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Biographies - Walk in Their Shoes: Podcasting basics

Reading Enrichment biography suggestions and podcasting support

Podcast characteristics:

Include:

  1. Audio-based: Podcasts are primarily audio recordings, designed to be listened to. They may include interviews, discussions, storytelling, or solo commentary.

  2. Episodic: Podcasts are usually released in episodes, which may follow a series format or stand alone as individual topics.

  3. Accessible on-demand: Listeners can access and download podcast episodes on-demand via streaming platforms or podcast apps.

  4. Flexible format: Podcasts vary in length, structure, and style. Some are scripted, while others are more conversational or free-form.

  5. Engaging storytelling or information sharing: Podcasts often use engaging narratives, interviews, or discussions to inform, entertain, or inspire their audience.

Intro essentials:

Copyright:

Copyright is a law that applies to forms of expression or content such as text, images and music. It enables people who create and invest in developing content to manage how others use the content.

In Australia and most other countries, copyright automatically applies as soon as the content is created and ‘fixed’ in some way (e.g. written down, recorded, saved). There is no requirement to register or go through any other process.

Copyright applies to the following:

  • text (e.g. in books, journal articles, reports, webpages, plays and screenplays)
  • images (e.g. photographs, artistic works, graphs, illustrations)
  • video and moving images (e.g. films, videos, television commercials, vodcasts)
  • audio recordings (e.g. music recordings, radio programs, podcasts)
  • computer programs

Excerpt from What is copyright? 

(n.d.). What is copyright? [Review of What is copyright?]. Copyright Agency. Retrieved September 12, 2024, from https://help.copyright.com.au/hc/en-gb/articles/115005679063-What-is-copyright

Podcasts – Creating

Student-created podcasts may include copyright material owned by the student, TAFE or relevant educational body, as well as copyright material that is owned by third parties.

If material in a podcast is created by a student, then the copyright in that material will be owned by the student. The student can make any use of that material they wish. However, if the TAFE wants to use that material, it must obtain the student’s permission.

If the podcast includes copyright material that is owned by third parties, a student may still be able to include this material in their podcast if:

* a fair dealing exception applies or
* the copyright owner has given permission.

Podcasts – Creating (TAFE) - Smartcopying. (2020, October 14). Smartcopying - the Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE. https://smartcopying.edu.au/podcasts-creating-tafe/