Your Students Are Pod People …but that’s alright John Napp Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian University of Toledo

Not THAT kind of Pod People

Photo by Matthew Welch I love these library Podcasts! This kind…

What Is A Podcast?  Originally, an audio file delivered to user using an RSS feed  Audio file that can be downloaded and stored on iPod-like device or computer  Portable  Relatively small files  Audio only

What Is A Podcast?  Video with sound file that can be downloaded and stored on MP3 player or computer  Portable  Visuals can be useful  Fewer users video-capable players  Larger files  Most players currently available feature small screens

What Works As A Podcast?  Tutorials  Self-guided tours  An accompaniment to a special exhibit

What You Need  Computer with sound card and/or video card  Digital still or video camera  Editing software  Sufficient storage capacity for large video files  Quiet space for recording audio  Good quality microphone

Microphones  Basic USB microphone  Logitech USB Desktop Microphone  Condenser Microphone  Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone  Better sound quality

Editing Software  Audio  Audacity   Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Available for Mac OS X, Windows, GNU/Linux  Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library

Editing Software  Video  Windows Movie Maker  Comes with Windows XP & Vista  Zwei-Stein Video Editor   Free software for audio and video editing, It is available for Windows & Linux

iTunes  As of April 2007 Apple sold over 100 million iPods worldwide  Only MPEG-4,& H.264-encoded MPEG digital video files play on iPods  AIFF, WAV, or MP3 audio files play on iPods

John Napp Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian University of Toledo

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