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<player>alligator-english.mp3</player>
<player>alligator-english.mp3</player>
==HOW TO CREATE YOU OWN AUDIO FILE ==
#Just go on https://vocaroo.com/
#'''Record your voice''' by clicking the red button
#Click '''Save and Share'''
#Click the '''Dowload button''' to save the MP3 file on your device
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The format for your audio files MUST be '''.MP3'''.
To create your own MP3 file, the simpliest is to use your smartphone. Create a voice memo thanks to your favorite application. Then, send it to yourself attached to an e-mail.
If you are using a Iphone, you need to convert the file to a readable format. Here is how to:
===Convert Iphone voice memos ONLINE (m4a to mp3)===
You can use this free online converter:
http://online-audio-converter.com/
===Convert Iphone voice memos to MP3 in Itune (m4a to mp3)===
Check this tutorial:
<youtube>Kg_L9EKBqqQ</youtube>
-->


== HOW TO INSERT AN AUDIO FILE INTO YOUR LESSON ==
== HOW TO INSERT AN AUDIO FILE INTO YOUR LESSON ==
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*It is not yet possible to add a file directely with the '''Action > Edit button''' (Visual Editor), you have to use the Code Editor ('''Action > Edit Source''').
*It is not yet possible to add a file directely with the '''Action > Edit button''' (Visual Editor), you have to use the Code Editor ('''Action > Edit Source''').
*You can add several sound files at once. Just select several files from your computer (step 3 above)
*You can add several sound files at once. Just select several files from your computer (step 3 above)
==TIP: HOW TO CREATE YOU OWN AUDIO FILE ==
#Just go on https://vocaroo.com/
#'''Record your voice''' by clicking the red button
#Click '''Save and Share'''
#Click the '''Dowload button''' to save the MP3 file on your device
<!--
The format for your audio files MUST be '''.MP3'''.
To create your own MP3 file, the simpliest is to use your smartphone. Create a voice memo thanks to your favorite application. Then, send it to yourself attached to an e-mail.
If you are using a Iphone, you need to convert the file to a readable format. Here is how to:
===Convert Iphone voice memos ONLINE (m4a to mp3)===
You can use this free online converter:
http://online-audio-converter.com/
===Convert Iphone voice memos to MP3 in Itune (m4a to mp3)===
Check this tutorial:
<youtube>Kg_L9EKBqqQ</youtube>
-->

Revision as of 19:01, 16 May 2020

How to add an audio MP3 file to the text of a lesson?

HOW DOES THE AUDIO PLAYER LOOK LIKE?

When writing a lesson to learn a language, it is cool, for example, to be able to add, next to a word, a small sound player to hear the pronunciation of that word.

Better an example than a long explanation:

Alligator.png

Alligator



HOW TO CREATE YOU OWN AUDIO FILE

  1. Just go on https://vocaroo.com/
  2. Record your voice by clicking the red button
  3. Click Save and Share
  4. Click the Dowload button to save the MP3 file on your device



HOW TO INSERT AN AUDIO FILE INTO YOUR LESSON

Follow the steps below:

  • 1. Click on the EDIT > Edit Source button at the top right corner of your lesson page.


  • 2. Click the small green button:

Msupload-button.jpg


  • 3. Select one (or several) sound file(s) from your computer. Possible extensions: .mp3 / .ogg / .wav


  • 4. Click the Upload this file link and wait for the file(s) to upload

Msupload-upload-file.jpg


  • 5. Click the Insert Link link

Msupload-insert-link.jpg


  • 6. The Player code for your file will be inserted automatically into the page

Msupload-inserted.jpg


  • 7. Cut and Paste the code wherever you want the audio file player to appear in the page (still using the Edit Source editor)

Msupload-move-code.jpg


  • 8. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page to save your whole page.


PLease note:

  • It is not yet possible to add a file directely with the Action > Edit button (Visual Editor), you have to use the Code Editor (Action > Edit Source).
  • You can add several sound files at once. Just select several files from your computer (step 3 above)