2006 adaptation award: podcasting

Podcasting -- Delivering Materials to Students

access iTunes Music Store

1. Before you start, make sure you have iTunes installed on your computer. You may install the most recent version at the following link:
   
   
   http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
   
   
   
2. Enter your Learn@UW course using the following URL:
   
   
   https://learnuw.wisc.edu
   
   
   
3. Locate your course in the appropriate category (2006-spring, 2006-summer, or 2006-fall) and click on it. This will bring you to your course homepage.
   
   
   
   
   
4. There will be a Podcasting "widget" on your homepage as shown above.
5. Click on the Visit Course Podcast in iTunes link in the widget. This will open iTunes and bring you to the UW-Madison iTunes page shown below.
   
   



6. Under Courses, click on the course name to enter your iTunes course space as shown below.
   
   

editing course info

1. The iTunes course space allows for introductory information on the course and links to relevant documents in the Links box.
2. Click Edit Page in the Links box.
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Make changes.
5. Click OK.
6. Click on End Editing in the Links box.

adding tracks

1. Inside the Links box, click on Upload Files link.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Add Tracks icon near the top of your screen
3. Inside the Upload to Podcast area, click on the Choose File (Mac OS X) or Browse (Windows) button.




4. Locate the file to upload. Click Choose (Mac OS X) or Open (Windows) button to select the file.
5. Once upload is successful, the uploaded file should appear in the tracks list.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each file to be uploaded.
7. Click on the "Return to iTunes" icon at the top of the screen to return to iTunes.
   

changing course picture

1. Inside the Links box, click on Edit Page link.
2. Click on the pencil icon in the lower right of the image.




3. Click on the Choose File (Mac OS X) or Browse (Windows) button.
4. Locate the file to upload. Click Choose (Mac OS X) or Open (Windows) button to select the file.
5. Once upload is successful, a Finished message should appear at the top of the screen.
6. Click on the "Return to iTunes" link at the top of the page to return to iTunes.

deleting files

1. Click on the Upload Files link listed under the Links box.
2. Select track(s) you wish to delete by clicking in the box to the left of track name.
3. Under the Move Selected to select, Trash.




4. To empty trash of deleted file(s), click on the Trash tab at the top of the track list and then click the Empty Trash icon at the top of the screen.

change uploaded file attributes

1. Once a file is uploaded, its attibutes, such as author and title, cannot be changed.
2. To make changes, click Get Song button, next to the song. This will download it to iTunes.
3. Find the song in the Library and select it.
4. Choose File | Get Info and choose the Info tab.
5. Make changes and click OK.
6. Return to the Music Store category.
7. Under Current Tracks section, click on the Choose File (Mac OS X) or Browse (Windows) button.
8. Locate the file to upload. Click Choose (Mac OS X) or Open (Windows) button to select the file.
9. Once upload is successful, a Success message should appear at the top of the screen.
10. Click on the "Click here" link at the top of the page to return to iTunes.

subscribing to a podcast within iTunes

1. Inside the iTunes Music Store course space, there is a Subscribe button in the heading porting of the page.
2. Clicking Subscribe button will add an entry to the course podcast to the Podcast folder within iTunes.
3. Click on Podcasts under Source list in iTunes.
4. Files should be displayed. If files have not been downloaded yet, click on the Get button.

setting up podcasting preference

1. Choose Edit | Preferences, then chosoe the Podcasting tab.
   
   
   
   
2. Set Check for new episodes box to Every day.
3. Set When new episodes are available to Download most recent.
4. Set Keep to All episodes.
5. Click OK.

setting up iPod to download podcast

1. To change iPod podcast settings, connect your iPod to the computer.
2. Choose Edit | Preferences, and click iPod. Click the Podcasts tab.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Follow the instructions below:

• To automatically update your iPod or iPod mini with all the podcasts in your Podcasts playlist, select "Automatically update all podcasts."
• To automatically update your iPod or iPod mini with only selected podcasts, select "Automatically update selected podcasts only," and then select the podcasts you want to transfer.
• To limit the number of episodes that are automatically transferred to iPod, choose "All episodes," "Only checked episodes," "Only most recent episode," or "Only unplayed episodes" from the Update pop-up menu. If you choose "Only checked episodes," uncheck the episodes you don't want to transfer in the Podcasts playlist.
  
