1. Podcasting Kate Pitcher, Reference/Instruction & Web Development Librarian SUNY Geneseo COMN 274 Electronic PublishingOctober 5, 2007

2. What is a podcast? There are LITERALLY podcasts for every topic…even board gaming!

3. Podcasts “…syndicated audio or video content in a multimedia file meant for play on a handheld device (such as an iPod) or a personal computer…”

4. MP3 + RSS = Podcast June 28, 2005 What makes a podcast… a podcast?

5. iPods Can be used as… hard drive calendar contact manager audio recorder save text files photo library notes reader alarm clock PDF library video player can be projected w/LCD or TV Music

6. MP3 players

7. Finding a podcast is EASY: Type podcasts + directory in any search engine and you will find LOTS of podcasts on MANY subjects Look for a icon on your favorite website Search for podcasts + “subject” in any search engine In iTunes, search the podcast directory for thousands of podcasts on many different topics

8. Creating podcasts is EASY: Create an MP3 recording Host it on a website Publish a feed

9. What technology do you need for podcasts? Computer or handheld device (iPod or MP3 player for example) to listen to or watch the podcast Podcast receiver (or podcatcher) to subscribe to the podcast

10. How do we find and subscribe to podcasts? Find a podcast you are interested in listening to Find the orange “RSS” or “POD” button Click button OR copy and paste the URL into your podcast receiver

11. Subscribing to podcasts with iTunes… 1. 2. 3.

12. Other podcast receivers: Doppler Juice Bloglines

13. How do we create podcasts? Two easy ways: 1. Create podcasts by phone 2. Use recording software to: –Record audio and convert it to a downloadable format (MP3) –Create a text file which describes the audio (RSS) –Upload to the web

14. Podcasting Tools Gabcast http://www.gabcast.com http://www.gabcast.com podOmatic http://www.podomatic.com/home http://www.podomatic.com/home Odeo http://www.odeo.com http://www.odeo.com

15. Gabcast http://www.gabcast.com/index.php Free Record podcasts by phone

16. Creating a podcast by phone… Toll-free number Click on “Testing” icon to get the podcast and play!

17. podOmatic http://www.podomatic.com/home http://www.podomatic.com/home Free Record your own podcasts

18. Post an episode

19. Odeo http://odeo.com/ Free Upload MP3 files

20. Elements needed for recording your own podcast Recording & editing software Microphone Audio card Convert audio file to MP3 file format Upload MP3 file to server Create an RSS feed for the podcast

21. Recording Software Sound Recorder (found with most Windows OS) Audacity (for PCs and Macs; free) http://audacity.sourceforge.net http://audacity.sourceforge.net GarageBand (for Macs) http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

22. Creating an RSS feed for your podcast: 1. Apply Tool’s Podcast RSS Feed Generator: http://www.applytools.com/cgi-bin/sa/podcast/podcast.cgi? 2.Poderator: http://poderator.com/ 3.PodcastBlaster: http://www.podcastblaster.com/podcast-feed/

23. In order to create the RSS feed for your podcast, follow these steps: 1.Create a plain text file on your computer, a.TXT file if you are on Windows using Notepad Note: Word (.doc file format or other) will not work 2.Copy and past the podcast XML code into the new file. 3.Rename the file to "podcast.xml" and upload to your server.

25. Example of the podcast XML file in the.txt file using Notepad

26. Example of RSS feed as it appears when I click on podcast logo…

27. Contact Info… Kate Pitcher Reference/Instruction & Web Development Librarian Milne Library SUNY Geneseo pitcher@geneseo.edu http://www.geneseo.edu/~pitcher