About WebVideo, Podcasts & RSS

WebVideo

To play these streaming video files you will need Windows Media Player installed on your computer. With all WebVideo we recommend a Broadband connection.

The latest players can be downloaded free:

Windows Media Player - (Version 10+)
QuickTime Player
Real Player

Notes:
Due to recent changes by Microsoft, Media Player 9 may not be able to view online video. To overcome this, please upgrade or save the videos to your hard drive before opening them. To do this, right click on the link and choose 'save target as'.

If you are still unable to view please check with your IT department that online video is not restricted.

Podcasts

Podcasts give you two benefits. You can download the material from your computer to a portable player such as an iPod. And you can subscribe to receive all updates to the Podcast as soon as they are released.

To view a listing of the items currently available click on the Podcast icon.

To subscribe to a Podcast drag the Podcast icon into an RSS aggregator.

RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a simple way to be alerted when new content appears on your favourite websites.

In a world with millions of web pages, keeping up to date with all that information, music and video is impossible. RSS allows you to see when sites from all over the internet have added new content. You can receive all the latest Podcasts, Vidcasts, news items, articles, photographs etc from the sites that interest you without having to revisit each site every day.

Although not all websites provide RSS, it is a fast growing technology.

So how do you receive RSS feeds?

First you need to install a piece of software known as an aggregator to collect the RSS feeds. There are many different programs that work with Internet Explorer such as Newz Crawler and Awasu, or as independent programmes. One of the simplest independent program is iTunes which, once installed, will show you the RSS feed and all the items, or feeds, you have chosen to receive.

After installing the aggregator, you go once to your chosen sites, drag the RSS button across to your aggregator and from then on your computer will check the RSS feeds you have selected for all the latest updates.