Creating a podcast

A podcast has two main steps, create the sound clips and create the podcast itself using Anchor.

1 Create a sound clip

1. The aim of this exercise is to learn how to create a sound file or voice recording, which you would do in a podcast
2. Create a sound file of the text below. Just read the text.
3. The sound file must have no background noise.
4. Pronounce the words clearly.
5. Use any application to record the sound - you could use vocaroo.com
6. You must be able to download the sound file.

Read the text below to make the practice sound file

• Creating a podcast
• A podcast is made up of sound files.
• A podcast is hosted on a site for listening.
• You can make the sound files using the voice recorder on your computer, the voice recorder on your mobile device, or any other place.
• The sound files are imported into an app such as Anchor to create one sound file.
• In Anchor the sound files can be re-ordered.
• The sound files can have different file extensions / be different types when they are imported into Anchor.
• You can edit the sound files on your computer with Audacity or on a mobile device with Anchor.
• You create the podcast using an app such as Anchor (online).
• From Anchor, you distribute your podcast to one or many podcasting sites which you preselect to be heard/listened to.
• You have a podcast name and have different episodes.
• You have cover art for the podcast name.

2 Create your podcast using Anchor

1. Login to free Anchor.
2. Explore Anchor
3. Collect your sound, and maybe music files.
4. Decide where you want to share your podcast - Spotify is used by many people
5. Think about the image and name for the series
6. Think about the image and name for each episode
7. Consider an introduction to the podcast, an introduction to the speakers, and music or voice between the different episodes
8. Create and share 

Useful links

1. Good rubric
2. 10 Ways You Can Use Podcasts in a Course or Lesson
3. What makes a good podcast
4. Academic journal article Podcasts: A technology for all? by Daniela Gachago, Candice Livingston and Eunice Ivala in the British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 47 No 5 2016 859–872 doi:10.1111/bjet.12483