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Introduction to Podcasting

dscommons@uvic.ca

lib.uvic.ca/dsc

For the UVic Libraries

Digital Scholarship Commons

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lib.uvic.ca/pod

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Introductions

  • Name
  • Faculty / Department
  • One thing you hope to get out of the workshop today

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What We’re Doing Today...

  • Why Podcasting?
  • Podcasting lifecycle
  • Review workshop activities
  • Key audio editing skills in Audacity
  • Choose & work through �podcasting exercises on �your own
  • Ask for help when needed

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What is Podcasting?

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Etymology

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iPod

Broadcast

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What podcasts do you listen to?

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Why do you�Listen to �them?

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lib.uvic.ca/ry

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Creating vs consuming media

  • We’re used to being consumers of media--it’s easy to download
  • How many of you feel comfortable creating your own podcasts?
  • What type of things stand in your way?

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Why Podcasting?

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Podcasting is Intimate & Democratic

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Podcasting is a powerful form of scholarly communication because people hear your voice in a space usually reserved for love-ones–in their homes and private spaces. It creates a sense of intimacy. �

–Dr. Hannah McGregor, podcaster of Secret Feminist Agenda

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Podcast Lifecycle

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get idea

script/plan

record

publish

edit

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Planning: Begin with the End in Mind

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Planning a Video, Website, Infographic, or Podcast is like planning to build a House

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Upfront Planning Can Help Us Avoid Problems

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�Goal Setting

  • Purpose of your podcast?
  • Who is your audience?
  • How will you know if it is successful?

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Brainstorm Success Metrics

bit.ly/dsc-pod-success

Please open the link on your laptop if you have one with you today.

Example of tracking call to action or show note links.

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What 3 or 4 Key Points do You Want to Communicate?

Photo by Amol Tyagi on Unsplash

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OK Historians...

  • You’re training in an incredibly rich, diverse, and changing field. �
  • Why are shows like Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History so popular???

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WHAT HISTORIES WILL YOU TELL?

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Let’s find out...

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The Importance of Storytelling

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1. Know Your Audience

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https://unsplash.com/photos/ohNCIiKVT1g

https://unsplash.com/photos/gsRi9cWCIB0

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2. Tell a personal story ( or someone’s story)

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3. Build up to a S.T.A.R. moment ��(Something They'll Always Remember)

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4. End with a positive takeaway

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Storytelling Tips:

  • Know your audience
  • Tell a personal story
  • Build up to a S.T.A.R. moment (Something They'll Always Remember)
  • End with a positive takeaway

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Public Humanities/Public History

“Public humanities projects include exhibitions and programming related to historic preservation, oral history, archives, material culture, public art, cultural heritage, and cultural policy.”

Public humanities. (2017, November 18). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Public_humanities&oldid=810992872

https://dhblog.maynoothuniversity.ie/jkavanagh/tag/spatial-humanities/

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Equipment & Podcast Studio

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Photo by matt huculak

Audio recorders, USB microphones, and laptops are available for current UVic students to borrow.

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The podcasting room can be booked by current UVic students, staff, and faculty.

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Key Audacity Skills & Tips

    • Selecting an external microphone
    • Selecting audio
    • Delete audio
    • Moving audio

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Podcast Workshop Badge

If you’d like to earn a DSC badge, complete the “Audio Transitions & Voice Overs in Audacity” activity and then email the audio file to: dscommons@uvic.ca

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Workshop Activities: à la carte

  • Plan your podcast
  • Recording audio in Audacity
  • Editing audio in Audacity
  • Including music & voice overs in Audacity
  • Recording remote interviewees
  • Publishing and promoting your podcast (single recording or multiple recordings)
  • Plan your podcast
  • Recording audio in Audacity
  • Editing audio in Audacity
  • Including music & voice overs in Audacity
  • Recording remote interviewees
  • Publishing and promoting your podcast (single recording or multiple recordings)

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Let’s Start Podcasting!

bit.ly/dsc-pod

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Let’s Start Podcasting!

lib.uvic.ca/pod

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Questions or Comments?

dscommons@uvic.ca

lib.uvic.ca/dsc

Post class evaluation: lib.uvic.ca/eval

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Photo Credits