Student Presentation & Discussion
Students present the following research documents on the Project Wiki
- finalized SHOW OUTLINE
- complete SCRIPT
- finalized podcast NAME & DESCRIPTION
- at least 2 USER PERSONAS based on interviews and research.
Students and Professor discuss research challenges and suggest next actions for Podcast Project. Tasks are given to each team member for in-class and out-of-class project refinements.
Lecture / Lab
Getting comfortable with your wordpress blog:
- Posting, Commenting and Formatting a Post
- Post vs. Pages
- Categories and Tags
- Linking to URLS
- Linking to Media (Youtube, Image URL, Media Library)
- Embedding Media (jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, doc, ppt, odt.)
- Changing your Settings, Widgets, and Appearance
- Links Menu (BlogRoll)
Getting comfortable with your Project Wiki:
- Using the Sandbox let’s create a dummy Podcast Project page together
- Organizing your Project: Project Overview, Members and Roles, Milestones, Documents, Task ToDo List, etc.
- Creating a new page, link list, defining parents and children
- Linking to pages, URLs, images, etc.
- Adding modules
- Communicating on the Forum
Things todo if time allows or as homework:
Branding:
- Create a logo for your Podcast
- Setup a Podcast Site on BeanPod.com
Technology Skills:
- Record your podcast introduction (Recording with Garageband PennState Guide to Podcasting)
Find, create, mix intro/outro music to brand your podcast: