Release 'em as early as you can. The motivated students will get great use of podcasts whether they are able to attend or not. The lazy students won't even bother to listen to them.
There isn't a direct correlation between non-attendance and 'bad' students. For those 'good' students who cannot attend for good reason then the podcasts will be a godsend. Those that are sleeping off a hangover may download them, may _intend_ to catch up but, just like reading books, they won't ever quite get round to it. So they will be found out anyway.
Please don't put artificial restrictions on the distribution of information. It's wonderful if you can help your students with a quickly and easily available podcast. Don't start putting barriers around it.
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Release 'em as early as you can. The motivated students will get great use of podcasts whether they are able to attend or not. The lazy students won't even bother to listen to them.
There isn't a direct correlation between non-attendance and 'bad' students. For those 'good' students who cannot attend for good reason then the podcasts will be a godsend. Those that are sleeping off a hangover may download them, may _intend_ to catch up but, just like reading books, they won't ever quite get round to it. So they will be found out anyway.
Please don't put artificial restrictions on the distribution of information. It's wonderful if you can help your students with a quickly and easily available podcast. Don't start putting barriers around it.