Getting Started with Podcasting:
Windows Photo Story 3

Session Description

(For Windows users only)
Here's your chance to create your own podcast. Bring an idea for a recording script (or use the sample script for this session) and we'll guide you through the steps involved. This session will also applications and benefits for using basic podcasts. By the end of this session, participants should have completed a basic podcast file that can be uploaded to a web server.

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
  • how to combine narration, soundtrack, and images to create a basic podcast
  • what distinguishes a podcast from a link to a multimedia file

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. [session handout]
  2. A guide for using PhotoStory is available (PDF).
  3. 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. [session handout]
  4. 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. [session handout, page 12]
  5. Microsoft's Photo Story 3 web site: free program download, tutorials, tips, and FAQs.
  6. Lynda.com has five hours of tutorials in "Podcast + Videocast Essential Training." Log-in for free from any Student Multimedia Design Center computer.
  7. Find out more about sounds, mics, sound control, and techniques from the video101 web site, available in the Student Multimedia Design Center.
  8. Macintosh users should visit "Getting Started with Podcasting: GarageBand."

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 Photo Story during this session.

Soundtrack. Windows XP supplies two sample soundtrack files (in the Sample Music folder within My Music) which can be imported into Photo Story. For this session, we will use Photo Story's built-in music generator.

Images. Windows XP supplies four sample image files (in the Sample Pictures folder within My Pictures). 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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