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Hands On Podcasting Spotlight 2008

Learn the complete podcasting process for educational use. From planning and recording to uploading, discover how to incorporate podcasts in learning and teaching effectively. Includes tips on good practice, audio recording using Audacity, and utilizing the ULCC Podcasting Service.

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Hands On Podcasting Spotlight 2008

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  1. Hands On PodcastingSpotlight 2008 Mark Morley – CiLASS/CiCS Graham McElearney - LeTS

  2. Today’s session – overview of the podcasting process • Planning your podcast • Notes on Good Practice • Audio recording using Audacity • Uploading your podcast to the University of London Computing Centre Podcast Service

  3. Planning your podcast – uses in learning and teaching (I) • Recording of lectures or special events e.g. outside speakers • Providing a précis or re-cap of the weeks lectures or activities • Subject expert interviews • Assisting auditory learners, and/or providing for a variety of learning styles, Accessibility • Specific “listening practice” for certain disciplines e.g. heart sounds in medicine, speech/phonetics, language learning

  4. Planning your podcast – uses in learning and teaching (II) • Lecturers providing group feedback on assignments • Students creating podcasts in a various contexts • Submitting oral reports and/or other assignments • Students capturing audio data as part of inquiry based learning • Students engaging in other forms of creative activities

  5. Planning your podcast – structure and format • Establish your aims and objectives at beginning of series and/or each episode • Introduce yourself • Let the students know what they are expected to do during or after the podcast • Consider adhering to a “format” if you are creating a series • Consider use of music, interviews etc to add variety

  6. Activity – Planning your podcast • Use the supplementary sheet provided to plan your podcast

  7. Good Practice for Podcasting – audio Bit-rates • MP3 files use compression to achieve small file sizes • Speech Only – set to 64 kbps • Music – set to 128 Kbps • See Section 4.2.2 in Audacity guide

  8. Good Practice for Podcasting – archiving your work : • Always save your work regularly in Audacity • Archive your work as uncompressed WAV (see section 4.1 in Audacity guide)

  9. Good Practice for Podcasting – using the ULCC Podcasting Service • Upload your material to the ULCC server NOT MOLE, cPanel or CMS • See “Using the ULCC Podcasting Service” document for details

  10. Audio recording using Audacity – things to do today (I) • Start Audacity (2.1) • Record a short piece and listen back (3.1, 3.2) • Check your recording level (3.3 NOT 4) • Save your work (3.4) • Experiment with editing options (3.5)

  11. Audio recording using Audacity – things to do today (I) • Add additional audio if you wish (3.6 – 3.8) • Archive your recording as uncompressed WAV (4.1) • Export as MP3 (4.2) • Set Bit-rate (4.2.2) • Export MP3 (4.2.3)

  12. Upload your podcast to the ULCC server • Make sure course giver has your email address • Log into server (2) • Create Feed (3) • Add Items (4) • View feed, copy to MOLE course (5)

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