Podcast
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Podcasts allow students to access video/audio files using their computers, cell phone or mp3 players when they are not connected to the internet. They can listen on a plane, bus, or in a rural area with no coverage. | Podcasts allow students to access video/audio files using their computers, cell phone or mp3 players when they are not connected to the internet. They can listen on a plane, bus, or in a rural area with no coverage. | ||
| - | You will need to have your audio files in an MP3 format and video files in MP4 format for podcasting purposes. [http://audio.populardownloads.com/audacity/index.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpa&utm_campaign=audio-audacity&gclid=CI-i0P3g4aQCFTRa7Aodi1kqIg | Audacity] is a free and easy to use software for creating audio files. | + | You will need to have your audio files in an MP3 format and video files in MP4 format for podcasting purposes. [http://audio.populardownloads.com/audacity/index.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpa&utm_campaign=audio-audacity&gclid=CI-i0P3g4aQCFTRa7Aodi1kqIg | Audacity] is a free and easy to use software for creating audio files. |
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| + | Once you have an MP3 and/or MP4 file, you may add it to the Podcast tool in eLearning in Sakai so students can access them with a podcatcher. | ||
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| + | ==Add a podcast== | ||
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| + | # Click on '''Podcasts''' in the left menu bar. | ||
| + | # Click '''Add''' | ||
| + | # Beside “Choose a file,” click '''Browse''' | ||
| + | # Select the file on your computer and click '''Open''' | ||
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| + | '''NOTE:''' Files with names that include these characters - / \ ? * " : < > @ # % cannot be accepted. If your file’s name contains one of these characters, change the filename before attempting to upload it. | ||
Revision as of 15:40, 20 October 2010
Podcasts allow students to access video/audio files using their computers, cell phone or mp3 players when they are not connected to the internet. They can listen on a plane, bus, or in a rural area with no coverage.
You will need to have your audio files in an MP3 format and video files in MP4 format for podcasting purposes. | Audacity is a free and easy to use software for creating audio files.
Once you have an MP3 and/or MP4 file, you may add it to the Podcast tool in eLearning in Sakai so students can access them with a podcatcher.
Add a podcast
- Click on Podcasts in the left menu bar.
- Click Add
- Beside “Choose a file,” click Browse
- Select the file on your computer and click Open
NOTE: Files with names that include these characters - / \ ? * " : < > @ # % cannot be accepted. If your file’s name contains one of these characters, change the filename before attempting to upload it.
