Pod Casting

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IntroductiontoPodcastingandVideoPodcastingJimmyD.Clark,InstructionalDesignSpecialistAustinCommunityCollegeApril4,2008

IntroductionPodcastingisanewcommunicationsphenomenonthatbeganaboutfouryearsago.Itrefersto

publishingaudio

and

video

files

to

the

Internet

that

users

can

play

back

at

their

convenience.

This

workshopconsistsofaninformationalcomponentthatwillbebasedonEducauseLearningInitiatives7

ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutPodcastingandahandsonexerciseinwhichyouwillsetupafree

podcastingaccountandrecord,edit,andpublishyourownpodcast.Youwillalsolearnwhatvideo

podcastingisandwatchademonstrationthatwillcoverthebasicsoffilmingandeditingabriefvideo

podcast.

GoalsandObjectivesfortheWorkshopPartI7ThingsYouShouldKnowaboutPodcasting

1. Whatpodcastingis2. Whoisdoingit?3. Howdoesitwork?4. Whyisitsignificant?5. Whatarethedownsidesofpodcasting?6. Whereisitgoing?7. Whataretheimplications?(fromEducauseLearningInitiative,onlineat:

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39380.

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PartIICreatingYourOwnAudioPodcastIntroductiontothePodcastingProcess

We

may

divide

the

podcasting

process

into

the

following

steps:

1. Planyourpodcast2. Assemblethehardwareandsoftwareneededtocreateyourpodcast3. Setupapodcastingaccountatawebsitethathostspodcasts4. Recordyourpodcast5. Edityourpodcast6. ConvertyourpodcasttoMP3format7. Publishandpublicizeyourpodcast

Wewillnowlookatthesestepsinmoredetail.

1. PlanningYourPodcastAccordingtoGarrickChowofLynda.com(http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modpage.asp?ID=214),

whenplanningapodcastyoushouldconsiderthefollowingfactors:9 WhyamIdoingthis?9 WhattopicscanIspeakonauthoritatively?9 Narrowdownthescopeofthepodcast.9 HowoftenwillIproduceepisodes?

Next,weshouldthinkabouttheformatorstructureforourpodcast.Someissueswemightwishto

considerare:

9 Keeptheformatconsistentforeachepisode.9 Includeabeginning,middle,andendineachepisode.9 Startstrongandendstrong.9 Leadoffeachepisodewithyourstrongesttopic.

Itis

always

agood

idea

to

begin

each

podcast

episode

with

ashort

musical

intro

and

end

it

with

ashortmusicaloutro.Donteventhinkaboutusingcopyrightedmusicwithoutpermission.TheRecordingIndustryofAmericaisextremelyzealousinfindingandsuingindividualstheythinkmightbe

inviolationofcopyrightprotection.FortunatelythereisalotofmusicontheWebthatwaspublished

underaCreativeCommonslicense.Threegoodplacestolookforitare:MusicPodshow
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(http://music.podshow.com),MusicPodcasting(http://musicpodcasting.org),andtheInternetArchive

(http://www.archive.org/index.php).

2.AssemblingtheHardwareandSoftwareforYourPodcastYourlevelofinterestinandcommitmenttopodcastingwilldeterminethesoftwareand

hardwareyouwillneedforyourpodcast.Thepersonwhowishestorecordanoccasionalepisodewill

probablynotwishtospendverymuchonsoftwareandhardware,andyoucandownloadfreesoftware

thatwillmeetyourneeds.Theonlyhardwareyouwillprobablyneedisafairlynewcomputerwith

speakersanda$10computermicrophone.YoucanusethefreeAudacityaudiorecordingandediting

programandafreeMP3encoder.IfyoupurchasedanApplecomputerwithinthepastcoupleofyearsit

camewithallthesoftwareyouneedforproducingprettysophisticatedpodcasts.Ifyouareaserious

amateurpodcasterwhorecordsanepisodeeveryweekyouwillprobablyspendseveralhundreddollars

onequipment.Ifyouareaprofessionalpodcasteryouwillprobablyspendafewthousanddollars.Iam

assumingyou

are

not

aprofessional.

If

you

are,

Isuggest

you

buy

abook

such

as

the

PodcastingBible,by

SteveMackandMitchRatcliffe(WileyPublishing,2007)tolearnaboutthehardwareandsoftwareyou

willneedandwhatitwillcost.

