your students are pod people

Your Students Are Pod People

…but that’s alright

John NappAssociate Professor & Engineering Librarian

University of Toledo

Not THAT kind of Pod People

Photo by Matthew Welch

I love these library Podcasts!

This kind…

What Is A Podcast?

Originally, an audio file delivered to user using an RSS feed

Audio file that can be downloaded and stored on iPod-like device or computer

Portable

Relatively small files

Audio only

What Is A Podcast?

Video with sound file that can be downloaded and stored on MP3 player or computer

Portable

Visuals can be useful

Fewer users video-capable players

Larger files

Most players currently available feature small screens

What Works As A Podcast?

Tutorials

Self-guided tours

An accompaniment to a special exhibit

What You Need

Computer with sound card and/or video card

Digital still or video camera

Editing software

Sufficient storage capacity for large video files

Quiet space for recording audio

Good quality microphone

Microphones

Basic USB microphone Logitech USB Desktop Microphone

Condenser Microphone Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone

Better sound quality

Editing Software

Audio Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Available for Mac OS X, Windows, GNU/Linux

Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library

Editing Software

Video Windows Movie Maker

Comes with Windows XP & Vista

Zwei-Stein Video Editor http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein Free software for audio and video editing, It is

available for Windows & Linux

iTunes As of April 2007 Apple sold over 100 million

iPods worldwide

Only MPEG-4,& H.264-encoded MPEG digital video files play on iPods

AIFF, WAV, or MP3 audio files play on iPods

John NappAssociate Professor & Engineering Librarian

University of Toledojnapp1960@yahoo.com

Thank You!