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Classcaster News

This is the news blog for the Classcaster site. It will be used for system announcements. To keep track of what is going on with Classcaster, subscribe to this site's feed.

Classcaster Goes Live!

elmer | September 15, 2005 - 20:01

Here is an official announcement of the availability of Classcaster! I've spent some time today getting the word out, and realized I hadn't added anything to Classcaster News, so this is it.

In a nutshell, Classcaster is a blogging system with podcasting built-in. The Classcaster system is designed to be provide course-related blogs with integrated podcasting to law faculty at CALI member schools. Bloggers on the Classcaster system can create podcasts using any telephone. Faculty just dial in to Classcaster, enter a phone number and pin and record a call of any length. When they hangup I use the Metaweblog API to transfer the MP3 to the blog and create a draft post that includes links for downloads and an embedded Flash MP3 player for students to d/l or listen to the file. The blog generates valid RSS2 with enclosures so you can subscribe to the feed and get the podcasts with your favorite aggregator.

For more information read the whitepaper and to try a little public demo visit Hotdiggityblog. Classcaster is built out of open source parts and we intend on making the assemblage available to the educational world. Do feel free to drop Elmer and email at emastersATcali.org with any questions, comments, etc.

Click here to download the ClassCaster audio.

Play It Now!


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Hotdiggityblog - a public Classcaster blog

elmer | September 15, 2005 - 11:53

I've set up a public blog named Hotdiggityblog where you can try out the podcasting features of Classcaster using any old phone. Listen below for more details.

Click here to download the ClassCaster audio.

Play It Now!


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Audio FAQ: Subscribing to your Classcaster podcasts in iTunes.

elmer | September 12, 2005 - 17:39

Question: How do I or my students subscribe to my Classcaster podcasts with iTunes?

Answer: You can add your Classcaster podcasts to iTunes by selecting 'Advanced', 'Subscribe to Podcasts' from the iTunes menu and entering the address of your blog's RSS 2.0 feed. For more details listen to the podcast below.

Click here to download the ClassCaster audio.

Play It Now!


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A little about 'Play It Now'

elmer | September 08, 2005 - 16:42

Yes Paul, the 'Play It Now' feature is only active after you open the item it is embedded in in a web page. 'Play It Now' is actually a small Flash audio player object and while you can see it in the editior, it will not play from the editor. If you want to try it out before publishing a post, try using the 'Preview' button on the bottom of the 'New Post' page. That will open the draft post in a new browser window and the 'Play It Now' feature will work.

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Audio FAQ: Deleting posts from your Classcaster blog.

elmer | September 07, 2005 - 17:06

Question: How do I delete posts from my Classcaster Blog?

Answer: Go to the blog's dashboard, click to enter the admin area. This should open the 'New Post' page. Select the 'Posts' tab to get a listing of posts. Make sure the 'Show by' 'Date' box is set to 'All', click 'Show' if necessary. Now you should see a list of all your posts. Check the boxes to the left of the posts you want to delete, and then click on the delete button at the bottom of the page. Don't worry, they don't really get deleted, just hidden so no one can see them except you.

For a more detailed answer to this question, please listen to the Audio FAQ below.

Click here to download the ClassCaster audio.

Play It Now!


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Launching Classcaster News

elmer | September 07, 2005 - 15:26

I've renamed TopBlog to 'Classcaster News' to reflect its new role at classcaster.org. I will use this blog to announce what's new and exciting with Classcaster, answer questions from the Classcaster community, and highlight the work being done with Classcaster blogs. These posts will include the occasional podcast:) If you want to stay up to date on what is happening with Classcaster, suscribe to this blog's feed.


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Testing for length of podcast

elmer | September 06, 2005 - 14:40

OK, holiday weekend is over. Seems that the problem with posting long MP3s was in PHP after all, specifially in the ini setting that sets the max amount of memory a script can consume. With Base64 encoding, you need a lot. Anyway, this post runs on for over 17 minutes and was recording using a jittery Voicepulse line. Give a listen if you dare. Next we need more testing for length.

Click here to download the ClassCaster audio.

Play It Now!


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