Podcasting

Podcasting How-To

Podcast Sites

What is Podcasting?

  • A standard for distributing audio or video files in so they can be subscribed to and syndicated easily for playback later (not streaming).
  • A set of tools for doing so: Web standards, user software, hardware.
  • A cultural phenomenon and aesthetic encompassing a broad range of content.

When is a Podcast not a Podcast? When It's on Your TV

Gather

  • Recording in Audacity (Use a Built-in Mic or Plug a Mic into Your Computer)
  • Phone recording
    • Log into odeo.com.
    • Click on "create".
    • Click on "Make a Phone Post".
    • Enter your phone number in "Your phone number:", use "1234" for the pin, and leave "Don't place in a channel." selected.
    • Call the number listed and conference in anyone you want to include, make sure to hit # when you're done to save the recording.
    • Click on "create" again. Your new audio will be listed under "Your audio without a channel". Click on the file name.
    • Right-click on the "MP3" button and safe the file to your computer.

  • Music

Produce

  • Audacity: Free, Open Source Software for Recording and Editing Sounds
  • Audacity Documentation
  • Possible Creative Elements of Podcasts
    • Host
    • Music
    • Interviews
    • Conversation
    • Monologue
    • Documentary
    • Stories/Fiction
    • Other Podcasts (Remixing)
    • Re-purposed Content

Publish

  • Upload Your Audio
    • Upload your audio to our shared server space, using your favorite file transfer program.
  • Post Your Entry with MovableType
    • Go to the blog and click "post" at the top of the page, then click "create entry".
    • If you'd like to include some descriptive text explaining what your podcast is about, that would be helpful. However, all you have to do is include a hyperlink to your audio file and the software will do the rest. here's a sample link: <a href="http://<cms.876 podcast site>/<username>/<mp3file.mp3">my podcast file</a>

Listen

  • Click on others' MP3s to listen!
  • Subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes®.

Terminology

  • Wikipedia entry: Podcast
  • Feed
  • RSS
  • Audio File
  • Episode
  • Aggregator