Angel Learning, a developer/marketer of enterprise e-learning software, has announced that the latest version of their Learning Management System program has built-in podcast support. Responding to strong interest in the educational community for podcasting, ANGEL 7.2 contains a native feature to support content syndication in all forms. Faculty simply create a “Content Syndication” folder and [...]

Forum Communications has added podcasting capabilities to its Consortium line of enterprise voice conferencing systems. Users have one-touch access and can download conferences as podcasts, letting users to conferences at their leisure. Both Consortium II and Consortium VIP now let users capture calls as podcasts for automatic download via their choice of software such as [...]

Anystream has announced that the latest release of their Apreso products for higher education is the world’s first lecture capture technology to integrate with iTunes U. The integration is a result of a partnership with Apreso customer and iTunes U partner The George Washington University (GW). “Automation is highly valuable in higher education because it [...]

iBloks today announced a Windows Video Podcast Starter Kit designed to empower podcasters to easily create world class quality video podcasts. The Starter Kit includes the iBloks Video Podcaster software, a headset with noise canceling mic, a virtual 3D stage and a training video for $49.99. The iBloks drag and drop interface supports photo, graphic [...]

David Aldrich, Bradley Bell and Tim Batzel of the University of Washington have written a paper that looks at an automated podcasting solution for educational use. Automated Podcasting Solution Expands the Boundaries of the Classroom (PDF) was presented Wednesday in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) 2006 Fall Conference. The [...]

Horizon Wimba, a provider of collaboration tools and software applications to the online education market, has released Wimba Voice Tools version 5.1, which includes two new voice tools – the Wimba Podcaster and the Wimba Voice Presentation Tool. Wimba Podcaster is designed to make it easy for teachers to add audio files to their online [...]

Dalet Digital Media Systems, a provider of media management tools, today announced enhanced support for HD Radio and simplified Podcast distribution.DaletPlus Radio Suite users can now “click and cast” any audio asset from their digital audio library. Format conversion and associated metadata insertion are automated and the resulting MP3 file is pushed to a predefined [...]

Canadian marketer Dave Forde has announced his intention to organize a podcasting/videoblogging conference in Toronto, Canada. The event is tentatively scheduled for February 21st, 2007. “A website will be up shortly, but the call for speakers is now open,” notes Forde. “The format for the conference will be a mix of keynotes, panel discussions and [...]

Intelligent Assistance has released Intellicaster, a turnkey automated podcasting system that records TV or radio broadcasters programming and, without human intervention, publishes it to the web. Intellicaster is a intelligent hardware/software combination that automatically records specific time intervals – evening newscasts, morning or afternoon programming. It can delete commercials, if needed, and then encode the [...]

Audion Laboratories has released VoxPro 4.1, a professional recording application for Windows. Version 4.1 adds a publication wizard that generates RSS files, compresses audio and uploads audio files directly to the web. VoxPro 4.1’s features were added to let it be used as an all-in-one production tool to record, edit and publish professional quality broadcasts [...]