Friday, May 18, 2007

How to Upload an audio/video podcast file in blogger.com?

When I taught last evening in the podcasting class, I found the following procedure is important for my students to know.

To upload your audio/video file in blogger.com, please follow the following procedure:

1. Upload your MP3 and .mov file in hddweb.com. After successfully upload them in hddweb, you will have a URL for each file.
2. Log into your blogger.com account, click on 'New Post.'
3. In New Post window, click on the 'settings' tab.
3. In settings window, click on 'formatting' tab.
4. In formatting window, scroll down to 'Show Link Field' and change to 'Yes.' This allows a link field appears in your new posting window. The link field will be right under the title field.
5. Click on 'Posting' to go back to post your new blog.
6. In the 'posting' window, paste the URL of your mp3 or mov file generated from hddweb to the link field. This allows iTunes or other podcast aggregator to get your audio or video file. However, to allow your readers to click on a few words to download your audio or video file, you have to make another link in your posting contents. That is, in your posting contents, highlight a few words; click on 'insert link' icon; and then paste the same URL to the insert link window.

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