PodcastingToolsfortheOccasionalPodcasterThefollowinghardwareandsoftwarewillprobablybesufficientforthepersonwhowantstoproducean

occasionalpodcast:

1. Computerrequirements

9 Acomputerthatisnomorethan23yearsold9 WindowsXPorVistaoperatingsystemorOS10.xforaMacintosh9 4GBoffreeharddrivespace9 Atleast1GBofRAM9 Linein,lineoutjackforthemicrophone

2. MicrophoneYoucanbuyadeskmicrophonefor$10.MineisaLogitechmicthatcost$30andtherecordingqualityisprettygood.Youcanbuyinexpensiveheadsetmicrophonesforaslittle

as$20.IfyouwanttouseaLavaliereorlapelmicyoucanbuyoneforlessthan$50.Youcan

alsobuy

headphones

for

less

than

$20.
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Figure1:HeadsetMicrophoneandDeskMicrophones

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Figure2:MicrophoneRecordingInterface

3. RecordingsoftwareYoucandownloadthefreeAudacityprogramatSourceForge(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/).Irecommenddownloadingthelateststableversion.When

yourecordapodcastinAudacityyouwillbecreatinganuncompressedWAVfile.Youwillneed

todownloadthefreeLameMP3encodertoconvertittoacompressedMP3file.Youcan

downloaditat(http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php).IfyouownafairlynewMacintosh

computeritcameloadedwiththeiLifeprograms,includingGarageband,anexcellentaudio

editingprogramfortheoccasionalpodcasterandtheseriousamateur.

PodcastingToolsfortheSeriousAmateurPodcasterIfyouaregoingtoproducepodcastepisodesonceaweekormoreyourlistenerswillexpecthigh

qualityaudio.Iwouldsuggestyouconsiderbuyingthefollowingequipment,orsomethingsimilar.

1. ComputerrequirementsSameasfortheoccasionalpodcaster2. MicrophoneYoumightwishtoconsiderbuyingoneormoreofthefollowing:

9 Headsetmicrophones $50$1009 DynamicmicrophonesSuchastheShureSM58($100approximately)9 CondensermicrophonesSuchastheAT4040($300approximately)9 Lavaliere(lapel)mic $20andup9 Microphonestand

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9 Windscreen9 Popfilter9 Microphonecable9 XLRconnector9 USBadapter

3. IfyouuseaheavydynamicmicrophonesuchastheShureSM58andplugacableintoit,thenattachaXLRconnectortothecableandplugitintoyourcomputer, theweightofallthis

equipmentmightruinyourcomputerssoundcard.Itwouldbeagoodideatobuyanaudio

mixerorpreampandplugitintoyourcomputer,thenplugthemicintothebox.Ifyoubuya

condensermicyouwillhavetohaveapreampanyway.CheckoutthesedevicesontheWeb.

Theycostapproximately$100andup.Themixerorpreampwillgreatlyimprovethequalityof

yourrecordingandyouwillhavetodolesseditingtoamplifyandimproveit.

4. HeadphonesYoucanpurchaseagoodpairforaround$100.5. OptionalequipmentYoumightwanttoconsiderbuyingsomeorallofthefollowing:

9 MP3playeriPod,Zune,CreativeZen,SanDisk,etc.9 iPodrecordingattachment $509 Digitalvoicerecorder

6. Audiorecordingandeditingsoftware9 AdobeSoundbooth($100fromJourneyEdSoftware)orAudition($150)9 CamtasiaStudio($180fromJourneyEd)Youcanproduceaudioandvideopodcasts

withCamtasia.

3.SettingUpaPodcastingAccount

Therearemanywebsiteswherepodcasterscansetupfreeaccounts.Mostofthem

offermonthlysubscriptionsforuserswhoneedextrabandwidthandstorageandother

specialfeatures.Inthisworkshopwearegoingtosetupfreepodcastingaccountsatthe

Podbeanwebsite.TheURLofthiswebsiteis:http://www.podbean.com.Tosetupan

accountatPodbeanopenthehomepageinyourbrowserandfollowtheseeasysteps:
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Figure3:OpeningScreenatPodbean

1. ClicktheSignUpbuttonatthetopofPodbeanshomepage.2. Thenextpageofferstwoplans,abasicfreeplanandanadvancedplanthatcosts$4.95

amonth.ClicktheSignUpNowbuttonunderthebasicfreeplan.

