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With Podcast LX, instructors can easily integrate podcasting into Blackboard courses without additional infrastructure or software. An instructor creates a podcast and adds episodes with the same few steps needed to add other content to his course. With one click, an instructor can generate an RSS link to the podcast. Students have the convenience of accessing recordings either from within the course or offline.  A quick drag and drop of the RSS link establishes the subscription to the RSS feed.  Episodes are then automatically downloaded to the student’s portable device and/or computer.

User Documentation is available on the Learning Objects website: http://support.learningobjects.com/help/campus_pack/3.0.1/podcast/podcast.htm

There are two steps to adding a podcast to a course:

Manage Podcast - set up your podcast feed title, iTunes metadata and visibility options.

Add Podcast Episodes - add your podcast content, including media and attachments, to the course.

Once a podcast is added to a course, students may listen to the podcast using two different methods:

Subscribe to a Podcast - subscribe to the course podcast in iTunes or RSS for access outside of the Blackboard course.

Play an Episode - play a selected episode in the course.

Manage Podcast

1. Click Course Tools > Manage Podcast in the Control Panel menu.
   
2. The default Feed Title is "Course Name" Podcast. You may wish to change this
   to a more descriptive title.
3. Type a description of the podcast in the Description text box.
   
4. In the iTunes Metadata section, you can specify a Category, Sub Category and Add Album Art to your podcast.
   
5. In the Options section, select In Course Only for a private podcast (accessible in
   the course only) or select Everyone. Available to the public to create an RSS
   Feed for this podcast.
   
6. Click Submit.
   

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Add Podcast Episodes

1. In a course content area (Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) click More > Add Podcast Episode.
   
2. Enter the Podcast Episode Title and Description. (Note: this differs from the Feed Title and Description and should relate to the unique information in the Podcast Episode)
   
3. Under Podcast Media, click Browse to add the media file from a location on your computer or enter the URL of the media in the URL box.
   
4. Under Attachments, click Browse to add up to 3 files as attachments to your podcast.
   
5. Under Options, select the Availability of the podcast episode and/or select time
   and date restrictions.
   
6. Click Submit to add the episode.
   

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Subscribe to a Podcast

1. To access a course podcast, click Tools from the Course Menu, then click Podcast.
   
   
2. The Podcast will appear. Click on the RSS or iTunes button to subscribe.
   

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Play an Episode

From the Podcast page (Tools>Podcast), click on a podcast episode title to play the episode.

From a Content Area, click play under a podcast title and description to play the episode.

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