| 1 | File / Link | Uploads an audio file.
Select an option: - Select a File tab and click the Upload button to open the Resources window and select an audio file.
- Select a Link tab and enter the audio URL at the Insert link field.
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| 2 | Autostart | Enables / disables automatic audio starting. Select an option: - Click Yes to allow the audio to start automatically;
- Click No to start the audio only by clicking the Play button.
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| 3 | Repeat | Enables / disables audio auto repeating. Select an option: - Click Yes to allow the audio to automatically repeat after it ends;
- Click No to stop playing the audio after it ends.
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| 4 | Disable seeking | Enables / disables audio skipping / scrubbing. Select an option: - Click Yes to disable forward scrubbing within the seek slider;
After listening the audio allows rewinding and navigation by time codes. - Click No to allow the learner to rewind the audio using the keyboard arrows, clicking the audio seek slider or using time codes.
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| 5 | Display playback time | Shows / hides audio current playback time and total audio duration. Select an option: - Click Yes to show audio playback / duration time;
- Click No to hide audio playback / duration time.
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| 6 | Sound | Sets the default sound volume for audio playback.
- Adjust the slider or enter the value from 0 to 100 to increase or decrease the default volume.
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| 7 | Speed | Sets the default speed for audio playback.
- Select the speed option from the drop-down menu.
This option is available only for uploaded files and YouTube / Wistia links. |
| 8 | Crop | Trims audio start / end time.
- Enter a time or select the values from the drop-down menu in the left field to set an audio start time;
- Enter a time or select the values from the drop-down menu in the right field to set an audio end time.
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| 9 | Percent | Sets the percentage of audio to listen necessarily before moving to the next block.
- Adjust the slider or enter the value from 0 to 100 to set the percentage.
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| 10 | Captions | Adds a captions file to an audio. Captions are a synchronized text version of the speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the content. a. Click +.
A pop-up window will appear.
b. Upload a closed caption file in VTT format: - Select a File tab and click the Upload button to open the Resources window and select a caption file.
- Select a Link tab and enter the captions URL at the Insert link field.
c. Select a Turn Caption on by default option: - Click Yes to enable the captions along with audio playback;
- Click No to disable the captions.
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| 11 | Timecode | Inserts timecode tags to audio, breaking it down into meaningful segments.
- Add a timecode:
a. Click +;
A pop-up window will appear.
b. Click the Add button;
c. Enter a time or select the values from the drop-down menu to tag a timecode;
d. Add a timecode description at the field below the caption time tag;
e. Click the Save button to apply the changes.
- Manage a timecode:
a. Click the … icon next to a timecode record;
A pop-up window will appear.
b. Select Edit to change the timecode;
c. Select Delete to remove the timecode.
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