1. Creating and Using Podcasts Stanford University Continuing Studies CS 43 Mark Branom markb@stanford.edu http://www.stanford.edu/people/markb/ 650.725.1717 Course Web Site: http://www.stanford.edu/group/csp/cs43/

2. 2 Week 5 Agenda Unfinished questions… Video podcasts Lab time to work on projects (due next Wednesday!)

3. 3 Video Podcasts Creating a video podcast and creating an audio podcast involves the same process. 1.Research your topic, and plan what will be filmed 2.Film the video 3.Upload the video to a server 4.Create an RSS feed to advertise the podcast 5.Upload the RSS feed to a server 6.Notify search engines about the RSS feed

4. 4 Filming Resources Hardware –Digital Camera Product Reviews: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ –Consumer Reports Digital Cameras: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/digital-cameras-photos/ Camcorders: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/camcorders/reports/ Software –Handbrake (to convert DVDs to podcast-acceptable format): http://handbrake.m0k.org/ –Vixy (to convert flash movies to podcast-acceptable format): http://vixy.net/

5. 5 Film Editing Software Windows Movie Maker: –http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/ –Getting Started Manual: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/ iMovie: –http://www.apple.com/imovie/ –Getting Started Manual: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMovieHD_Getting_Started.pdf

6. 6 RSS Feed for Video Podcasts After you have shot, edited, and uploaded the video, you need to add the RSS feed to make it a podcast. The format is exactly the same as for an audio podcast (see Week 4’s handout), except that the tag will point to a video instead of an audio file..MOV.WMV.MP4 For a PDF file in your Podcast feed, the would look like this:

7. 7 Final Project Information The final project is to create and publish a 3-5 minute podcast – an audio or video file and an RSS feed advertising the podcast. The final project will be turned in by sending the instructor (Mark Branom at markb@stanford.edu) an email with the location of the RSS feed.markb@stanford.edu Due date for the final project: Wednesday, December 12, 2007