Podcast Guidelines |
This document is available online: http://acadweb.swarthmore.edu/podcast/ |
POSTING AND SUBSCRIBING TO PODCAST WEBLOG
Prepare your file for upload |
Grab a
copy of your MP3 file from wherever you created it (Audacity, iTunes, digital
recorder, etc.) Make sure it is the converted MP3 of your recording and not
an uncompressed AIFF or WAV file. |
Verify
the name of the file such as Title.username.mp3 does not contain any spaces
or illegal characters (%, @, &, /, etc.) |
Create a post on a podcast weblog |
Open http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/students/ in
your browser and navigate to your project's weblog. Log in with your blog
username and password. |
On your
WordPress dashboard, click the Write link to start a new post. Give it a title
(required) and add a description of your podcast in the text box (optional.) |
On
the right hand navigation bar, click
the link to the appropriate category (if any) for your post. |
Below the
text box, click the Upload: Choose File button to attach your MP3 file. Once
it has uploaded, click the "Send to Editor" button to add the file to your post. |
Click
the Publish button to publish your post. |
You
should see your new post listed on the main weblog page and in your category
(if appropriate.) The post should include an embedded MP3 player that plays
your file. If not, return to Edit or Delete your post and try again. |
Subscribe to the podcast |
iTunes 6 (use on Mac or Win, best with iPod) |
Copy the
RSS subscription url from your class weblog (http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/students/).
In iTunes, choose Advanced > Subscript to Podcast and paste in the feel URL
you copied from your podcast weblog |
In the
Podcast area of iTunes, click the Update button in the upper right to manually
pull any new files for the shows you subscribe to. Click the Settings button
in the lower right corner to configure updates every day so you'll
automatically get any new podcasts as they become available. |
Sync the podcasts from iTunes to your MP3 player, if desired. |
Juice (use on Mac or Win with any MP3 player) |
click
the +Add New Feed button and paste in the podcast URL. |
sync the podcasts from Juice to your MP3 player, if desired. |
This document is available online: http://acadweb.swarthmore.edu/podcast/ |
Last
updated: Sep 1, 2008 |