USF Academic Computing has renewed it’s license for Learning Objects - Campus Pack software. This suite of tools is integrated with your MyUSF courses. New this year: Podcasting.
Sample podcast subscription screen, complete with simple RSS subscription and quick iTunes subscription link
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.
To add a new Podcast Episode, go into any content area of your course, and select to add a Podcast Episode from the pulldown menu on the right.
To subscribe to your courses podcast, go into the course tools page, then click the Podcast page. In here you’ll see links to the RSS feed and a shortcut to quickly add the RSS feed to iTunes.
Only three clicks to subscribe to a podcast. (third click not shown)
Podcast LX is currently available to any MyUSF course or organizations.