Create a 7-10 minute podcast on a Canadian topic that you find interesting. This could be anything from your take on our Ottawa experience, an interesting event in the history of Canada, Canada/US relations, or even your favourite Canadian band, writer, or hockey team. The sky is the limit!

Your goal is to create an interesting podcast that will pique your audience's interest in the topic. For it to be engaging, you need, of course, to have an argument or hook of some kind that will make people want to listen to what you have to say. You can do research if you like and, if you wish, you can incorporate images and audio clips. You could even create a video podcast if you like. If including research or audio and video clips that you have not created yourself, make sure to tell your audience where you got that material. If using copyrighted music, use a clip of less than thirty seconds rather than an entire song.

It's also important to think about your delivery of your content. A successful podcast will be one in which you are relaxed and clear, while not seeming overly rehearsed or sounding like you're reading directly from the page. Let your personality come through. Have fun, too, with the medium. There are all sorts of things you can do to make your podcast different from those of everyone else.

To hear last year's student podcasts, you can find them all on our blog under the "Assignments" tab.

PODCASTS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 11/14.

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