Podcasting Process Breakdown Questionnaire
From Steeple
Please answer the following questions based on your current state of development. Notes can be added later to describe planned or ongoing development work. Volunteering information to obvious follow on questions is greatly appreciated. The questions are aimed at being as generic as possible though are grounded in our current knowledge and experience of podcasting in education. If you are unsure as to what the question means or implies, please let us know (podcasts@oucs.ox.ac.uk). We are keen to get as accurate a picture as possible of the current state of play.
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[edit] 1 Overview
Please can you describe your institutional approach to podcasting in under 500 words? Topics to consider are: an overview of your setup and situation, institutional priorities and the overall process from of podcasting from presenter to subscriber. The following questions will be looking to add more depth to this summary.
[edit] 2 Capture
This section is focussed upon the initial digitisation and content production aspects.
- What material are you targeting/getting (both academic and non‐academic areas)
- Who is responsible for sourcing the material
- Where do you capture the material
- How is the material captured/digitised (differs for lectures, interviews, outreach, etc?)
- Where/how is that source material stored
- What meta data is captured to accompany the media
- How do you record the meta data and when
[edit] 3 Processing
This section looks at content issues from post digitisation to final published outputs.
- What editing work is done to the original material
- Who does the editing
- How much time is spent on editing
- What guidelines are provided for editing (e.g. times, focus, styling, titles)
- What software/hardware is available for editing, and who has access to it
- What outputs do you have from the editing process
- What compressed formats do you support, and why
- Who does the compression for published work, and what do they use
- What meta data is added to the final outputs
[edit] 4 Publishing
This section is concerned with the practicalities of distribution and syndication methods.
- Where do you publish your podcasts to
- Who provides the public webspace for published material
- What does they use to provide this service
- How much resiliency is built into the file hosting system
- How are files placed on/in this webspace
- How much space do you presently have available, and what was the criteria for this quantity
- What do you use to provide the published RSS feed
- Who/what is responsible for data entry to the RSS system
- When do you create the feed
- Who/what consumes that RSS feed
- Do you offer other forms of syndication
[edit] 5 Content Management
- What aspects of the podcasting process do you control/manage
- Do you have a central authority for podcasting
- When do you first learn of new material
- Who is responsible for content on each of your distribution systems
- Do you plan/schedule content for release
- How do you track the status/progress of podcasts within your service
- Do you have an automated/digital system for content management
- How do you identify content within your processes/systems
- Who is responsible for maintaining your iTunes U interface
- How do you update your iTunes U interface, and how often
[edit] 6 Storage
- What elements of the podcasting process do you store
- What methods/systems do you use
- How long do you store the material for
[edit] 7 Quality Control
- Do you maintain any standards for published material
- Who checks that these standards are met
- Where in your processes is QC done, and how is it implemented/enforced
[edit] 8 Legal
- What legal responsibilities do you have in regard podcasting
- How do you ensure those responsibilities are met
- What release/consent forms do you use
- How do you administer the legal processes
- What problems to you encounter administering these processes
[edit] 9 Institutional
- What do you see as the primary benefits of podcasting
- What teams/personnel are involved at your institution in podcasting
- What are their roles in the process
- How much of their time is dedicated to those podcasting tasks
- Who has overall management/responsibility for podcasting
- Are there steering groups involved at any level and where do they draw their membership
from.
- Where are the major costs incurred
- What areas do you see as having opportunities for cost savings/efficiencies
- What technical areas could be advanced
- What technical areas are currently problematic
- What are the top 5 risks to your podcasting processes, and their solutions.
