Sharing Our KnowledgeThe BbFS Podcast Series
July 11, 2007
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Bill Vilberg: Bb Faculty Support Group Podcast Interviews
• http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• [email protected] (desk)786-218-3052 (cell)
• Assoc. Dir. Of Instructional Advancement,Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
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WITH SPECIAL GUEST…
Rod Murray: Rod’s Pulse Podcast
• http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com
• [email protected](610) 616-2199
• Director of Application & Web Services, andAssoc. Prof., Dept of Pharmacolgy & Experimental TherapeuticsThomas Jefferson University, Phila., PA
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Session
• Understand the Audience
• Describe our Podcast Series
• Discussion/Q&A
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Audience – Part 1
• How many of you have ever listened to a podcast?
• How many of you have actually subscribed (iTunes or some other feed) to a podcast?
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Audience – Part 2
• How many of you have heard one of the BbFS sessions?
• How many of you have heard one of Rod’s Pulse Podcast episodes?
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Audience – Part 3
• How many of you have created a podcast?
• How many of you want to create your own podcast?
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Audience – Part 4
• How many of you want to learn more about podcasting: what it is, how it is done, etc.?
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Podcast Definition (Wikipedia)
• A digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
• Distinguished by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically.
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Goals for Each Presenter
• Who? Intended Audience
• Why? Audience’s WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?)
• What? Description
• When? Time Investment
• How? Technical Processes: Initial and for Each Podcast
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BILL VILBERGBBFS INTERVIEW SERIES
http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Intended Audience– The lonely Blackboard support people at each
campus
• WIIFM– Provide them with information about what
others are doing, in order to stimulate and reinforce what they are doing
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http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Description– Once a week 25-45 minute interview with
someone who supports or uses Blackboard
• Time Investment – Four hours per week– One hour to record the interview– One hour to process the recording– One hour to post the interview– One hour to schedule more interviews
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http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Technical Process Each Week– Connection
• Skype Dial-out
– Record• Audio Hijack Pro (Mac) • MX Skype Recorder (Windows)
– Process• Audacity
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http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Technical Process Each Week (continued)– Store
• Ftp with PowerDesk Pro 6
– Create HTML page• NVU
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http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Technical Process to Begin– Create Blog
• Blogger.com
– Create RSS Feed• Feedburner.com
– Register with iTunes• iTunes.com
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URLS
• Server with mp3 files– http://www.miami.edu/bb/bbfs/interviews/
• Blog with links to mp3 files– http://bbfs.blogspot.com
• Atom feed– http://bbfs.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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URLS
• Feedburner (RSS) feed– http://feeds.feedburner.com/bbfs
• Subscribe with iTunes– http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=157892053
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ROD MURRAYROD’S PULSE PODCAST
http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Intended Audience– Faculty and students interested in learning
how to use and create podcasts and other e-learning technologies
• WIIFM– Give audience knowledge and tools to create
their own podcasts to supplement their educational offerings using technology
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http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Description– Bi-weekly ~20 minute episodes with
podosphere news, an interview or discussion regarding podcasting or other e-learning technology emphasizing use within Blackboard, and a podsafe music selection
• Time Investment– ~4 hours per episode
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http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Technical Process Each Episode– Gather content from various news feeds and
podcasting directories including audio clips where possible
– Schedule interviews when planned– Obtain permission for using audio clips – Select podsafe music selection from
music.podshow.com
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http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Technical Process Each Episode (con’t)– Create outline for episode “show notes” using
Google Docs– Record main sections using Audacity and
edit out “um’s and ah’s”– Record interview using Skype or capture
phone conversation using Personal Logger– Assemble various audio clips into complete
episode using Castblaster
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http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Technical Process Each Episode (con’t)– Upload mp3 file to our Blackboard server– Publish show notes from Google Docs outline
to Blogger account– Add mp3 file URL to Blogger post and publish
blog episode
http://rodspulsepodcast.com
• Technical Process to Begin– Create Blog
• Blogger.com
– Create RSS Feed• Feedburner.com
– Register with iTunes and other podcast directories
URLs
• Server with mp3 files– http://pulse.jefferson.edu/podcasts/rpp/
• Blog with links to mp3 files– http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com redirects to…– http://rod4jefferson.blogspot.com
• Feedburner (RSS) feed– http://feeds.feedburner.com/RodsPulsePodcast
• Subscribe with iTunes– http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=121949703
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Want More?
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www.scholar.com• Simply click “Advanced Search” and search by
w_vilberg and tag: bbworld07And go to
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