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Downloading Podcasts

Downloading Podcasts

Downloading Villanova Podcasts/MP3s to Your Computer

1. Open “Villanova iTunes U”. (See “Accessing Villanova iTunes U.” for instructions)    

 

2. Below the “University Podcasts” section of “Villanova iTunes U.”, click on the podcast category you want to download your podcast/mp3 from (i.e. For purpose of these instructions, if you want to download the “Villanova Fight Song”, then you would single-click the “Music & the Performing Arts” icon.
3. You should now see all the podcasts/mp3s for that particular podcast category. To download a particular podcast/mp3, single-click the “Get Song” button next to the podcast/mp3 you want to download .

For the purposes of these instructions, we want to download the “Villanova University Fight Song”, so we single-click the “Get Song” button next to “Villanova University Fight Song” mp3.

 

4. iTunes will now download that song.  
5. To access your newly downloaded song, look on the left-hand side of the iTunes window. Under the “Playlists” section, look for the “Villanova University Folder”. Under this folder single-click on the podcast category you downloaded your podcast from (i.e. Remember we first single-clicked “Music & the Performing Arts” podcast category to access the “Villanova University Fight Song”)
6. Upon single-clicking the podcast category, you should now see your downloaded podcast/mp3.
7. To play the podcast/song, double-click the podcast/song.
8. The song information and audio player controls (Rewind, Play/Pause, Fast Forward, and Volume Controls) are all available at the top of the iTunes program window.

Downloading Villanova Podcasts/MP3s to IPOD/MP3 Player

 

1. Insert your iPod/MP3 player into your computer  

 

2. You should see your connected iPod/MP3 player under the “Devices” section and your iPod/MP3 player information should appear in the central iTunes window.
3. Find the podcast/mp3 you want to download to your iPod/MP3 player under “Villanova University” folder. Single-click and drag the podcast/mp3 you want over to your iPod/MP3 player under the “Devices” section. Release your mouse once your iPod/MP3 player icon is outline in Blue.

 

 Left: You see the user in the process of the clicking and dragging the “Villanova University Fight Song” mp3 to the iPod. Note that while the user is clicking and dragging the mp3, that mp3 file name “Villanova University Fight Song” appears in a gray box. Also, note that once the iPod is outlined in Blue, the user will let go of the mouse. The mp3 will have then downloaded to the iPod.

4. To view/play the podcast/mp3 off your iPod/mp3 player, single-click the “Music” icon listed underneath your iPod/MP3 player.
You can now see that the “Villanova University Fight Song” mp3 file, has been downloaded to the iPod.