Go to http://www.podomatic.com. Sign up for the BASIC account.
Complete Basic Info: Fill out your basic info.
Upload a photo for your profile.
Complete ALL the Personal Details in the Public Profile Section. Under Privacy tab for Public Profile be sure to leave it on default (make my information public) view.
Go to the PUBLISH tab and select MEDIA LIBRARY. Upload a song you want to play as an intro to your podomatic page or record an audio intro for your podcast site, save it and upload it. Now go to HOME tab and select EDIT, Choose AUDIO, and upload your song to play on your profile page.
Podcast: Go to PUBLISH tab and select PODCAST - then Create. Make a PODCAST. You can choose MICROPHONE if you have a built in mic on your computer and just record an audio podcast. Or make a photo slideshow, save it and upload the file. Or if you have a video you created, you can upload the video file. (Be patient..it can take a few minutes for a file to upload.) Be creative!
Upload a photo (horizontal not vertical photo).
Create tags for your podcast. Tags are key words that people might use in a search to find your podcast. For instance, on my podcast I chose the words: photography; digital photography; fine art; street photography.
Review and PUBLISH it. Again it takes a few minutes to process.
Once it is published, select the EMBED option.
Log in to your Weebly site. Create a NEW BLOG POST. Drag the HTML icon to the post. Paste in the PODCAST embed code! Now drag a paragraph icon to the blog post. Write a little about your podcast, why you chose it, if it has music share the title/s and musician name. Then click on Publish Live and then Publish.
Paste the blog page address from your published site in the PODCAST FORUM ON WEEBLY CLASS SITE after signing up to join the class site FORUM. Why here? Students are finding it hard to click on read the forum posts on the ANGEL site. We are going to try using a new forum I have created on Weebly for discussions.
DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th, 6 PM.
RESPOND TO YOUR CLASSMATES: FRIDAY, APRIL 27th, 6 PM 3 replies = C 6 replies = B 9 replies = A
PODCASTING BLOG POSTS: You will create 1 blog post with your own podcast embeded. 2nd Blog Post: Listen and find a favorite AUDIO podcast from Podomatic's library on their site. Write about why you picked this favorite AUDIO podcast, discussing the quality of the production as well as the content. Either embed this podcast you enjoyed in your blog post OR if you can't get the embed feature to work on your Weebly site, post a LINK to your favorite audio podcast.
3rd Blog Post: Listen and find a favorite VIDEO podcast. It can be from Podomatic or anywhere on the web (has to be a podcast series we can subscribe to--look for RSS Feed button--not just a video). Write about why