podcastmaking

Podcasting, Schmodcasting.... What's All the Hype?
=Creating Podcasts=

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=(1) Record Digital Audio= =(2) Edit Audio / Export as MP3= =(3) Upload To Server= =(4) Create / Generate RSS Feed=
 * Low end- inexpensive computer microphone (better: [|USB headsets] with microphones)
 * Portable- MP3 recorder such as [|iRiver], or higher ed [|Edirol R-1]
 * [|Audacity] - free audio editing software for Apple and Windows
 * If web space is not readily available, try [|OurMedia]
 * Worst Case (Nor Recommended) Hand Edit RSS file
 * Better: Post MP3 Links in weblog. Some platforms automatically generate Podcast feeds such as the [|Paradise Vallery Communtiy College Student Life podcast] which is generated via WordPress. Other blog platforms such as [|Blogger] can use [|FeedBurner] SmartCast to generate Podcast feeds)
 * See also [|other desktop software] to generate podcast feeds

See Also:

 * [|Engagdet Podcast 101] "How-To Podcasting"
 * [|Internet Audio: Can You Hear/Talk to Me Now? Good.] MCLI iForum, Spring 2005
 * [|How To Podcast] (free tutorial)
 * [|Podcasting Workshop] (Brian Lamb, Unviversity of British Columbia)

=Demo 1: iRiver + Audacity + Blog= This demo covers quick recording with a small, portable (affordable) MP3 recorder, and some basic editing in Audacity to generate an MP3 file. We will load it to a web site (either via FTP to my own server if pressed for time, or saved to OurMedia), create a new entry in a Blogger web site, and see how the podcast is updated.


 * Quick Recording with iRiver, editing in Audacity, post to Blogger (podcast generated with FeedBurner)**
 * Blogger Test Site [|web site] • [|OurMedia site] • [|podcast feed]

See Also:
 * [|Demo at the February 3, 2006 Ocotillo OLG meeting]
 * [|Audacity Team Wiki] (documentation)
 * Matt Pasiewicz created an [|audio narrated screencast] that shows you how to do basic editing in Audacity
 * See [|Making a Podcast with Blogger]

=Demo 2: Odeo= In this demo, we will use the free site [|Odeo] to record a short audio file using its web based audio recorder. In addition, we will see how audio can be recorded with a cell phone calling into Odeo. We can use Odeo's site to generate the podcast feeds or we can add it to the one we started in Demo 1. **Odeo Demo Site** [|web site] • [|podcast feed]

Odeo also offers a clickable button that can be to send a web recorded message to someone with an Odeo account.

[|Send Me an Odeo Message]

Cole Camplese at Penn State University is using Odeo with his [|IST 110: Information, People, and Technology course]. The course information is posted in a weblog, and in Discussion Activity 2, he asks his students to use Odeo to record their responses to a required reading. They then need to provide a link to their audio as a comment to his blog entry. See: http://blogs.3c.ist.psu.edu/camplese/?p=30
 * Relevant Example:**

A 3 minute limit for the audio required the students to carefully craft their remarks. According to Cole:

//That was the number one comment I got from my students — “3 minutes was too short, but it made us think and work harder.” That is where the good stuff happens. BTW, this was the second “Discussion Activity” we did during the semester and my TA and I noted a couple of things, more students did the audio version, the scores were generally higher on them, and this is the one that stunned me, my TA said the audio was much easier (and faster) to grade. We are going to have them post a response to two other questions like this and perhaps have them podcast a project status review. BTW, this is an introductory freshman course.//

=Demo 3: Maricopa ePortfolio= The [|Maricopa ePortfolio] is a version of the [|software developed at Chandler-Gilbert Community College], and is open now for any Maricopa faculty, staff, or student who wishes to create an electronic ePortfolio. Among its features are the ability to strem uploaded audio and video content and to automatically create podcast feeds for these items. The type of page to create is a Collection Page, and each item can be the uploaded media and its description.

To locate the podcast feed, click the "Subscribe" link from any eportfolio, find the Collection that contains the audio/video content. The link for XML is the podcast web address.


 * Alan's ePortfolio [|web site] • [|collection for demo] • [|podcast feed]

See more ePortfolio's with podcasts:
 * [|David Weaver's ePort Podcasts]
 * [|Cheryl Colan's experimental podcasts]
 * [|Mike Ho's Test Podcasts]

See Also:

 * [|Audioblogger] - a free service that allows you to use a cell phone to record an audio file on any Blogger web site
 * [|podOmatic] - upload audio from various soruces and create podcasts from them
 * [|audblog] - post audio to any blog site with your cell phone