Spotlight on Skills: Creating a Podcast/Oral Report - A Podcast is a media file that is used to share a specific idea with an audience.
- A podcast is a digital media file, in some cases being audio files—which is what you’ll be creating.
- Write out your script for the podcast to both time it and to ensure you have included the required content.
- Use your own words rather than reading the words from a source like a direct quotation.
- Speak clearly with appropriate pace, volume, and tone.
- Test your recording before going through the entire presentation in case your recording was not set up properly.
- Begin your podcast by providing relevant information and establishing a clear purpose that engages the listener.
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the topic using relevant, quality details that go beyond the obvious.
- Keep your focus on the topic.
- Along with researched information, you may include details from your experience on the topic.
- Make sure there is a brief conclusion tying together the information in the podcast.
