Podcasting & Videocasting Session Presented by: Gordon F Snyder Jr Download Mike Q and my podcasts at: Read Gordon’s blog at: Read Mike’s blog at: Podcasts also available on iTunes!

What is a Podcast? A noun and a verb! –Podcast, podcaster, podcasting A media file distributed over the internet –Via subscription (Paid or unpaid) –Download or stream for play back on computer or personal mobile device –Syndicated feeds which can be downloaded automatically Source: Wikipedia.com

Who is doing it In podcasts In ,000 podcasts Business categories added Mainstream media uses it Companies large and small are getting their message out there via the “podosphere”

Content What do I put in it? Basic course info –Avoid continuous “commercials” Select a topic that is important to your students –Become a trusted advisor Create a schedule of topics –Keep your podcast fresh to keep your students/subscribers happy Use music as intro and bumpers from segment to segment. See:

Some Basics Before Recording Keep hydrated Talk across the microphone and not into it Write out your content ahead of time Apple offers 3 part online seminar: podcast/apple/index.html?s=203 podcast/apple/index.html?s=203

Getting Started

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What Next?

RSS RSS (RDF Site Summary - formerly called Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a method of describing news or other Web content that is available for "feeding" (distribution or syndication) from an online publisher to Web users. Procedure: 1.A Web site that wants to "publish" some of its content, such as news headlines or stories, creates a description of the content and specifically where the content is on its site in the form of an RSS document. 2.The publishing site then registers its RSS document with one of several existing directories of RSS publishers. 3.A user with a Web browser or a special program that can read RSS- distributed content can read periodically-provided distributions. Some current directories of RSS files include Meerkat, GropSoup, NewsIsFree, UserLand, and XML Tree; these sites are sometimes known as content aggregators. Web based aggregators include My Yahoo! and Google Reader. 4.You can feed discussion forum excerpts, software announcements, etc - ny form of content retrievable with a URL can be RSS fed. Source:

1. Write and Post Blog Create/Autocreate/Append RSS feed document on blog page Feed Picked up by Aggregator, modern OS’s (Mac and Vista) and/or Modern Browers (IE7, Firefox, Opera) based on XML file description RSS

RSS Feed Demo

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Record Podcast Edit Podcast Post using a media distribution service Skype if Remote Hot Recorder or HiJack Pro, etc Audacity (Windows) Garage Band (Mac) Libsyn.com iTunes Retrieve and Listen iTunes My Yahoo!, ipodder, etc etc… Audacity if Local

Recording Equipment Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Mic PC Recording & Editing Software or Snowball Blue USB microphone Select a Cost Effective Microphone

Recording Equipment Microphone Pop Filter Microphone Pop Filter - Nylon mesh screen that reduces vocal popping and sibilance Tabletop Mic Stand Headphones

Common Setup

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What’s Happening?

iTunes Demo - Again Source:

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RSS Feed Demo (Again!) Source:

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ID3 Tags Digital audio files can contain, in addition to the audio track, related text and/or graphical information. The information you're probably familiar with take the form of Song title, Artist name, Album name, Year and Genre. This is the information displayed when you playback a digital audio file on your computer or portable device. The process of including information other than sound into these digital audio files is commonly referred to as "tagging" in which you "tag" the audio file with additional information that describes the audio file. The original standard for tagging digital files was developed in 1996 by Eric Kemp and he coined the term ID3. At that time ID3 simply meant "IDentify an MP3". Source:

Videocasting Shoot Edit Post Same procedure as audio……..