Apple offers podcasting server
Apple is now promoting a podcasting server for educational applications:
Apple Podcasting Server
Publish your learning content to your students’ iPods.
From course content and supplemental materials for students to professional development offerings for educators, educational institutions are automatically adding content to iPods. Using podcasts to produce and distribute this content means students, parents and educators can experience learning everywhere. And the cornerstone of this podcasting system is the Apple Podcasting Server.
Dynamic Environment for Collaboration and Podcasting
The emergence of podcasts and blogs provides schools and departments with powerful new tools for classroom management, collaboration, discussions, portfolios, and content distribution. Recording and distributing podcasts, and writing and publishing in blogs, can create dynamic discussion and information flow that can continue outside of the classroom.
Podcasting and Blogs
From a server’s point of view, a podcast can be simply a file attached to a blog. The server makes the blog and podcast freely available for subscription using the RSS 2.0 protocol. Apple’s Podcasting Server makes publishing a podcast as easy as clicking a button and attaching a file.
Simple to Publish and Access from Macs or PC’s
The Apple Podcasting Server included in Mac OS X Server v10.4 makes it simple to publish and syndicate online content. Predefined blog themes and calendar navigation provide an intuitive interface for managing blogs and podcasts. Individuals using Macs, Windows, and Linux can publish and access blogs using only their web browsers—no additional tools or expertise are needed. Podcasts can be automatically opened in Apple’s iTunes software on a Macintosh or Windows machine. This simplicity of publishing and accessing digital content makes the Apple Podcast Server the perfect collaboration and content distribution tool.
Fits Securely in your Existing Environment
The Apple Podcast Server in Mac OS X Server v10.4 is based on the popular Blojsom open-source weblog server project. With Open Directory authentication and access controls, it fits into any environment.
Easy to Manage
Grant publishing access to individual users or groups on your network—in seconds. With Mac OS X Server, non-technical individuals can share information and syndicate text content and podcasts on the web using HTML, RSS, RSS2, RDF and ATOM protocols. The Podcast Server supports both user and group blogs, and calendar-based navigation.
Built-in, not bolted on.
The Apple Podcasting Server is an integrated service of Mac OS X Server v10.4, Apple’s Unix-based server operating system. Mac OS X Server is included with every Apple Xserve G5, and is also available for purchase separately. Click here to view your educational pricing options.
There are two documents attached to this page worth reading: Podcast Backbone Guide and Podcast Creation Guide.
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