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Learn about podcasting, RSS feeds, syndication, and how to create your own feed. Submit your podcast to iTunes and engage your audience effectively.
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Instant Presenter Features • Video Display (top left) • Delegate List (left panel) • Slide Show (main window) • Text Chat (below main window) • Screen Share Option • Polling Feature (tab along top)
How does Podcasting work? • What today’s briefing includes • Explanation of syndication • Explanation of an RSS feed • Example RSS feed • How to make your own feed • Submit podcast to iTunes
How does podcasting work • Explanation of Syndication • Download, streaming & podcasting • Audience subscribes to syndicate • document, Audio or Video • iTunes Store, Feedburner
How does podcasting work • What is an RSS feed • XML (Extensible Markup Language) • RSS Really Simple Syndication • Metadata describes podcast and media • Feed file (rss.xml) sits on the (web) host with your media files and points (URL) to each podcast media file.
How does podcasting work • Example feed RSS.XML <channel> <title>main title of podcast series</title> <author>Mark Clark</author> <description>The monthly JISC video podcast</description> <item> <title>episode-1: Introduction</title> <enclosure url=http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/pod1.mp3” /> <pubdate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:00 GMT</pubdate> </item> <item> <title>episode-2: Virtual Learning Environments</title> <enclosure url=“http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/pod2.mp3” /> <pubdate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00 GMT</pubdate> </item> </channel>
How does podcasting work • How to make your own feed • Create episode with Garageband (mac) or Audacity (PC) • Create rss.xml file with text editor or edit existing file • Save media and (xml) feed files to your server • test your xml file with www.feedvalidator.org • register an account with iTunes & submit feed URL
JISC Regional Support Centre SW Scotland m.clark@rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk