Podcasting is Much Easier with Podcast Producer
We’ve been using Apple’s Podcast Producer to accommodate over 30 course sections per semester in creating a variety of podcasts which integrate into course curricula. Podcast Producer provides an easy-to-use, intuitive interface which allows the choice of screen-casting, video recording, audio recording, or file uploads. The user chooses a type, and begins recording with a click of the button. When finished, they click “publish” and presto, their work is finished.
The files is sent to Podcast Producer (which we currently run on an Xserve) where all of the processing, encoding, and publishing takes place. The podcast can be published to iTunes, blogs, YouTube, or any other file accessible system.
Our course podcasts are mainly published to iTunes U which is integrated with our Blackboard system. The podcasts can then be delivered to only the students enrolled in the class.
For our public productions, Podcast Producer adds bumpers, intros and outros, metadata including cover art, and publishes in multiple formats. Look for more posts in the future on podcasting with Podcast Producer.
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