Turning Your Lectures into a Podcast

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Turning Your Lectures into a Podcast Joe Casabona podcastlectures.com Chris Badget lifterlms.com

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Podcasting is the answer!

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What is podcasting?

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The practice of using the Internet to make digital recordings of broadcasts available for downloading to a computer or mobile device.

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Podcasting is a way to get your lectures to your students.

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Why Use Podcasting?

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Reasons to start a classroom podcast • Accessible Everywhere • Bandwidth Friendly • Low Barrier of Entry • Budget Friendly • Easy to Keep a Schedule • More Than Just Text

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For your lecturers, it can be pretty low commitment.

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What You Need • A decent mic • A quite place to record • A place to host your podcast

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What Your Students Need • A device that can temporarily connect to the internet • A web browser or a podcast app • You even embed the lecture in your own LMS

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How to Record

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Step 1: Your Mic • I recommend the ATR-2100, but a decent USB headset would be ﬁne too (more in at https:/ / casabona.org/mics/) • Any USB mic will just plugin to your computer. You can start recording with ut!

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Step 2: Record • You’ll want to record using some app. • On a Mac: Quicktime • On a PC: Sound Recorder • You can also use the Anchor app (more on that later). *More Tips at casabona.org/recording/

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Format and Length

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Structuring Your Lecture • You likely have lectures ready to go - but this will feel different! • Script or at least outline your talking points. • Framing it around a story will also help. You won’t have visuals or synchronous interaction, so you’ll need to engage students somehow.

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25 Minutes is the average length* *This doesn’t mean yours needs to be, but it doesn’t need to ﬁll a full 50 or 90 minutes either.

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Publishing Your Lectures

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Hosting the Audio • If your LMS supports audio, you could just upload it there. I don’t recommend that. • Free: anchor.fm • Numerous Paid Services

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Anchor.FM

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Keeping Your Show Private

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Privacy Options • Only share the feed with your students • Using a service like Transistor or Patreon • Only upload the audio to the LMS

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Engaging with Your Students

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How to Engage • This is a bit easier than normal podcasting, because you have a captive audience! • You can supplement your lecture with slides or text • Encourage them to comment / write in your LMS (or community) • As them to record their own messages and thoughts to play on the show. • Read their comments on the show.

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Leveling Up

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Step 1: Record Step 2: Upload to Anchor.

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Consultant & Educator I help tell your story. @jcasabona - podcastlectures.com Joe Casabona