Quick Start Guides

Podcast episodes can be played directly from the course page; however, students are encouraged to subscribe to the podcast so the content media will be sent to the student’s podcatcher (e.g., iTunes or Juice) or by some other feed aggregator (e.g., Google Reader or Netvibes).

 Navigation

Steps

1. Enter a course.
2. Click the Tools link in the course menu frame.
3. Click the Podcast link.

Subscribing Using iTunes

1. Select .
2. If the External Protocol Request dialog box displays, click the Launch application button.
3. Select the Podcast title and click the Play button to play the content media.

Subscribing Using Google Reader

1. Right click .  If you are using a Macintosh, ctrl+click on the RSS button.
2. If using Firefox as your browser, select the Copy Link Location option.  If using Internet Explorer as your browser, select the Copy Shortcut option.
3. Launch the Google Reader application.
4. Click the Add Subscription link.
5. In the subscription address field, right click and select the Paste option.
6. Click the Add button.
7. Click the Play button to play the content media.

Opening Attachments

1. If you want to open the attachment from the Google Reader, click the attachment link.
2. In the dialog box, click the OK button to open the attachment.