Adding sound to your Web pages can make a big difference on how your students interact with your pages. Hearing a word pronounced, the sound of an instrument or the sound of a faulty engine can help students understand another dimension (sense of hearing) of what you are teaching. |
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Download and Install a Player to Play Sounds - aif, wav, mov, MP3
Some good choices are Quicktime or Real Player
Netscape has its own page - Audio / Video Plugins
Find a Sound File
Web Sources
http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
NOTE: In order to download sounds from your browser, you will need to use a browser other than Internet Explorer, such as or Mozilla or Netscape or Safari, which use the Quicktime media player (available for both Mac and PC)
The Quicktime media player will allow you to click on a sound, play it and save it to disk.
(Clicking on the arrow on the far right of the media player will open a menu - "Save as Source".
Quicktime Media Player (free)http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Create a Sound
PowerPoint - Record your sound using PowerPoint, SimpleSound (Mac), Sound Edit. Save the file as a ".wav" or ".aif."
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Audacity by Source Forge, Free Cross-platform sound editor. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Quicktime (Mac and PC) (Professional $29.99) http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mac.html
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Sound Studio will allow you to create and edit sounds. (Mac OSX) http://www.felttip.com/products/soundstudio/
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Sound Capture (Windows)
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Sound-Capture-Download-7739.html
NOTE: New Mac G4 laptops will require a Griffen "iMic" $39 (USB - sound adapter) or any USB microphone.
Embed a Sound in Your Web Page
There are three types of sound you can "embed" in your web page.
autoplay sound (page opens and sound plays)
text linked sound example & instructions
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"Embed" means that the sound does not require a separate "player" or "control console": the sound plays directly.
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