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Figure4:TheTwoPlansOfferedbyPodbean

3. Onthesignuppageenteryourpersonalinformation.Youwillhavetomakeupthemembernameandthepasswordyouwishtouse.

Figure5:RegisteringforanAccountatPodbean

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4. Thenextpagewillallowyoutouploadaphotoforyourpodcastingpageifyouwish.IfyoudontwanttoaddapictureclicktheSkipfornowbutton.Youhavesetupyouraccountandyouarereadytoaddapodcast.Beforeyourecordyourfirstpodcastyou

needto

check

your

sites

configuration

and

choose

atheme

for

your

podcast

page

ifyou

havenotalreadydonethis.OpenthePodbeanDashboard.

Figure6:UploadaPhoto Figure7:OpentheDashboard

5. ClicktheSettingsbuttononthemenuatthetopofthescreen.Theoptionsonthispageallowyoutosetyourchannels(podcasts)privacy,uploadyourownlogo,addtagsto

describethecontentofyourpodcast(Example:animals,dogs,pugs,Frodo),entera

briefdescriptionofyourpodcast,etc.

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Figure8:ChangingtheSettingsforOurPodcast

6. ClicktheLayoutbuttononthemenuatthetopofthepage.Podbeanoffersaboutadozentemplatesyoucanusetocustomizethelookofyourpodcastpage.Ifyouwantto

changethetemplateyouareusingyoucanselectanewone.Whenyouhaveselecteda

new

template

(if

you

want

to),

click

the

Dashboard

button

again.

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Figure9:SelectingaTemplateforOurPodcast

7. Wewillhavetorecordandedittheaudiofileforourpodcast,thenreturntoPodbeanandpublishit.ClosePodbean.

4. RecordingYourPodcastSettingUpYourComputertoRecordAudio

Beforewerecordourfirstpodcastweneedtomakesureourcomputerissetupforaudio

recording.InyourfolderyouhavethreehandoutsIwrotefortheDigitalAudiowebsite

(http://irt.austincc.edu/audio).Thehandoutsaretitled:WhatisDigitalAudio?,SettingUpYourComputertoRecordAudio,andRecordingandEditingDigitalAudiowithAudacity.WearenotgoingtocoverWhatisDigitalAudio?Inthisworkshop,butpleasereaditatyourconvenience.Itcontainssomeusefulinformationforthepersonwhowantstolearnaboutthebasicsofdigital

audio.Alltheinstructionsyouneedto

setupyourcomputerandrecordandeditaudioareinthesehandouts.

RecordingandEditingDigitalAudiowithAudacity.WearegoingtofollowtheinstructionsinthehandoutforrecordingaudioonPCswithAudacity.

InthisworkshopwearenotgoingtodiscussrecordingaudioonaMac,butthiswebsiteatPenn

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PennStateUniversitycontainsatutorialoncreatingapodcastinGarageband

(http://podcasts.psu.edu/garageband.

5. EditingYourPodcastWewillagainfollowthehandoutRecordingandEditingDigitalAudiowithAudacity.

6. ConvertingthePodcasttoanMP3FileStep9ofthehandoutonrecordingandeditingdigitalaudiowithAudacitycovershowtoconvertourWAVrecordingtoanMP3file.Audacitycallsthisprocessexportingthefile.Nowwe

arereadytouploadouraudiorecordingtoPodbean.Thisiscoveredunderstep7,PublishandPublicizeOurPodcast.

7. PublishingOurPodcast7.1

Open

thePodbean

home

page

and

log

in.

Open

the

Dashboard.

Figure10:ReadytoPublishOurPodcast

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7.2TheDashboardshouldnowbedisplayed.ClicktheUploadtabandopentheMediaManager.

Figure11:ThePodbeanDashboard

7.3ClicktheUploadbutton.WhenthenextscreenopensClicktheBrowsebuttonandfindtheaudiofileyouaregoingtoupload.

Figure12:MediaManager Figure13:BrowseforYourFile

7.4ClicktheUploadbuttontoopentheMediaManager.WhentheMediaManageropensclicktheUploadbuttontobegintheuploadingprocess.OnthenextscreenclicktheBrowsebuttonand

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locateyouraudiofile.Whenthenextscreenopensitlistsallthefilesyouhaveuploadedtoyour

account.

