Transcript Your Students are Pod People, But That's Alright

Your Students Are Pod
People
…but that’s alright
John Napp
Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian
University of Toledo
Not THAT kind of Pod People
This kind…
I love these library Podcasts!
Photo by Matthew Welch
What Is A Podcast?
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Originally, an audio file delivered to user
using an RSS feed
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Audio file that can be downloaded and stored
on iPod-like device or computer
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Portable
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Relatively small files
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Audio only
What Is A Podcast?
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Video with sound file that can be downloaded
and stored on MP3 player or computer
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Portable
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Visuals can be useful
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Fewer users video-capable players
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Larger files
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Most players currently available feature small screens
What Works As A Podcast?
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Tutorials
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Self-guided tours
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An accompaniment to a special exhibit
What You Need
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Computer with sound card and/or video card
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Digital still or video camera
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Editing software
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Sufficient storage capacity for large video files
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Quiet space for recording audio
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Good quality microphone
Microphones
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Basic USB microphone
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Logitech USB Desktop Microphone
Condenser Microphone
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Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone
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Better sound quality
Editing Software
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Audio
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Audacity
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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
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Video
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Windows Movie Maker
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Comes with Windows XP & Vista
Zwei-Stein Video Editor
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http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein
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Free software for audio and video editing, It is
available for Windows & Linux
iTunes
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As of April 2007 Apple sold over 100 million
iPods worldwide
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Only MPEG-4,& H.264-encoded MPEG
digital video files play on iPods
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AIFF, WAV, or MP3 audio files play on iPods
John Napp
Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian
University of Toledo
[email protected]
Thank You!