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Hey Candidates! Welcome. Thank you for collaborating with your fellow interviewees to create a resource that helps student changemakers for years to come. We created a very simple template for you with section headings that your should swap out for your own, picking from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6mlePQGB7ElzwcdtQD09p3Z6IFCi_jy2vQAJmmxt_I/edit the template we provided you here]. Use the text editor or OR click on '''Show wiki text editor''' (highly recommended) to use the very simple text interface. To add photos, you must create an account by clicking 'Log in / create account' under 'Personal Tools' menu to the right. Wait 12-24 hours for access. Don't forget to write down your username and password. If you have any questions, [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGmMfSglkVGHZtQobS8oEPsfkpGZY-Njh visit this page] or contact [mailto:team@universityinnovation.org team@universityinnovation.org]. Delete this paragraph after building out your page.  == How to start a podcast series: == <span id="docs-internal-guid-e785911e-6f72-79a1-66e3-fe96caa538fa"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anybody can start a podcast series. It really takes three main things to get started; equipment, content, and a podcasting platform. That’s it! To give a better understanding of how each works we will break each main ingredient into it’s own section and discuss your options.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e785911e-6f72-79a1-66e3-fe96caa538fa"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A good microphone is an important part of your recording. Since a podcaster’s intent is to reach a mass audience, high quality sound should be a big priority. A microphone like “Blue Yeti” works great because it is a [[File:Blue Yeti Microphone.jpg|thumb|Blue Yeti Microphone.jpg]]USB microphone that connects directly into your computer to record sound digitally. If you are recording your podcast in a room this should work great. If The only thing you are not would need to worry about is avoiding echo. This can be done by recording in a small room or a big roomwith furniture to absorb the sound waves. If you are recording outdoors, but going on location, making make sure you use a microphone with a windsock could help prevent wind-shearing in your audio recording. It is important to do your research when selecting a microphone, because your purpose should be to get one that allows you to get the quality of sound necessary for your podcast based on how you plan on producing your content.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e785911e-6f72-79a1-66e3-fe96caa538fa"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any modern computer you have should work fine. Most modern computers have the capacity to handle the storage and playback of audio data. However, depending on the software you use, certain minimum requirements will be required of your machine. Depending on how you plan to store your raw data of the audio and how long you plan on keeping it, an external hard drive may also be beneficial to keep your computers hard drive free of unnecessary data storage. The computer to your podcast series you can consider is like the workbench to the craftsman. Your productivity and quality of final product can all be affected by the one you use.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e785911e-6f72-79a1-66e3-fe96caa538fa"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This almost goes hand-in-hand with your computer selection. There are a number of free online platforms audio editing softwares such as audacityAudacity, but its disadvantage is that it can get costly when it comes to storing your data (measured by the GBcrashes often, so sometimes resulting in the more you store the costlier it becomes)loss of [[File:Adobe Audition Logo.png|thumb]]valuable audio files. We believe a software application such as Adobe Audition will work the best. It does come with an individual monthly cost of around $20 per month, but can grow along with your podcast series. If you're a student, Adobe has a student discount on all of their Creative Cloud plans, which could be incentive to give their program a shot. If there is a worry about adding an additional monthly cost, software such as WavePad is a one-time cost of about $95 that can also grow with your podcast series. However, as new updates are implemented to WavePad, the updated software would need to be newly purchased whereas Adobe Audition will always be up to date with your monthly app subscription.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e785911e-6f72-79a1-66e3-fe96caa538fa"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Listening to, editing, or even knowing your podcast the way your users do is predicated on your ability to listen and fine tune it yourself first. Most computers should have onboard speakers It would be extremely beneficial to you to edit audio while wearing headphones. Not only will this give you a great idea of what your sound quality is like, but it will also assisnt in blocking out any other sound that may prevent you from hearing correctly or distract you.</span></span> == Section 2: Content == <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Determining what your content’s going to look like can be a headphone jackvery exciting process! Every podcast is different. HoweverYour podcast series can explore one particular subject in depth, if some or it can be more of a variety show, addressing many much broader subjects with a loose central theme. Figuring out what subject you’re going to make uniquely your own is a huge, and very enjoyable part of making a podcast. It is important, however, to know which direction you want to go in, and stick to it in order to develop your audience will following around it.