How to Podcast from Blackboard in four easy steps:
1. First toggle Edit Mode at the upper right of your course to "on"
2. Click a content area in your course menu on the left in which you would like to add a Podcast link, such as the "Course Material" section. Click the "Add Interactive Tool" button, then click "Campus Pack Podcast Feed"*
Choose "New" and click "Submit"
Give the Podcast a title and click "Add".
3. Adding new content to your Podcast is referred to as adding new "episodes". To add a media file, click the "Add New Episode" button.
Give the episode a title and click Continue. You may then decide whether to record a new episode live, upload a file from your computer such as an MP3 audio file, or link to an external file using a URL (address).
Choose your method, optionally type a description of the episode, then click the Save & Exit button at the bottom.
4. Accessing your Podcast
In Blackboard, your students may access all of your podcast content by using the built-in audio player. They may also subscribe to your Podcast content using the RSS or iTunes buttons at the top.
Whenever you want to add more audio content to your Podcast, repeat Step 3 above. The new content will
be added to your course, and any students who have subscribed to your course Podcast will receive the new episode content automatically in iTunes or their preferred RSS reader.
We hope this information is helpful.
*This method of Podcasting in Blackboard uses the Campus Pack LX Building Block from Learning Objects in Blackboard. You must have this Building Block installed on your Blackboard system for this to work.