Figure13:ClicktheUploadButton Figure14:YourFilehasbeenUploaded

7.5ClickthePublishtabonthemainmenu.Wearereadytopublishourpodcast.Onthisscreen

wecangiveourpotentiallistenerssomeinformationaboutourpodcastbyfillingoutthe

informationintheTag,TitleandPostfields.ClicktheAddYourAudio/Videobutton. ClicktheSelectfromaccountbuttonandlocatethefileyoujustuploaded.ClicktheAutoDetectbuttonsoPodbeanwilllistthelengthofyourpodcastonyourPodbeanwebsite.ClickthePublish

buttonatthebottomofthisscreen.

Figure15:ReadytoPublishYourPodcast Fig16:ClicktheAddYourAddAudio/VideoButton

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7.6ReturntotheDashboardandclickViewSitetoopenyourwebsiteatPodbean.ClicktheListenNowbuttonifyouwouldliketohearyourpodcast.8.PublicizingYourPodcastPodbeanoffersseveralwaysyoucaninformyourfriendsandtheentireworldifyouwishaboutyourpodcast.LetsreturntotheDashboardandlookattheways

wecan

share

our

masterpiece

with

potential

listeners.

Figure17:ReadytoPublicizeOurPodcast

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8.1AtthebottomoftheDashboardscreenfourbuttonsaredisplayedthatletusaddour

podcasttoiTunes,PodcastPickle.com,PodcastAlley,andPodcastDirectory.Everyoneshould

subscribetoiTunes,Applesgreatfreemusicservicewhichalsodoublesasapodcastdirectory

andpodcatcher.

You

will

have

to

have

iTunes

installed

on

your

computer

to

complete

Step8.2

ClicktheAddtoiTunesbutton.

Figure18:AddPodcast toiTunes

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8.2IfyouhaveiTunesinstalledonyourcomputertheiTunesStorewillopen.TypetheURLforyourpodcastinthePodcastFeedURLtextboxandclicktheContinuebutton.YouhavetosignintoiTunesbeforeyoupublishyourpodcasttotheStore,sosigninnow.

Figure19:iTunesStore Figure20:SigningintoiTunes

8.3ClicktheContinuebutton.TheReviewYourPodcastscreenopens.SelectaCategoryandaSubcategoryforyourpodcastfromthedropdownmenus.ClicktheSubmitbutton.Thenext

screenthanksyouforsubmittingyourpodcasttotheiTunesstore.Eventhoughyouhave

submittedyourpodcasttotheiTunesStore,listenerswillnothavetopaytolistentoit.

Figure21:ReviewYourPodcast Figure22:ThanksforSubmittingPodcast

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8.4TolistentoyourpodcastoniTunesopenthemainscreenoftheiTunesStore.Thereisalink

toallthepodcastsoniTunesinthelefthandcolumnunderiTunesStore.YoucansearchinsidecategoriesforyourpodcastortypethenameofitintheSearchbox.Remember,itwilltake

sometime,perhapsseveralhours,foriTunestoaddyourpodcasttoitsdirectory.

Figure23:FindingPodcasts Figure24:SearchbyCategory

8.5WewillalsoaddourpodcasttoPodcastAlley,soreturntotheDashboardandclickthelink

toPodcastAlleyatthebottomofthepage.Youshouldalreadyhavesetupafreeaccountatthatwebsite.TypetheURLofyourpodcastfeedinthetextboxunderWhatistheURLforyourPodcastFeed?ClickthebuttonlabeledGoToStep2:FeedValidation.

Figure25:

Add

Podcast

to

Podcast

Alley

Figure

26:

Enter

URL

of

Podcast

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8.6Ifawarningmessagedisplayswhenyouclickthebuttontoverifyyourfeed,returntothe

Dashboardandcorrecttheerrors.ClickthebuttontogotoStep3:CommitResults.OnthenextscreenclickthebuttontogotoStep4:GotoFinalStep:ClaimFeed.

Figure27:

Go

to

Step

3:

Commit

Results

Figure

28:

Go

to

Claim

Feed

9.ShareYourPodcastYoucanalsoshareyoupodcastwithyourfriends. ToshareyourpodcastopenyourpodcastsiteandclicktheSharebutton.Thenextpagecontainsanemail

formyoucanfillouttoshareyourpodcastwithyourfriends.FillouttheformandclicktheSend

button.The

next

screen

informs

you

that

you

have

sent

emails

to

your

friends

about

your

podcast.

Figure29:SharePodcast Figure30:ShareChannelForm

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10.PutPodcastPlayeronYourWebsiteOnelastthingyoucandoisputanembeddablepodcastplayeronyourwebsite.ClicktheEmbeddablePlayerlink.Copythecodeintheboxonthenextpageandpasteitintoapageonyourwebsite.Figure32showsthepodcastplayerIputonthePodcastspageofmywebsite.

