1. Introduction to Podcasting

2. Discuss the steps that someone must take to create a podcast, providing details on what software and hardware you recommend. Include your personal experience about how you are preparing to produce the Unit 8 podcast. Discuss how podcasts are distributed and the importance of aggregators. Share your research into podcast hosting. Discuss any tips or challenges you have about the assignments.

3. Week 7 Script Project Write a podcast script for the podcast due week 8. The script should be 200-250 words, which should produce a 2-3 minute podcast. Write in a conversational style; you will read this script out loud to create the Week 8 podcast. Select a topic from one of the following: Discuss business applications of social media. Include a personal story of how this kind of business effort has influenced you in the past. Detail your experience as a University student. Discuss digital, social media tools are available that can help you maintain friendships after you graduate. Explain what “the economy of words” means to you. Describe how the listener/viewer can apply this concept when communicating. Provide suggestions or examples. Discuss social media, describing how individuals can use these digital tools to advance their careers or reputations.

4. How to Write Your Script Research all components of your podcast in order to deliver the most relevant material to your audience. Your writing style should be conversational with friendly language, limiting the use of jargon or industry specific words in order to accommodate your listeners

5. Content It is smart to always write a script before trying to record your audio. Have the script proofread and practice it at least once. Another helpful hint is to add cues to remind you where to pause, add emphasis, etc.

6. Closing As with the opening, the closing bumper should be recorded in a gender opposite that of the content and should include background music. It should also point the audience to a source for more information related to the podcast. A podcast must use references, funding information, and copyrights where necessary.

7. Be active, positive and present-tense Avoid passive voice descriptions in which the action is done unto something, instead of something doing the action. Avoid negative words such as "not", "no", "don't", "doesn't", "won't", etc. Phrase things in the present tense as much as possible.

8. Make it personal Imagine you are writing for one person, a friend who trusts your information and opinions.

9. Writing Checklist Is there a short overview? Have you removed as much text as possible? Have long or awkward sentences been removed? Are numbers re-written as words? Have passive verbs been replaced with active tense? Have negative words like "don't", "can't" and "won't" been removed? Is present tense used throughout? Would a listener feel you are talking directly to them?

10. For Discussion Discuss your personal experience about how you are preparing to produce the Unit 8 podcast.

11. Let’s watch this short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- hrBbczS9I0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- hrBbczS9I0

12. How to Podcast http://www.how-to-podcast- tutorial.com/13-basic-podcasting- software.htm

13. Download Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/downloa d/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/downloa d/ Tutorial on Audacity set up: http://www.how-to-podcast- tutorial.com/videos/01-audacity- setup/audacity-setup.html http://www.how-to-podcast- tutorial.com/videos/01-audacity- setup/audacity-setup.html

14. The Basic Steps of Publishing Your Podcast To publish your podcast to the internet, you usually need to do the following: Register a Web Address – also called a domain name Find/Buy Web Hosting – to store your blog/site and your audio files on the internet Start a Blog - this is your web site for posting your show notes, links, etc. Create an RSS Feed – this is the feed that your listeners subscribe to so they can automatically download new episodes of your podcast

15. Details of publishing podcasts http://www.how-to-podcast- tutorial.com/21-podcast-hosting.htm

16. Podcast hosting http://www.how-to-podcast- tutorial.com/22-free-podcast- hosting.htm

17. For discussion Discuss any tips or challenges you have about the assignments.