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Blackboard: Podcasting Course Content. For existing Blackboard users interested in adding audio or video content to a course. This content can be made available to students in a course only, or shared with the world through iTunes U.
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Blackboard: Podcasting Course Content For existing Blackboard users interested in adding audio or video content to a course. This content can be made available to students in a course only, or shared with the world through iTunes U. David Wicks | Assistant Professor | Director of Instructional Technology Services | Seattle Pacific University | dwicks@spu.edu
Podcasting • Short for “iPod broadcasting” • Audio/video files are posted on the internet • Students can subscribe to feed so files are automatically downloaded as they become available
True or False? A podcast must be played back on an iPod. False, It can be played back on an iPod or another MP3 player. Any computer with audio capabilities can play a podcast
Podcatcher Client software or player for podcasts Used to download and aggregate podcasts Synchronizes with iPod or MP3 player Technology: RSS feed
Basic Steps • Create • Edit • Publish
Is podcasting easy? • Producing podcast may be easy if satisfied with “first take” • Tools
Benefits Unlimited replays Instant guest lecturer May be a way to increase in-class discussion Creates a “theatre of the mind” “Explaining Voice” Campbell, G. (2005). There's something in the air: Podcasting in Education. EDUCAUSE Review , 33-46.
Concerns Intellectual Property Open Source Content Digital divide? Increases skipping?
Basic Steps • Create • Edit • Publish
Editing a Podcast • Have ITS edit audio • Edit it yourself using QuickTime Pro or Audacity • Think about: • What should be included in a podcast? • Meta data
Publishing a Podcast • Have ITS upload it to iTunes U for public viewing • Upload content to Blackboard course using Podcast LX http://www.spu.edu/itunes/images/submit_course_lecture.pdf
How to link to an existing iTunes U file To create a URL to a specific FILE on iTunes U (to the actual .mp3), follow these directions: • Right-click on the TAB that contains the file in iTunes U • Click "Copy iTunes Store URL" • Paste the URL into internet explorer https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/spu.edu.1170867139.01170867146 • Change the word "Browse" in the URL to "Feed" and hit enter to go to the site https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/spu.edu.1170867139.01170867146 • Find the link to the file you want, right-click on it, and click "copy shortcut“ You now have a URL to the actual file independent of iTunes.
Questions? its@spu.edu 206.281.2170