• To transfer podcasts and individual podcast episodes manually from your iTunes library to your iPod or iPod mini, select "Manually manage podcasts." Then drag podcasts or podcast episodes from the Podcasts playlist to iPod in the Source list.
• If you connect and update your iPod, and then add podcasts or podcast episodes to your iTunes library that you want to add to your iPod, choose File | Update iPod.

subscribing to a podcast within Juice

1. Download Juice from juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/download/
2. Install application.
3. Launch Juice.
4. Click on the Subscription tab.
5. Click on the Add New Feed button
   
   
   


6. Paste in the URL provided inside your iTunes course space (above the Subscribe button) into the URL box.
7. Enter a name for the Podcast in the Title box.
8. Click Save.

downloading podcast to media players using Juice

1. Using the Scheduler feature in Juice, podcast subscriptions will be checked at a given time. New files will be downloaded and transferred to iTunes or Windows Media Player.
   
2. Choose Tools | Scheduler.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Enable Scheduler box.
4. Select Check at Specific Times radio button to specify an exact time for podcast subscriptions to be updated. Enter exact time.
5. Select Check at regular Intervals radio button to specify the frequency up update checking.
6. Click Save
7. Choose File | Preferences (Windows) or Juice | Preferences (Mac OS X) and select the Player tab.
   
8. Select the desired player under the Choose a player section.
9. Click Save.
   
   

downloading podcast to non-ipod mp3 players using Juice

1. As each mp3 player has different procedures for transferring files from the computer to the mp3 player, check the player's documentation.
2. Juice can be configured to send podcasted materials to a specific directory by choosing File | Preferences (Windows) or Juice | Preferences (Mac OS X) and select the General tab.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Browse button and navigate to the directory from which the mp3 player files reside.
4. Click Save.
5. Files will be downloaded to this location. Synchronize files to MP3 player as specified in player documentation.

download audacity

1. Navigate to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.
2. Click Download Audacity 1.2.3 for Microsoft Windows or Other downloads for Mac.
3. Choose appropriate link under Recommended Download.

1. Click on one of the icons in the Download column to download Audacity
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Save file to the Desktop.

install audacity

Windows XP

• Locate Audacity Setup file on your computer on the Desktop and double-click on it.
• Click Next to start the install wizard.

• Click "I accept the agreement" radio button and click Next.
• Click Next after reading the information screen.
• Choose C:\Program Files\Audacity\ as the install location.
• Place checks in both boxes in the Select Additional Task window and click Next.
• Click Install
• Click Finish when install is complete.

Mac OS X

• Locate the Audacity folder on the Desktop.
• Click and drag the folder into the Application folder.

installing mp3 export tool

Windows XP

• Go to the LAME download page.
• Choose one of the LAME links. They are all the same, so just choose one.
  
• Save the file to the Desktop

• Extract File to the Desktop by right clicking on the lame-3.96.1 file and selectong Open With WinZip.

• Drag the LAME folder to the C:\Program Files\Audacity\Plug-Ins folder.

• The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command inside Audacity, you will be asked where lame_enc.dll is saved. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Audacity\Lame\Plug-Ins folder and locate lame_enc.dll.
  
  

Mac OS X

• Go to the LAME download page.
• Download the version of LameLib for Mac OS X to the Desktop
• Double-click on the LAMELib-Carbon.sit icon to expand it.
• Click and drag the file LameLib to the Audacity folder inside the Applications folder.
  
  The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask you where LameLib is saved. Navigate to the Application | Audacity folder and locate LameLib.

edit mp3 clip

1. Open Audacity.
2. Click File | Open.
3. Navigate to the MP3 file you would like to edit and click Open.

remove clips

1. Use the Selection Tool to highlight the part of the track that you would like to remove.
2. Click Delete.
   
   
   

fade in / fade out

1. Use the Selection Tool to highlight the part of the track that you would like to fade.
2. Select Fade in or Fade out from the Effect menu.

add multiple tracks

1. Select Project | Import Audio.
2. Navigate to and highlight the file you would like to add as another track.
3. Click Open.

export to mp3 format

1. Select File | Export as MP3.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Type in a File name. Avoid long file names and spaces.
3. Click Save.
4. IMPORTANT: Enter Title, Artist and Genre information. This information is important for content to be properly labeled and displayed inside iTunes. *Note: if you have worked with this file before, you may need to select Project | Edit ID3 Tags....
   
   Try to title the track appropriately. The title is the only track that will scroll if is is longer than what can be displayed on an iPod. Also, envision how tracks will display in a menu. Try to put episodic numbers at the beginning of the title, not the end.
   
   
   
   Good Example:
   
   Lec 2: Rise and Fall of the Sitcom
   
   
   Bad Example:
   
   COM 350: Pop Culture and Television: Lecture 2: The Rise and Fall of the Sitcom
   
   
   
5. Click OK.
   

creating a podcast: video walk-through

• Follow along with this video walk-through for creating a podcast.
• Evaluation of Tools

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