2. Podcasting May 5, 2008 Chris LeBeau Brent Husher

3. LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu Dec 11, 2007 Quiz Question 1 Facts vs Myth of Podcasts Only iPods can play Podcasts

4. Can only iPods play podcasts? NO All computers, any MP3 player, and many mobile devices like cell phones can play podcasts, in addition to iPods. LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

5. Quiz Question 2 So What is a Podcast? LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

6. POD + CAST  POD = Portable (Play) on demand  CAST = to throw forth  An Online Broadcast LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

7. Quiz Question 3 What are the characteristics of a Podcast ? LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

8. Characteristics of a Podcast  Subscription  Free or fee  Listen/View or Create  MP3 file (generally speaking) LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

9. Quiz Question 4 What formats can a Podcast take? LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

10. Formats (Viewing, Listening) 1. Audio - MP3 lecture, radio program, concerts, language acquisition, music (also.mp4,.m4a,.mov,.m4v) LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

11. Other Formats (Viewing, Listening) 1. Paper (pdf) 2. Multimedia (contains video) -- vodcast MP4, M4v 3. Enhanced Podcast chapters, sound synchronized with images or links to images 4. Virtual reality LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

12. Where Can I Find Podcasts?  Go directly to a site you like NPR, JCPL, KCUR  Stumble across them  Aggregators and Directories: Yahoo, PodNova, Podcast Alley, Juice, iTunes LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

13. Quiz Question 5 iTunes is only for music LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

14. Quiz Question 5 iTunes is only for music False http://www.apple.com/itunes/ http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/radio_podca sts/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/ http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/radio_podca sts/ LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

15. Quiz Question 6 Podcasting is a copyright free activity LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

16. Quiz Question 6 Podcasting is a copyright free activity False LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

17. Legalities Podcasting Legal Guide From the Creative Commons http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

18. Podsafe Music  Here are some sites for podsafe music:  The Free Sound Project The Free Sound Project  SoundSnap SoundSnap  Flash Kit - Sound FX Flash Kit - Sound FX  Podcast Bumper Music Podcast Bumper Music  fOUR bEES Free Media fOUR bEES Free Media  Podsafe Audio Podsafe Audio  Common Content: Catalog Common Content: Catalog  ACIDplanet ACIDplanet From http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/create.htmlhttp://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/create.html LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

19. To Listen – All You Need is... Sound/video file Podcatcher (Account or Aggregator) Listening device B LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu Dec. 11, 2007 LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

20. Podcast Icons / RSS feeds Some common ones Click on these to copy a feed to your podcatcher LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

21. How do I subscribe to a Podcast?  Need an account (Podcatcher) (feed reader, aggregator) such as : iTunes (needs installation) Juice (needs installation) Bloglines (web-based) Google Reader (web-based) My Yahoo (web-based) Browsers Outlook LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

22. To Listen – All You Need is... Sound/video file Podcatcher (Account or Aggregator) Listening device LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

23. Subscribing to a Podcast LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

24.  See class Web page for Web sites to visit for podcasts  http://h.faculty.umkc.edu/husherb/pod.html http://h.faculty.umkc.edu/husherb/pod.html  http://www.npr.org http://www.npr.org LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

25. Look for Podcast Icons  NPR http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId =4985903 http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId =4985903 Left click easily install podcast in my browser feed list Right click – copy shortcut – allows me to place the feed into my own podcatcher  National Institutes of Health  http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.xml http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.xml LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

26. Visit NPR  Choose a show to subscribe to  Set up the RSS feed in Bloglines LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

27. Creating a Podcast LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

28. Creating a Podcast  Create an account on Podbean http://www.podbean.com LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

29. Summary of Steps to Create a Podcast 1. Record your audio file 2. Upload file to your server or webhost 3. Upload the HTML coding to your Web site 4. List your RSS feed in Podcast directories LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

30. Or another way of putting it... Build it Burn it Boost it LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

31. What You Need  Recording software or digital recorder Audacity with the LAME MP3 encoder installed (free)  Microphone  Web Host or Server  Distribution method Podbean serves as your host and provides a distribution method  The gift for gab (from http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

32. For Today  Podbean (our server host)  http://www.podbean.com (home) http://www.podbean.com  http://beantown.podbean.com (Chris’ address on Podbean) http://beantown.podbean.com  Bloglines (our podcatcher)  http://www.bloglines.com http://www.bloglines.com C LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

33. Connection between the host and the Podcatcher (feedreader) Bloglines Podbean (listener logs in for updates)(Holds the MP3 files) RSS feed from Podbean sends  Alerts to Bloglines LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

34. ...And Speaking of RSS Feeds  Do you know that many databases have RSS feeds that serve as alerting services? EBSCOhost Proquest CSA LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

36. Creating the Sound File To learn how to use Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/ See also handout LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

37. Creating Feeds  A podcast feed is an RSS file that includes a description of your podcast, a link to your MP3, and other information  The most common formats are RSS and Atom.  If you host on a remote public server like Podbean or Feedburner, these programs will make the feed links for you. C LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

38. RSS  Really Simple Syndication  Rich Site Summary  (Take your pick) C LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

39. Feed Formats  Feed formats are constantly being updated with new versions.  Internet Explorer supports RSS 0.91, 1.0, and 2.0, and ATOM.3, 1.0.  All web feed formats are based on XML LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

40. Feed Generators  Podbean - free  Feedburner -free  Feeder ($29.95) for Macintosh Feeder  FeedForAll ($39.95) for Mac and Windows FeedForAll it will have you upload the RSS feed to a web server. LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

41. Creating Your Own XML  You don’t need to do this if you use a hosting service that creates the XML code for you, but if you’d like to know how to do it see:  http://www.podcastdirectory.com/help/cr eatexml.php http://www.podcastdirectory.com/help/cr eatexml.php LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

42. Hosting a Podcast  Free sites: http://www.podbean.com/podcast_hosting_ audio_video_blog_hosting_features http://www.podbean.com/podcast_hosting_ audio_video_blog_hosting_features http://ww.switchpod.com/plans.php http://podcastpeople.com/pricing http://www.podshow.com/new_signup/ LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

43. How To Sites  Search Engine.com – Making a RSS Feed  http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page =2175271  Podcast411  http://www.podcast411.com/howto_1.html http://www.podcast411.com/howto_1.html  CNET – How to Publish  http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-6490_7- 6250947.html?tag=vid.1 http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-6490_7- 6250947.html?tag=vid.1 LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

44. Feed Validators http://feeds.archive.org/validator/ http://rss.scripting.com/ LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu

45.  See http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/di ve-into-xml.html http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/di ve-into-xml.html  At Wizz RSS – good explanation and code LeBeauC@umkc.edu & Husherb@umkc.edu