Power Casting Using Power Point as a Podcasting

Power. Casting: Using Power. Point as a Podcasting Tool Dr. Steve Broskoske Misericordia University

What Is a Podcast? i. Pod + broadcast = podcast

What Is a Podcast? • podcast: – An audio (and possibly video) recording that can be listened to (and viewed) via an i. Pod, other MP 3 player, a computer, or a mobile computing device. – Many podcasters will offer an RSS feed to alert users of new podcasts available at the site.

Faculty Use of Podcasts 1. Repetition of lecture material covered in class: – A second look at the material. – A different approach to the material. 2. Supplement to class activities: – Remediation for slower learners. – Enrichment for advanced or highly motivated learners. – Assistance for students with certain disabilities. – Support for English language learners.

Faculty Use of Podcasts 3. Added benefits: – Facilitates self-paced learning. – Frees up class time for other group and interactive activities.

Popularity of Podcasts • Study by the Pew Trusts (Rainie & Madden, 2005): – 29% of all i. Pod users have downloaded a podcast. – Nearly half of all college-age i. Pod owners have downloaded a podcast. • i. Tunes University currently distributes thousands of free college-level podcasts from over eight hundred universities.

Podcasts Improve Student Learning • Researchers are beginning to find that podcasting can improve student learning outcomes. – Mc. Garr (2009) suggests that podcasting can improve student learning by increasing student motivation and engagement. – Mc. Kinney, Dyck, and Luber (2009) found that students watching a lecture podcast significantly outperformed a group of students who only viewed the lecture in person.

Two Ways to Implement Podcasting in a Traditional Classroom • Choose a medium for delivery that is appropriate to your technology skill level. – Podcasting: Use free or inexpensive audio recording software on a computer to record your voice. – Power. Casting: Easily record a lecture within an existing Power. Point presentation. Power. Casting is a term coined by Dr. Steve to describe an easy & creative alternative to traditional podcasting.

Power. Point and Podcasting • “True” podcasting: – Audio (possible video). – Syndication capabilities (RSS feed subscription). • Power. Casting (Power. Point podcasting): – Easy way to add “podcasting” to your teaching. – Focus on content, not on the tool. – Utilize presentations you already have.

Narrate an Entire Slideshow • Power. Point will allow you to record continuous narration (lecture) as you run the slideshow as you usually would in class. • As you narrate, the time you spend on each slide can also be recorded.

Edit the Narration • In reality, Power. Point records a separate narration for each slide. This allows you to: – Preview each slide narration individually. – Edit the sound for each slide individually. – Begin re-recording from a particular slide, stopping at any point.

Adjusting Recording Settings Right-click the volume icon in the system tray. Select “sound. ” Set recording level. Set recording quality.

Steps in Recording Narration • Set microphone level (in Office 2007). Set up and adjust microphone if needed.

Steps in Recording Narration Select this tool to begin recording the narration.

Steps in Recording Narration • After you hit “OK, ” the presentation will run as usual. – Recording begins immediately. Begin speaking. – Advance slides by clicking as usual. – If you are using custom animation, click during narration as usual. • Hit ESC to end early, OR record until you hit the end of the presentation.

Steps in Recording Narration • Power. Point will ask if you want to save the slide timings. Maybe Definitely Before recording in PP 2010. After recording in PP 2007.

Hint When Recording Narration HINT: On each slide, pause for 1 second before and after speaking to ensure all of your words are recorded.

When a Student Listens • When the slideshow is played back: – The presentation automatically advances using your saved slide timings (if you saved them). – If a student begins playing the slideshow from a particular slide, the narration begins from that point. – A student can click to advance the slide early, clipping your sound file. Learner Control

Editing Narration 1. Navigate to the slide you want to re-record. 2. Select slideshow—record narration. – Continue recording on subsequent slides. – Press the ESC key to end recording.

Power. Point Extras • You can also add any of these Power. Point interactive “extras”: – Use animation to build slides and maintain learner attention. – Navigate to a Website using an action button. – Link to files (documents, spreadsheets). – Embed or link to a video. – Use animation to provide embedded questions about the lesson, and triggered animation to feedback.

LET’S TRY IT! Let’s try recording continuous narration using a Power. Point presentation to create a Power. Cast. Remember: • • – – Recording begins immediately. Advance the slides as usual – your timings are saved as well.