You can add any MP3 audio file that has been posted online to a slide in an Art Collector Set.  However, you cannot add MP3 files from your own computer unless you post the MP3 file online first.  Also, you cannot add audio files that are in other file formats, such as WAVE audio files.  This is because ArtsConnectEd needs a valid URL, or Web address, to the MP3 audio file in order to add the item to your Set.

This help file shows you how to find MP3 audio files online, and it shows you how to add the audio file to your Art Collector Set.

Note:  You must be an ArtsConnectEd registered user to add an MP3 audio file to an Art Collector Set.   To become an ArtsConnectEd registered user, see Registration Help.

To add an audio file to an Art Collector Set:

1. Find the URL (Web address) of the MP3 audio file you want to add:
   • Open a Web browser (for example. FireFox, Internet Explorer).
   • Open your favorite search engine (e.g. Google), and search for the audio file you want to add.  For example, enter search words like: Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Speech MP3.
   • You could also go directly to a trusted resource for media such as the Internet Archive, archive.org.
     Note: The Internet Archive, a non-profit organization, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form including audio, video, and texts. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
   • Once you have found an online MP3 File, in this example the Internet Archive's entry for Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech (see Figure 1a), locate and copy the audio file's URL.
   • Right-click on the audio file hyperlink, and select "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Shortcut" depending on the browser you are using (see Figure 1b). 
   • The audio file Address must end with .mp3 in order to be recognized by ArtsConnectEd.  If it doesn’t end in .mp3, the file is not an MP3 audio file. When you mouse over the audio file's hyperlink the entire URL to that file appears in the status bar of your browser (see Figure 1c highlighted in pink).
2. Open another Web browser and go to www.ArtsConnectEd.com.
3. If you are not logged into ArtsConnectEd, log in now:
   • Click the SIGN IN button in the top left-hand corner of the Web page.
   • Enter the Username and Password you created when you registered.
   • Click the SIGN IN button again.
4. Click the ART COLLECTOR button at the top left of the screen.  ArtsConnectEd shows your Art Collector Sets.
5. Click the title, or the image, of the Set to which you want to add the slide with the MP3 audio file.  The Set’s detail page opens.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page.  You will see the slides in the selected Set.
7. Click the Add Custom Slide button in the Slides tab header (see pink box in Figure 2).  The Slide Editor page opens.
8. On the Slide Editor page, specify:
   • The Slide Title.  When you present this slide, this will be the header of the slide. 
   • The Display Annotation.  This is the text that appears on the slide when you present it.
   • The My Notes text.  This is text that you see when you present that the audience does not see.  Think of the My Notes text as the cue card for that slide.
9. Below the My Notes text area, locate the Slide Media header.  In this section is a textbox labeled New Media URL.  Click in this textbox, hold down the Ctrl or Command keyboard key, and press the V keyboard key.  The URL of the audio file you found in step 1 will be pasted into the New Media URL textbox (see Figure 3).
10. Click the Verify Media button.  If the MP3 audio file address is correct, an audio player appears below the Slide Media header (see Figure 4).
    Note:  If ArtsConnectEd shows an Unknown media URL message instead of an audio player, you have specified an address that does not exist.  Return to step 1 and try again.
11. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the SAVE SLIDE button.  You have now added an MP3 audio file to a slide in an Art Collector Set.  To return to your Sets, scroll to the top of the page and click the ART COLLECTOR button in ArtsConnectEd.

Figure 1a: Web page containing audio file hyperlink

Figure 1b: Copy the link location or shortcut

Figure 1c: URL of audio file in browser status bar, highlighted in pink.

Figure 2: Add Custom Slide button

Figure 3: Adding MP3 Audio File to a Slide

 
Figure 4:  MP3 Audio file inserted correctly



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