1.19.3. Four steps to your video in the course element «Podcast»
In the chapter «Creating a podcast» you will learn how to create the course element «Podcast» before embedding it in your course. You will also know how to use episodes with locally stored videos and how to embed videos that are stored on an external server.
| Step 1: Open course editor and embed podcast course element | ||
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| 1 | In learning resources search for your course, section «My entries» before opening it. |  |
| 2 | Click on «Course editor» in the tool box «Course tools» on your right. | |
| 3 | Select «Podcast» in the tool box «Insert course elements». | |
| 4 | Select position of your podcast element and save your settings. | |
| 5 | In the tab «Title and description» indicate a short title for your course element and save your settings. | |
| Step 2: Create podcast | ||
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| 1 | In the tab «Podcast learning content» click on «Select, create or import podcast». |  |
| 2 | Click on «Create». | |
| 3 | Indicate title and description of your podcast. This information can be found in your podcast's header. Save your settings. | |
| 4 | Click on «Next». | |
| Step 3: Embed an external podcast | ||
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| 1 | Click on «Edit». |  |
| 2 | If you want to add a picture to your podcast header click on «Edit podcast» before uploading it. | |
| 3 | Cllick on «Embed an external podcast already existing». | |
| 4 | Indicate title, description and «Feed URL» before clicking on «Publish». (The necessary IP address is often referred to as podcast/RSSfeed and generally ends with «.xml») | |
| Step 4: Publish and activate course | ||
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| 1 | Select «Publish» from the tool box «Editor tools» on your right. |  |
| 2 | Click on course element before clicking on «Next». | |
| 3 | Select «All registered OLAT users» from the pull-down menu, section «Change course access». | |
| 4 | Click on «Finish». | |
Your podcast is now embedded and course participants will be able to download the first episode or start a video in their browser.
In case you use a SWITCHcast channel (such as SWITCHcast Channel OLAT Help Demo), please verify that this channel is not private. You can adapt this in your SWITCHcast channel via «Change permissions». We recommend to use the link «iPod format RSS Feed» to be found in the channel view, section «Subscribe» on your right. It should be similar to the following: itpc://cast.switch.ch/vod/channels/1h4puj34qi/ipod.rss