{"id":99,"date":"2022-12-09T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=99"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:00:00","slug":"audio-in-forums","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/chapter\/audio-in-forums\/","title":{"raw":"Audio in Forums","rendered":"Audio in Forums"},"content":{"raw":"In some cases, faculty and students use discussion forums to share audio clips. There are a few different methods to include audio files in a discussion forum:\r\n\r\n<b>Method #1.<\/b>\u00a0You can upload pre-recorded audio clips as long as they are in an mp3 format.\r\n\r\n<b>Method #2.<\/b>\u00a0You can insert a URL\/web address into the textbox field and the link will display as an audio player.\r\n\r\n<b>Method #3.<\/b>\u00a0Lastly, you can record and post directly within the forum. The only catch to this method is that if you record directly within the forum, you are limited to 2 minutes.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<b>Atto Editor<\/b>\r\n\r\nEvery discussion forum comes equipped with an\u00a0<b>Atto Editor<\/b>. The Atto Editor is the name of the toolbar across the top of the forum textbox that allows for more customization. Toolbar displayed below:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar.\" width=\"697\" height=\"42\" \/>\r\n\r\nYou can expand the toolbar to bring up more advanced options. I tend to do this out of habit as some of the features in the expanded view are common functions (alignment, indentation, etc.). You can expand the toolbar by selecting the drop-down arrow on the far left-hand side as indicated below:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar advanced button.\" width=\"694\" height=\"90\" \/>\r\n\r\nIf you would like to include audio by using\u00a0<b>Method 1<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>Method 2<\/b>, you will want to refer to the<b>\u00a0Insert Media<\/b> button and follow the prompts once it is selected:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar insert media button.\" width=\"691\" height=\"91\" \/>\r\n\r\nIf you are okay with the 2-minute time constraint, you may prefer to use\u00a0<b>Method 3<\/b>, by selecting\u00a0<b>Record Audio<\/b>\u00a0within the expanded toolbar:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar insert audio button.\" width=\"691\" height=\"89\" \/>","rendered":"<p>In some cases, faculty and students use discussion forums to share audio clips. There are a few different methods to include audio files in a discussion forum:<\/p>\n<p><b>Method #1.<\/b>\u00a0You can upload pre-recorded audio clips as long as they are in an mp3 format.<\/p>\n<p><b>Method #2.<\/b>\u00a0You can insert a URL\/web address into the textbox field and the link will display as an audio player.<\/p>\n<p><b>Method #3.<\/b>\u00a0Lastly, you can record and post directly within the forum. The only catch to this method is that if you record directly within the forum, you are limited to 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Atto Editor<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Every discussion forum comes equipped with an\u00a0<b>Atto Editor<\/b>. The Atto Editor is the name of the toolbar across the top of the forum textbox that allows for more customization. Toolbar displayed below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignnone wp-image-263 size-full\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-263 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar.\" width=\"697\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1.png 697w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1-65x4.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1-225x14.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto1-350x21.png 350w\" \/><\/div>\n<p>You can expand the toolbar to bring up more advanced options. I tend to do this out of habit as some of the features in the expanded view are common functions (alignment, indentation, etc.). You can expand the toolbar by selecting the drop-down arrow on the far left-hand side as indicated below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignnone wp-image-264 size-full\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar advanced button.\" width=\"694\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced.png 694w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced-65x8.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced-225x29.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-advanced-350x45.png 350w\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If you would like to include audio by using\u00a0<b>Method 1<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>Method 2<\/b>, you will want to refer to the<b>\u00a0Insert Media<\/b> button and follow the prompts once it is selected:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignnone wp-image-265 size-full\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar insert media button.\" width=\"691\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media.png 691w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media-65x9.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media-225x30.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-media-350x46.png 350w\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If you are okay with the 2-minute time constraint, you may prefer to use\u00a0<b>Method 3<\/b>, by selecting\u00a0<b>Record Audio<\/b>\u00a0within the expanded toolbar:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignnone wp-image-266 size-full\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic.png\" alt=\"Atto editor toolbar insert audio button.\" width=\"691\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic.png 691w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic-65x8.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic-225x29.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/12\/atto-mic-350x45.png 350w\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":32,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/revisions\/418"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/32"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/mfcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}