1. Blackboard: Podcasting Course Content For existing Blackboard users interested in adding audio or video content to a course. This content can be made available to students in a course only, or shared with the world through iTunes U. David Wicks | Assistant Professor | Director of Instructional Technology Services | Seattle Pacific University | dwicks@spu.edu

2. Overview Definitions- Podcasting Open Content iTunes U Basics, benefits, concerns Create, edit, publish How to get a free guest lecturer Questions

3. Web 2.0 Technologies Web 2.0 Technology DefinitionExamples Uses in Blackboard BenefitsChallenges Wiki Hawaiian word for “quick”, a website where users can add and/or edit content collaboratively using only a web browser http://www.wikispaces.com http://pbwiki.com http://ihttp://ihttp://www.wetpaint.com Collaborative projects  Equal voice for all  Slackers can’t hide  History can be replayed  Contextual organization, not chronological  Training  Appropriate project  Wikipedia fallout Blog Short for “web log”, a website designed to be an online journal or diary. May allow others to comment on postings http://www.weblogg-ed.com https://www.blogger.com Reflections, journals  Metacognition  Ongoing course feedback  Need prompts to discourage rambling  May need to be private to encourage self- reflection PodcastShort for “iPod broadcast”, audio/video files are posted on the internet. Users subscribe to feed so files automatically downloaded they are available http://www.spu.edu/itunes http://itunes.stanford.edu/ http://www.duke.edu/itunes/ Lectures, clarification, feedback, student projects  Unlimited replays  Instant guest lecturer  May be a way to increase in-class discussion  Increases skipping?  Digital divide?  Intellectual property concerns

4. Podcasting Short for “iPod broadcasting” Audio/video files are posted on the internet Students can subscribe to feed so files are automatically downloaded as they become available

5. True or False? A podcast must be played back on an iPod. False, It can be played back on an iPod or another MP3 player. Any computer with audio capabilities can play a podcast

6. Open Content and iTunes U

7. Podcatcher Client software or player for podcasts Used to download and aggregate podcasts Synchronizes with iPod or MP3 player Technology: RSS feed

8. Basic Steps 1.Create 2.Edit 3.Publish

9. Is podcasting easy? Producing podcast may be easy if satisfied with “first take” – Tools VendorCostURL PPT to iPod$50http://www.wondershare.com/ ProfCast$60http://www.profcast.com SnapKast$60http://www.snapkast.com Adobe Premiere Elements $40http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel QuickTime Pro$30http://www.quicktime.com AudacityFreehttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

10. Benefits  Unlimited replays  Instant guest lecturer  May be a way to increase in-class discussion  Creates a “theatre of the mind”  “Explaining Voice” Campbell, G. (2005). There's something in the air: Podcasting in Education. EDUCAUSE Review, 33-46.

11. Concerns Intellectual Property Open Source Content Digital divide? Increases skipping?

12. Basic Steps 1.Create 2.Edit 3.Publish

13. Creating a Podcast Record audio in the ITS studio Have ITS record a/v in the field Use headset microphone with PC Use Web 2.0 recording device to capture a/v in the field GIGO – Bad recordings = bad podcast Think carefully about what should be included in a Podcast recording

14. Editing a Podcast Have ITS edit audio Edit it yourself using QuickTime Pro or Audacity Think about: – What should be included in a podcast? – Meta data

15. Publishing a Podcast Have ITS upload it to iTunes U for public viewing Upload content to Blackboard course using Podcast LX http://www.spu.edu/itunes/images/submit_course_lecture.pdf

16. How to link to an existing iTunes U file To create a URL to a specific FILE on iTunes U (to the actual.mp3), follow these directions: 1.Right-click on the TAB that contains the file in iTunes U 2.Click "Copy iTunes Store URL" 3.Paste the URL into internet explorer https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/spu.edu.1170867139.01170867146 4.Change the word "Browse" in the URL to "Feed" and hit enter to go to the site https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/spu.edu.1170867139.01170867146 5.Find the link to the file you want, right-click on it, and click "copy shortcut“ You now have a URL to the actual file independent of iTunes.

17. Review Definitions- Podcasting Open Content iTunes U Basics, benefits, concerns Create, edit, publish How to get a free guest lecturer Questions

18. Questions? its@spu.edu 206.281.2170