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)
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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.
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Music
Produce
- Audacity: Free, Open Source Software for Recording and Editing Sounds
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Audacity Documentation
- Audacity Multitrack Production
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Possible Creative Elements of Podcasts
- Host
- Music
- Interviews
- Conversation
- Monologue
- Documentary
- Stories/Fiction
- Other Podcasts (Remixing)
- Re-purposed Content
Publish
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Upload Your Audio
- Upload your audio to our shared server space, using your favorite file transfer program.
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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