Figure31:AddEmbeddablePlayer Figure32:PodcastPlayeronWebsite

CreatingaVideoPodcastCreatingavideopodcast,unfortunatelysometimescalledavodcast,isamuchmorecomplex

andtimeconsumingprocessthancreatinganaudiopodcast.Ifyouwanttobecomeavideo

podcasteryouwillneedsomeofthefollowingequipment:

1. Videocapturetools InexpensiveDVcamcorder

Webcam

Videocamera

Externalmicrophone

2. Videoeditingtools:Windows

Movie

Maker

AdobePremiereElements

AdobePremiere

AppleiMovie

FinalCutPro

SonyVegas

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Thelearningcurveisalsoconsiderablysteeperthanthatinvolvedwithaudiopodcasting.

Timeconstraintsdonotpermitustoshootandeditavideopodcastinthisworkshop,sowe

willviewoneIcreatedentitledCustomizingYourBlackboardCoursesite.Iwilldescribetheprocess

Ifollowed

to

produce

this

video.

1. PlanningtheVideoPodcastMyvideopodcastiscomposedofscreenshotsIcapturedfrommyBlackboardsiteandaudio

recordings.Iusedthesefivesoftwareprogramstocreatethismovie:

BlackboardImadeascreenshotofeachstepinthetutorialandsavedthemasJPEGs.AdobePhotoshopIopenedthescreenshotsandsavedthemfortheWeb.Iprintedeachscreenshotandnumberedeachone.

MicrosoftWordItypedascriptforeachseparaterecording.Scriptsalwaysmaketherecording

go

much

smoother

and

faster.

AudacityAudacityisafreeaudiorecordingandeditingprogramthatwillprobablymeetmost

videopodcastersneeds.

AdobeCaptivateCaptivateisagreatprogramforcreatinginteractiveslidepresentationswhichcanbeeitherdemonstrationsorsimulations.

Whenyouareworkingwithseveralsoftwareprogramsitisalwaysagoodideatothinkaboutyour

workflow,orhowyouwillorganizeyourresources.ForthisprojectIknewIneededtoopenall

fiveprogramsandkeepthemopenuntilIfinishedthemovie.Iusedlotsofkeyboardshortcuts

tosavetime.Forinstance,toprintanimageinPhotoshopIpressedthesekeys:Crtl+P>Enter

>

Enter

>

Enter.

2. CreatingtheMoviea. IopenedBlackboardandperformedeachstepinthetutorialoncustomizingyour

Blackboardcoursesite.Iusedascreencaptureprogramtomakeascreenshotofeachstep

andsaveditasaJPEG.

b. IopenedeachJPEGinPhotoshopandadjustedthequalityabit.IchoseFile>SaveforWebandDevicesandsavedeachimageasahighqualityJPEGimage.Iprintedandnumbered

eachimage.

c. IopenedMicrosoftWordandtypedabriefdescriptionofeachstep.Forexample,OpenBlackboardandsignin.Iprintedeachscript.

d. IopenedAudacityandsetitupforrecording.Irecordedeachscriptandlistenedtoit.Ididsomebasiceditingtoimprovethequalityoftherecordings.Inormalizedeachsoundbiteto


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maketheaudioasloudaspossiblewithoutdistortingit.Iexported,orsaved,eachrecording

asanMP3(compressed)file.

e. IopenedAbodeCaptivate.Icreatedaslidetoholdeachscreenshot.Itypedacaptionfor

each

slide.

Iset

the

caption

to

play

for

the

duration

of

the

slide.

Iimported

the

audio

for

eachslideandsetittoplayforthelengthofeachslide.Ipreviewedeachslideandlistened

totheaudio.IpublishedtheCaptivateprojectasaSWF(Flash)movie.

f.IconvertedtheSWFfiletoanAVI(uncompressedvideo)file.

g.LargefilesuploadfasterthroughFTP.Ifyouneedtouploadlargevideofilestoyour

Podbeanaccount,clicktheFTPUploadtabontheMediaManagerpageandfollowthedirectionsthere.YouwillhavetodownloadafreeFTPclientnamedFileZillabeforeyou

uploadyourvideopodcast.Ifyourfileissmall,followtheinstructionsinthishandoutfor

uploadingaudiopodcasts.

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