Adding audio to objects and lessons

Attach audio to an object to offer an additional learning and communication modality.

To attach audio to an object

1. Create a new lesson or open an existing lesson in Edit mode.

2. Browse to the object you want to attach audio to and click it to select it.

3. Click the menu arrow to expand the menu and select Attach audio. The Attach audio window opens.

   

4. Click Record audio to record an audio clip.

   OR

   Click My computer to upload an audio file.

5. If you’re using this feature for the first time, select Allow microphone access to give Lumio permission to use your microphone. This feature doesn’t work if you don’t allow access.

6. Click Start recording to begin recording your voice. You can record up to five minutes of audio.

   

7. When you are finished recording, click Pause to review. You can use the controls to skip forward or back and review the recording.

   

   To continue recording from where you left off, click Continue recording.

   OR

   To restart the recording, click Delete and start over.

8. After you’ve reviewed the audio, click Add audio. An icon appears in the bottom-left of the object area to indicate that the object has audio. You can click this icon to review your audio, change the playback speed, or skip forward and backward.

   

9. To delete the audio from an object, click the menu arrow and select Remove audio.

   

10. Finish editing your lesson and save your changes. Then you can deliver the lesson with audio to your students.

To deliver a lesson that contains attached audio

1. Open the lesson in Delivery mode.

2. When a student is on a page that contains attached or added audio, they can select the icon to listen to the recording. A menu bar appears.

   

   Each student controls their own audio playback and can listen at their own pace. As the teacher, you will see the same controls as your students when you browse to a page with audio. However, your playback is independent of your students’ and will not affect their experience.

Add audio to a lesson page to offer an additional learning and communication modality.

To add audio to a lesson page

1. Create a new lesson or open an existing lesson in Edit mode.

2. Browse to the page you want to add audio to and click the Gallery icon at the top of the page.

3. Click the microphone icon to open the options.

4. Click Record audio to record an audio clip.

   OR

   Click My computer to upload an audio file.

5. If you’re using this feature for the first time, select Allow microphone access to give Lumio permission to use your microphone. This feature doesn’t work if you don’t allow access.

6. Click Start recording to begin recording your voice. You can record up to five minutes of audio.

   

7. When you are finished recording, click Pause to review. You can use the controls to skip forward or back and review the recording.

   

   To continue recording from where you left off, click Continue recording.

   OR

   To restart the recording, click Delete and start over.

8. After you’ve finished reviewing the audio, click Add audio. A icon appears to indicate the audio recording has been added on the page as an object. You can click this icon to review your audio, change the playback speed, skip forward and back, or move it on the page.

   

   Tip 

   Click the icon, then click the menu arrow for more options.

9. To delete the audio recording, click the icon, then click the menu arrow . Select Delete.

   

10. Finish editing your lesson and save your changes. Then you can deliver the lesson with audio to your students.

To deliver a lesson that contains added audio

1. Open the lesson in Delivery mode.

2. When a student is on a page that contains attached or added audio, they can select the icon to listen to the recording. A menu bar appears.

   

   Each student controls their own audio playback and can listen at their own pace. As the teacher, you will see the same controls as your students when you browse to a page with audio. However, your playback is independent of your students’ and will not affect their experience.

Add instructional audio to a lesson page easily to instruct students on how to complete the activity. You can use the page narration feature to record your voice and add it to the page.

To record and add narration to a lesson page

1. Create a new lesson or open an existing lesson in Edit mode.

2. Browse to the page you want to add narration to and click . The Add Instructional Audio window opens.

   

3. If you’re using this feature for the first time, select Allow microphone access to give Lumio permission to use your microphone. This feature doesn’t work if you don’t allow access.

4. Click Start recording to begin recording your voice. You can record up to five minutes of audio.

   

5. When you are finished recording, click Pause to review. You can use the controls to skip forward or backward and review the recording.

   

   To continue recording from where you left off, click Continue recording.

6. After you’ve finished reviewing the audio, click Add. An icon appears in the top-right of the page area to indicate that the page has audio. You can select this icon to review your audio or delete it.

   

7. Finish editing your lesson and save your changes. Then you can deliver the lesson with audio to your students.

To deliver a lesson that contains instructional audio

1. Open the lesson in Delivery mode.

When a student is on a page that includes instructional audio, they see a control in the top-right corner that they can select to listen to the audio recording:



Each student controls their own audio playback and can listen at their own pace. As the teacher, you see the same controls when you browse to a page with audio, but your playback is independent of your students’ and will not affect their experience.

If you see one of the following windows, you might need to troubleshoot your microphone.

To troubleshoot your microphone, try these tips:

• Make sure your microphone is connected to your computer. If it is, try unplugging it and plugging it in again.

• Make sure the microphone isn’t muted.

• Make sure microphone access has been turned on in your browser or computer’s permission settings.