{"id":78,"date":"2019-10-04T17:49:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T21:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/adding-audio\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:36:10","slug":"adding-audio","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/chapter\/adding-audio\/","title":{"raw":"Adding Audio","rendered":"Adding Audio"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Find Openly Licensed Audio<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nBelow are some good places to find openly licensed audio. Check license terms for individual audio as they vary.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/\">CCMixter<\/a>: Locate samples and mixes under Creative Commons licenses.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/music\/music.cfm\">Digital History<\/a>: Provides a variety of songs believed to be copyright free for non-profit and educational use.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\">Internet Archive<\/a>: Search and limit to <strong>Audio<\/strong>. Be sure to check the License and\/or Copyright Notice appearing alongside individual works.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/musopen.org\/\">Musopen<\/a>: Search for and download music in the public domain.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Uploading an Audio File<\/h2>\r\nAudio should be in <strong>MP3<\/strong> format.\r\n\r\nTo upload an audio file, log in and select <strong>Media<\/strong> from the administrator side bar to the left.\r\n\r\nSelect\u00a0<strong>Add New\u00a0<\/strong>and upload your file. It will appear below.\r\n\r\nGo to the section of the chapter where you would like your audio to appear and select\u00a0<strong>Add Media<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nSelect the audio file and select <strong>Insert into chapter\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHere is an example of how audio will appear:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/felix_blume_animals_toads_frogs_night_pond_village_light_distant_chatter_in_bg.mp3\"][\/audio]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/music\/toads-and-frogs-in-pond-village-light-distant-chatter-from-villagers\/\">Toads and frogs in pond, village, light distant chatter from villagers<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/author\/felix-blume\/\">Felix Blume<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1.0 Universal License<\/a><\/p>\r\nWe recommend adding any applicable attributions centered beneath the audio, as shown above, or in a <em>Media Attributions<\/em> section at the end of the chapter or section.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">For help converting audio from different formats to MP3, and with uploading files larger than 98 MB, please email <a href=\"mailto:digitalscholarship@macewan.ca\">digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a>.<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Find Openly Licensed Audio<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Below are some good places to find openly licensed audio. Check license terms for individual audio as they vary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/\">CCMixter<\/a>: Locate samples and mixes under Creative Commons licenses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalhistory.uh.edu\/music\/music.cfm\">Digital History<\/a>: Provides a variety of songs believed to be copyright free for non-profit and educational use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\">Internet Archive<\/a>: Search and limit to <strong>Audio<\/strong>. Be sure to check the License and\/or Copyright Notice appearing alongside individual works.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/musopen.org\/\">Musopen<\/a>: Search for and download music in the public domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Uploading an Audio File<\/h2>\n<p>Audio should be in <strong>MP3<\/strong> format.<\/p>\n<p>To upload an audio file, log in and select <strong>Media<\/strong> from the administrator side bar to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Select\u00a0<strong>Add New\u00a0<\/strong>and upload your file. It will appear below.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the section of the chapter where you would like your audio to appear and select\u00a0<strong>Add Media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Select the audio file and select <strong>Insert into chapter\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of how audio will appear:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-78-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/felix_blume_animals_toads_frogs_night_pond_village_light_distant_chatter_in_bg.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/felix_blume_animals_toads_frogs_night_pond_village_light_distant_chatter_in_bg.mp3\">https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/11\/felix_blume_animals_toads_frogs_night_pond_village_light_distant_chatter_in_bg.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/music\/toads-and-frogs-in-pond-village-light-distant-chatter-from-villagers\/\">Toads and frogs in pond, village, light distant chatter from villagers<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zapsplat.com\/author\/felix-blume\/\">Felix Blume<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1.0 Universal License<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recommend adding any applicable attributions centered beneath the audio, as shown above, or in a <em>Media Attributions<\/em> section at the end of the chapter or section.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">For help converting audio from different formats to MP3, and with uploading files larger than 98 MB, please email <a href=\"mailto:digitalscholarship@macewan.ca\">digitalscholarship@macewan.ca<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-78","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":33,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/78\/revisions\/79"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/33"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/78\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/authorsguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}