Tutorials

Tutorials: [ MTSU Supported ] [ General Tutorials ]

There are an abundance of podcast tutorials on the web. I have listed some below. Visit our web site, http://www.mtsu.edu/podcast to view additional tutorials. Generally to create an audio podcast you will need to:

1. Record the audio you will be using.
2. Use audio editing software to edit the audio file (add sound effects and music) and then save it as an MP3 file.
3. Publish the MP3 file to a web server.
4. Create an RSS feed and publish your RSS file to a web page on your site so that others can use it to subscribe to your podcast.

MTSU Supported Methods for Creating Podcasts

• Converting your Audio files to MP3 format [ Mac and PC ]
• Compressing Speech Recordings using iTunes.pdf
• Creating Audio Only Podcasts [ Mac ] [ PC ] Coming Soon!
• Creating Enhanced Audio Podcasts  [ Mac ] [ PC ] Coming Soon!
• Creating Chapter-Based Audio Podcasts [ Mac ] [ PC ] Coming Soon!

General Tutorials

• http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/create.html
• QuickTimePro - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/
• iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html
• Publishing Your PodCast - http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/popup-quickstart-podcast
• Educational Podcasting by Gary S. Stager - http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html

Creating an Audio Podcast using Audacity

• PC Tutorial - http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts_with_pc.html

Creating an Audio Podcast in Garageband

• Garageband How to Article from Apple - http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/recording/

Creating a Video Podcast in iMovie 6

• iMovie How-to Article from Apple - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=imovie/6.0/en/imv1212.html

How to Publish a Podcast on iTunes

• Submitting a Podcast to iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html
• Publishing your Podcast with Feed Burner - http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/popup-quickstart-podcast
• Publish to a .Mac account (Mac users only) http://boinx.com/articles/podcasting/

Creating an RSS Feed

• RSS Primer from PC Magazine - http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html
• Sample RSS/XML Feed
• Recommended Feed tools
  • Feeder (OS-X) - http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/index.html
  • FeedForAll (Win) - http://www.feedforall.com/download.htm
  • Online RSS Feed Generator
    • Feedburner - http://www.feedburner.com/
      Publishing with Feedburner - http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/popup-quickstart-podcast
    • RSS feed generator - http://www.tdscripts.com/webmaster_utilities/podcast-generator.php
• Create an RSS Feed for a FrontPage web site -
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=36f729ad-326f-47dc-8c72-0056142c5e7f&displaylang=en