Getting Started with Podcasting:
GarageBand

Session Description

(For Macintosh users only)
Here's your chance to create your own podcast. Bring an idea for a recording script (or take one of ours) and we'll guide you through the steps involved. This session will also discuss applications and benefits for using audio in-class and online. By the end of this session, participants should have completed a basic podcast.

Putting Podcasts Online is a follow up session to Getting Started with Podcasting for both Windows and Mac users. Using the podcast created in the Getting Started sessions, this session will cover the creation of an RSS file and the publishing a podcast online. Participants should have an act vie web directory to complete the hands-on exercises.

Session Duration and Availability

This is a 50-minute session. Check the calendar for availability and register online. This session is also available upon request by faculty for incorporation into their courses. Faculty are also encouraged to arrange individual consultations for project planning and technical assistance.

Prerequisites

  1. Be sure you know what a podcast is. If necessary, use the Wikipedia entry for podcast as a starting point.

  2. Participants are expected to know how to subscribe to a podcast. If necessary, visit How to Subscribe in iTunes.

Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will understand:

  • the advantages, disadvantages, and variations of the podcast format
  • what distinguishes a podcast from a link to a multimedia file
  • how to combine narration, soundtrack, and images to create a basic podcast

Multimedia Planning Guidelines

  1. Plan ahead and start early.
  2. Get the best possible raw footage (frame it, mic it, light it).
  3. Consider data storage and file management.
  4. Be aware of copyright guidelines.

Find out more about multimedia planning guidelines.

Exemplary Models

Some models include video, although this session only covers the creation of basic podcasts.

Syllabus and Resources

  1. A syllabus is available for this session.
  2. Seven Things You Should Know About Podcasting (PDF), a concise overview from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative covers how podcasting works, its significance, and its downsides.
  3. Podcasting & Vodcasting – Definitions, Discussions & Implications (PDF), from 2005 is dated in some respects but gives an excellent view of how inter-related technologies make podcasts possible.
  4. Lynda.com has five hours of tutorials in "Podcast + Videocast Essential Training." Log-in for free from any Student Multimedia Design Center computer.
  5. Find out more about sounds, mics, sound control, and techniques from the video101 web site, available in the Student Multimedia Design Center.
  6. Windows users should visit "Getting Started with Podcasting: Photo Story 3."

 

Practice Files

This course will assemble a basic podcast using a script, a recorded narration of the script, a soundtrack, and images. You can bring your own files or use the practice files described here.

Script. Bring your own script or use a script prepared for this session.

Narration. We'll create an audio narration file with GarageBand during this session.

Soundtrack. For this session, we will use GarageBand's loop library.

Images. For this session, we will use a set of images from the UD Desktop Wallpaper collection. An archive file of podcast images is available for this session.

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