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AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

How to Podcast By Tom Felle Teaching assistant, Journalism. AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010. What is a podcast? A podcast is an audio recording of an event (eg lecture) made available for public consumption via the internet How do you make one?

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AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

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  1. How to Podcast By Tom Felle Teaching assistant, Journalism AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

  2. What is a podcast? A podcast is an audio recording of an event (eg lecture) made available for public consumption via the internet How do you make one? Four steps: Record you audio; edit it; upload it to a server (eg Sulis) and distribute via a ‘Podcatcher’ (eg iTunes) AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

  3. 1. How do I record my audio? Hardware required: digital recorder Should be able to connect via USB Should allow recording in MP3 format (compressed file sizes; circa 1mb per minute) Recommended: Zoom H2 (circa €200) or similar To record: Press ‘Record’, to stop press ‘Stop’ Upload to computer: Plug in via USB – operates exactly the same as a memory stick. AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

  4. 1. How do I edit the audio? Software required: audio editing package Recommended: Adobe Audition (circa €300) Free recommendation: Audacity (basic but works fine) To use: 1.Import / open file, place mouse at in-point; highlight unwanted audio and press delete. 2. Split into 10-20 minute “chunks” (if using Sulis) 3. Save lectures in MP3 format AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

  5. 3. What do you do with your recording? • (a) Upload to Sulis • In course page click “site editor” then “edit tools” and click “podcast” to add option. • In ‘podcasts’ click “add” to add MP3 (podcast) files • (b) Distribute via iTunes: click “advanced” then “subscribe to podcast” and podcasts will download and update iPods automatically AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

  6. Questions to consider: Who is my podcast for? Students / faculty or outside interest How will it be marketed (SULIS only available internally)? Training? / Time commitments? Audio quality and production values? (University reputation at stake!) Impact on teaching? AHSS Faculty Teaching Day 22 January 2010

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