Well, all has been quiet on the podcast front but things are busy, busy on campus with the new semester! The podcast pilot group has recently met to "meet our Macs" and we will meet again soon to learn how to record and edit our podcasts with Garageband. We will also meet to work out policies related to ITunes U and podcast use on campus.
I received my new headphones w/ microphone for creating library podcasts today! I had some pretty old ones before and everyone said I looked like a Time Life operator. The sound quality wasn't amazing either. The new Plantronics headphones are USB and digital. They were the lowest price that still had the sound quality we were looking for. The CreativeTechs tips blog has a great comparison: http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/what_is_a_good_microphone_for_podcasting_1.html. I can't wait to try them out!
Although we don't have our webspace to upload podcasts yet, some instructors have found that they can upload a limited number of audio files to file sharing applications in social networking sites like Facebook. We have also been trained this summer to use the Wimba podcaster! This neat little tool will let you upload a limited number of podcasts for your students into the Blackboard Learning System. You can also allow your students to create their own podcasts and they can subscribe to podcasts using Wimba. For more information take a look here: http://www.wimba.com/products/voicetools/
The library podcasts are coming soon. Three of the Camtasia tutorials are going up today. Three more have to be edited some more before they're ready to go. We hope to eventually have physical tours of the library available in podcast form as well. A neat example is available from the Alden Library at the University of Ohio: http://www.library.ohiou.edu/podcasts/?page_id=14.
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Have you seen Jing yet?
http://www.jingproject.com/
It is by the same people that did Camtasia but more web based.
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