entire campus community andgeneral public

Recorded teacher’s notes Student, teachers

Audio / video recruitingdevelopment

Prospective students and parents,

Recorded meeting and conference notes

Students, faculty, staff, admin

Oral history archiving and on-demand distribution

Students, faculty

Sport event distribution. Students, alumni, and public

Podcast Uses

Tools Needed to Create Podcasts

•Computer connected to the Internet

•Microphone for audio podcasts

•Headphones to hear you final product

•Camera for video podcasts

•Software is free: Audacity (audio), Movie Maker (video), and Koyote Video Converter (video)

Podcasts created by ULEAP

Hosted by a server at:

https://uleap.louisville.edu/

School address for podcasts is:https://uleap.louisville.edu/groups/schoolname

How do we start?

P.D.I.

•Plan

•Design

• Implement

•Audience

•Format

•Schedule

•Who Does What

Education Activities PodcastDesign

•Consistent episode format

“teaser" and “tagline”

•Episode artwork

•Naming and description

of each episode

Implement

•Create a work area

•Organize the work area

•Develop a schedule for creating

•Get the Word Out!!!

Single topic Podcast OutlinePodcast about a Specific Topic (1 topic of focus for show)1. Show introduction as a ‘teaser’: 30-60 seconds longa. Who you are,b. What you're going to talk about:.c. Include your “tagline”(Your teaser intro should get listeners interested and wanting to hear more)

Steps to Podcasting• Choose a topic• Decide on a “teaser” with a

“tagline”• Create the script outline• Record the podcast• Produce & Publish• Quality Control

Steps to Podcasting• Choose a topic• Decide on a “teaser” with a

“tagline”• Create the script outline• Record the podcast• Produce & Publish• Quality Control

Using the ULEAP Media Server

https://ULEAP.louisville.edu

Education Activities PodcastUsing the ULEAP Media Server

To upload your first podcast episode click on podcast capture

Log in using your Admin name and password

Click on File icon to upload your media file

Click on Browse button to navigate and locate your media file to upload

Navigate and locate your media file to upload. Click on Open

Your podcast workflow name will automatically be selected. Give the podcast episode a name and fill in the description. Finally, click Publish.

You media file is being uploaded

IMPORTANT:Do not name your media files using characters the web does not recognize, e.g. / ” - ; : \.

Congratulations. You have completed your first podcast upload.You can continue to upload new media files by clicking New podcast button

Creating the Podcast Website

Navigate to your podcast episode by using the address given you, e.g. http://uleap.louisville.edu/groups/groupname/

Click on pencil icon to access Admin Settings

Click on Settings

General allows you to change the theme of your podcast site or the name. You can place a contact email here so viewers can write to you.

Under Services you MUST click on “Create a podcast for this wiki’s Blog”. Select iTunes category

Creating the Podcast WebsitePermissions are already set. But you do want to moderate ALL comments. These will be sent to email you entered before.

Your blog is the storage closet for your media. Each new episode is stored here.

Using the ULEAP Media Server

http://ULEAP.louisville.edu

EXAMPLEShttp://uleap.louisville.edu/groups/brandeisbiomes/

http://uleap.louisville.edu/groups/cochranepop/

Audio Only Site

http://uleap.louisville.edu/groups/hcms/

Using the ULEAP Media Serverhttps://ULEAP.louisville.edu

Contact:

Steve Swan

sbswan02@louisville.edu

Joshua Reynolds

joshua.reynolds@louisville.edu

Skype sbswan

Using the Tools of Podcast Creation

Using Audacity

•Audacity is a FREE sound editor

•Audacity records your voice

•Audacity imports music or sound files

•Audacity edits your recording

•Audacity exports your sound file to MP3 (Standard for sound files on Web and MP3 players)

•Audacity uses LAME encoding

Education Activities PodcastRecord in Audacity

• Start Audacity

• Click on the Record button

• Speak into the microphone

• Click on the Stop button

• Click on the Rewind button

• Click on the Play button

Free Music Download Sites

http://www.freeplaymusic.com

http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html

Education Activities PodcastSteps to “Export As Mp3” from

Audacity for the First Time(UofL ONLY)

Go to My ComputerGo to C:/Go to Programs Folder and OpenGo to Common Files and OpenGo to Ahead and OpenGo to Audio Plugins and OpenSelect LAME.dllFINISHED!!!!!

SPACE Play/Stop

P Pause

R Record

Keyboard Shortcuts

We recommend MPEG-4 or AVI file types. Email address must be to a POP mail account like Hotmail or Insightbb. State email will not send media files.

How Do You Subscribe to Your Podcast

Subscribing to your podcast is easy. To subscribe to iTunes click here. In the iTunes software on your computer in the Podcast section your podcast will appear. Every new episode that is added will appear automatically to your iTunes.

Subscribing to iTunes

This is how your podcast subscription appears in iTunes. Every episode is added here.

Education Activities PodcastSubscribing Using an RSS Feed

In Internet Explorer click on the RSS Feed icon

Click here to subscribe to the Podcast

Click “Subscribe” to save your Podcast subscription

All of your Podcast subscriptions are In your Feeds menu All of the episodes of your

podcast appear here.

CONGRATULATIONS

•You have created a podcast

•Develop a schedule for recording new episodes. STICK TO IT

•Contact Steve Swan at the University of Louisville, sbswan02@louisville.edu, with any questions.

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