Title: iTunes U: Podcasting Made Easy
1iTunes U Podcasting Made Easy
2Presenters
- Dr. John Crooks
- Associate Provost, U.P./Director, Distributed
Learning - Mike Substelny
- Instructor, Fiscal Year Faculty
- Mary Jane Pasky
- Coordinator, Distributed Learning
3Forces Behind Podcasting
Videostreaming Dr. Roy Church,
President
Podcasting
4Dead Ends
- Computer Services Department
- Instructional Television and Media Services
- MacIntosh Faculty
5Roadblocks
- Internal Resistance
- Technical support issues
- Employee work load
- Bandwidth and server capacity
- Fear of Macintosh server!
- Faculty intellectual property
6Light at the End of the Tunnel
DUH!
7Apple Representative Visits
- How to make podcast/vodcast
- Download podcast
- Showed iPods
- Showed iTunes U beta sites
- Reviewed iTunes U agreement (existing content
mandatory)
Its Free
8Visited University of Michigan School of Dentistry
- MacIntosh computer in back of lecture hall
- Student managed uploads to iTunes U
9First ProcessPreviously Developed Content
- Videostream lectures
- Audio to mp3
- Video to mp4
- Create RSS feeds using Vodcaster
- Upload files on web server
- Give link to instructor
- Instructor put link in ANGEL
10Purchased Digital Voice Recorders
- Olympus WS-100
- (records wma format)
- Hand-picked faculty to start podcasting
11Original Process for Live Lectures
Webmaster
Create RSS feed for course
Send link to DL
Distance Learning (DL)
Is Webmaster on vacation?
Yes
DL send link to faculty
Faculty
Delay
No
Place link in ANGEL
Daily Process
Add daily lecture files to server
Record lecture
Send confirmation to DL that process is complete
Upload file to computer
Email file to DL
Is DL on vacation?
Yes
Delay
No
Email mp3 or burn CD and hand deliver
Change file to mp3 and add ID3 tags
12Problems with Original Process
- Labor intensive
- Email server issues
- Security issues
- Involved coordination between three
departments - Long, slow process
- Resulted in student complaints
132006 iTunes U Timeline
Feb 3 Received Application from Apple
Feb 18 Submitted Application to Apple
March 6 Application accepted
April 25 Received Service Agreement
June 2 Signed Service Agreement
February March April May June
July August September
July 17 Received Starter Kit
August 8 Conversion to Windows complete, begin
building LCCC iTunes Site and Webpages
August 30 Authentication complete
September 11 Open LCCC iTunes U, train Faculty
14Distance Learning/Webmaster Start of Term Process
15Faculty Daily Process
16- Podcasting Effectiveness Data
- From One Course Section
17- Podcasting Effectiveness Data
- From One Course Section
18Student Comments
- Very convenient! Very clear! Great tool for
learning! - Unable to download. Fellow student copied to
CD for me. - I think it was a great idea and it's nice to
listen to the lecture again and be able to press
pause and rewind and take better notes from
class. I hope future classes offer this
service. (contd)
19Student Comments (contd)
- I didn't use podcasting much, but when there
were times that I was unable to make it to
class (2-3 times) it was very useful.
20iTunes UWeekly Usage Report
21Demonstrations
- Import Audio File
- Upload Podcast
22Questions/Discussion
23Contact Information
- Dr. John Crooks
- 1-800-995-5222, ext. 7793
- jcrooks_at_lorainccc.edu
- Mike Substelny
- 1-800-995-5222, ext. 7084
- msubstel_at_lorainccc.edu
- Mary Jane Pasky
- 1-800-995-5222, ext. 7684
- mpasky_at_lorainccc.edu
- Joe Querin (Technical Expert)
- 1-800-995-5222, ext. 7060
- jquerin_at_lorainccc.edu