Kate Podcaster, The Knitting Librarian Podcast Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science LIS 680, Instructional Technologies November 15, 2010

Where We Have Been Podcast definition and how they work What you need to make a podcast Best Practices Content Creation Technical basics Getting started in Audacity

Where We are Going Today Putting the promo pieces together Basic editing functions in Audacity MP3 Exporting From MP3 to Podcast Feed Host servers Subscribing Marketing Copyright and Fair Use

What You Should Have With You Today Recorded Speech for Promo Music, Sound Effects, etc. Headphones More ideas! Marketing Host Servers Copyright

Questions?

Going Further in Audacity (Demonstration)

Audacity Editing Basics Importing Audio Time Shifting Converting Stereo to Mono Adding/RemovingEffects Fade In/Out Silence Amplification Removing Noise Exporting to MP3

Group Exercise Using what you just saw in Audacity, put the podcast pieces together and export (save) as an MP3 file to your flash drive. If you don’t have a flash drive, call me over and I will save it on mine. I will be on hand for questions/assistance as necessary.

We’re All Ears! (Time to Listen to Your Podcasts!)

Uploading the Podcast Server – Podcast’s Internet home Host on internal or external server Server will generate your RSS feed address for subscription. Many wonderful host servers on the Internet! Libsyn: (Libsyn PRO for educational institutions: PodBean.com: LISHost:

More on Uploading Choose your Host Server Carefully! Be consistent in saving your files. Use tags so users searching the server can find your podcast. Examples: your name, organization name, good subject terms, title keywords. Don’t be an Etsy!

Testing & Subscribing to Your Podcast Copy and Paste Your RSS Feed Address (as provided by your host server) into iTunes or your Aggregator Use iTunes for testing – most universal and best support system. Also can use Google Reader For iTunes (iTunes 8 and later) Under the “Advanced” menu, choose “Subscribe to Podcast” Copy and paste the address into the dialog box provided.

Marketing Your Podcast Library/Personal Website Library/Personal Social Media Blogs Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Industry-specific social media (ALA Connect, Academia.edu, Ravelry) iTunes and iTunesU

Submitting Your Podcast to iTunes: html Apple reviews for content and TOS guidelines (about 1 – 3 days) Feeds update once every 24 hours or you can “ping” the podcast to update. iTunesU: iTunes is just a directory. It is NOT a server!

Advanced Stuff Recording on the Road with Portable Recorders Griffin iTalk Software (free): iRiver Recorder: Interviews! You can use Skype with the Line In function on your computer and Soundflower (for Mac). Tutorial: Hkuk

A Word on Copyright Podcasting Guide: Section applies to librarians and teachers Look for “Podsafe” Content Free Music Archive and PodSafe Music Network LibriVox (for audiobooks): ackground_and_Further_Resources. If you’re not sure – err on the side of caution and don’t use it!

Final Tips from the Trenches Don’t be boring: Have something new to say and say it in your own way. Don’t freak out about the tech: Listeners are forgiving on the sound issues. Podcasts are not for making money – they’re for making an audience. You spend 75% of time marketing the podcast and 25% recording – be ready to sound your inner rockstar.

Useful Resources “Podcasting: Making Noise The New Fashioned Way.” Presented by Thomas Dopko and Dow Jones at the 2009 Special Libraries Association Conference, Washington, DC: (Slides available on request.) Cochrane, Todd. Podcasting: Do-It-Yourself Guide. Indianapolis, IN.: Wiley Publishing Inc., 2005 Resources from the Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide: #Background_and_Further_Resources

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