Time for Vodcasts?!

Turns out I've kind of gotten side tracked in my research. I've really been focusing on audio podcasts for a few reasons: 1. I don't want to see my face on a video podcast. 2. I don't have a video ipod; therefore, I would be unable to utilize a video podcast, and I think a lot of people are like me in that regard. 3. I think the audio podcast is more versatile because it can play on any ipod from the shuffle to the 80 gig video ipod.

Nevertheless, I do need to focus on a video podcast so that I can figure out a way to include visuals for all of us visual learners out there.

Wikipedia refers to video podcasts as either Vodcasts or Vidcasts, so from now on, so will I.

Creating Podcasts on Mac OS X: See Quicktime link
Step 1: Update your Quicktime to version 7.0.3 or later.
Step 2: Connect a FireWire camera to your mac (hopefully the school's camera is a FireWire).
Step 3: Open Quicktime 7 Pro
Step 4: Check your recording preferences. Choose "Preferences" from the QuickTime Player menu, then click the Recording icon at the top of the window. First, select the video device and microphone you will use to record your video podcast. Next, for the best video quality of your final video podcast, set the Quality to "Device Native." Last, choose the location where you would like your podcast to be saved. Once you've made your selections, you may close the Preferences window.
Step 5: Choose "New Movie Recording" from the File menu.
Step 6: Click the red Capture button and begin recording with your camera. Click the black Stop button when you're done recording.
Step 7: To convert your podcast recording to a format that iPod understands,* choose "Export..." from the File menu.
Step 8: Choose "Movie to iPod (320x240)" from the export drop down list and click the Save button.
The Export progress bar shows you how much of the export process is completed. The longer your podcast recording, the longer the export will take.
Once the export is complete, QuickTime Pro will place on your Desktop a new version of your podcast recording that will play on the iPod. Double-click the new file and play it to make sure it looks as you expect. You now have a file that is ready to be published.
Step 9: You can publish the exported file to the Internet as an enclosure on a blogging service, such as Blogger, and wrapped in a podcast-friendly RSS feed. (Please note: the file must be hosted on a web server such as .Mac.) RSS feed providers, such as FeedBurner, make it easy to create an RSS file from your blog.
Then to reach a potential audience of millions, publish your podcast to iTunes Podcast Directory (subject to it being free of copyrighted or overtly explicit material). For inclusion in the iTunes Music Store, you'll need to provide the link to the podcast RSS feed and all episodes within a podcast must be available as .m4v, .mp4 or .mov video file enclosures.

Joni 1 hour