1. Podcasting 101: Harnessing a New Technology for Course Delivery _______________________ Will Meredith- RRU Library David Black – RRU Applied Communications Faculty

2. Defining the Term iPod + broadcasting Word of the Year, 2005: New Oxford American Dictionary "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player.”

3. Wikipedia – (Jan. 23rd 2007) A podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds… … a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically, using software capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.

4. RSS Similar to a site’s index or table of contents Innovation behind podcasting’s rapid growth RSS aggregator – software User saves RSS ‘feeds’ in their aggregator Aggregator checks feeds and downloads new content

5. Podcasting’s Virtues Niche content Download rather than stream Potentially portable media Listen when and where you like Fast forward, rewind or skip all together Listen more than once

6. Vodcasts / Video podcasts Possibly more appropriate Production is more challenging Consumption opportunities decline Larger file and transmission space required Worth the extra work? Added value?

7. What is Available? Tech shows ‘Godcasts’ University lectures Trucking Cooking Music Language instruction Corporate training (not publicized) Repackaged commercial content

8. Consuming Podcasts You need: High speed internet connection Aggregator / Podcatcher (Often combined) iTunes Juice RSS feeds Podcast directories Media search engines Computer w/ speakers / Portable media player

9. Aggregators iTunes Juice

10. Directories of Podcasts Indiepodder iTunes Podcast alley Podcast pickle Yahoo podcasts Odeo

12. Media Search Engines Podscope Blinkx Podzinger Feedster

18. Recording software Audacity Garageband QuickTime Pro Adobe Audition Audio Hijack Pro

20. Labelling Files Label your MP3’s - ID3 tags Title: Name of episode (name/date combination) Album: Full show name Artist: Your name / Guest’s name / episode name Year – Year Track – Episode number Genre – Podcast / Vocal Comments – Free form. URL of the bog or of the show itself

21. File Management Software Podcastomatic Dircaster

22. Bandwidth Solutions Record in mono Sampling rate 44100 Hz Sampling size of 16 bit

23. Thanks for coming! Will Meredith will.meredith@royalroads.ca