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Podcasts can be utilizing better quality speakers a lot of fun to listen to, but many content creators make the mistake of assuming that there’s not much to a podcast other than speaking about a subject. While this is an enormous part of making a podcast, if that’s all it is, it can get pretty stagnant really quickly. There are, however, a few little tricks making a podcast more interesting andlively.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, interviews are always welcomed and recommended. Not only are interviews informational and insightful, but they also provide a different dynamic. Sometimes, it can be more appealing or headphones effective to listen to people discuss, debate, or banter about a topic rather than youlisten to the same voice drone on about it for the entire duration of the episode. Interviews are incredibly useful tools, but one should beware that they can be a little unreliable sometimes. Always stay organized and schedule your interviews far in advance, so if something comes up or goes wrong, they can easily be rescheduled or replaced. On a similar note, it would is also important to have a backup plan in case a particular interview doesn’t work out. Always be prudent prepared.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Music is another great way to spice up your podcast. Maybe you have a signature tune that you play at least match the intro and outro of each show, or maybe you play music in the background appropriate to the situation or subject you’re talking about. Either way, music can be an effective way to add that quality through extra something to your podcast. That being said, it is </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">very </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">important that you make sure you’re allowed to utilize the song or portion of a song you decide to go with. There is nothing worse than have your editing podcast flagged and taken down from the Internet because of copyright issues. You can easily find out whether or not an issue of this nature would ensue by going online and checking out the copyright details of the song. There are many quick links that do this for you if you type it in a search engine. If you’re very serious about using a copyrighted song, it is possible if you obtain permission from the publisher and reviewing processrecord company, but be warned, this is typically a difficult endeavor.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another way to liven up a podcast is to add sound effects. This sounds a little cheesy, but when you look closer, you will be see that this isn’t at all the case. As there are no visuals in a podcast, sound effects can do an excellent job at enhancing the experience for the listener and drawing them further into the world you are creating. You definitely don’t want to do anything over the empathetic part top, but subtle little sounds can make a world of your processdifference. Hearing your content For example, if you’re verbally painting the picture of being in a scenic outdoor place surrounded by nature, birds quietly chirping, water rushing, or leaves rustling can add a lot to the same manor as the audiencelistener’s experience. Sound effects of all kinds are found easily and frequently online.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-8a7205d1-71d8-74d4-0ae5-67661638186e"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great idea combined with all of these useful tools can make for a captivating podcast series with unique, outstanding content.With your materials ready and your content figured out, you’re ready to make your podcast!</span></span>

== Section 2 3: Platform == <span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After you have your completed podcast, you’ll have to determine how you want to distribute it and which platform(s) will work best for you. There are a variety of platforms to choose from, each with their own benefits.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You should select your platform(s) based on:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your budget</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The subject of your podcast</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The size/demographic of your target audience</span></span></li></ul>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-795a0de0-718b-5741-99df-a806fae20867"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are familiar with Wordpress, Blubrry might be the place for you. Similarly to Wordpress, Blubrry is a hosting company, although this one specializes in all things audio or video. Blubrry&nbsp;is capable of processing your high-data media files and will host and promote your podcast. A page for your podcast is easily established and maintained. However, the disadvantage of Blubrry </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is that it can be quite pricey, sometimes costing you $10/GB per month, which tends to be higher than average.</span></span>  

== [[File:Podcast infograph.png|center|Podcast infograph.png]] == Written by&nbsp;[[Keeyanakian|Keeyana Kian]], Char'nae Davis, and [[Brian Hensley|Brian Hensley]]