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Just like text or image, audio clips can also be edited. Audacity is a audio editing software that you can use to edit your audio clips. Audacity is a simple yet powerful application for audio editing. You can also use it to record audio.<br><br>

Just like text or image, audio clips can also be edited. Audacity is a audio editing software that you can use to edit your audio clips. Audacity is a simple yet powerful application for audio editing. You can also use it to record audio.<br><br>

Open Audacity  on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video → Audacity[[File:AudacityOGG.png|20px]]</u> (image 4).

Open Audacity  on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video → Audacity[[File:AudacityOGG.png|20px]]</u> (image 4).

To edit an audio file, we will need to ‘import’ the audio we have (of the teacher interview) into Audacity.  To import, click on <u>File → Open</u> and select your audio file (image 5).

To edit an audio file, we will need to ‘import’ the audio we have (of the teacher interview) into Audacity.   

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[[File:Import_Audio.png|right|thumb|450x250px|Image 5 - Importing audio file into Audacity]]

[[File:Import_Audio.png|right|thumb|450x250px|Image 5 - Importing audio file into Audacity]]

 

To import, click on <u>File → Open</u> and select your audio file (image 5). Audacity is very powerful audio editor, with many sophisticated features. For advanced features, refer to the [http://manual.audacityteam.org user manual] and [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html tutorials]. However, we will learn a few commonly used functions, in audio editing, which are useful to teachers in creating and re-purposing OER:

Audacity is very powerful audio editor, with many sophisticated features. For advanced features, refer to the [http://manual.audacityteam.org user manual] and [http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorials.html tutorials]. However, we will learn a few commonly used functions, in audio editing, which are useful to teachers in creating and re-purposing OER:

# Moving a selection of audio to rearrange audio

# Moving a selection of audio to rearrange audio

# Adding a background music track to an audio

# Adding a background music track to an audio

# Reducing background noise levels

# Reducing background noise levels

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==== Moving and combining audio clips ====

==== Moving and combining audio clips ====