Audacity
Audacity is a useful tool for creating podcasts or audio recordings that can be edited later. You can save the audio recordings in many different formats and easily upload them into a Canvas course to then share with your students.
You can use Audacity to:
- Record live audio.
- Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine.
- Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files.
- AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using optional libraries.
- Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Access Audacity
Access Audacity at AudacityTeam.org to download to your personal machine. Also available for use in the Digital Media Lab.
Videos
Basic walk through of how to use Audacity and showing the six basic user buttons.
Effects overview.
Basic walk through of Effects and Editing.
Guides
- Audacity's support page
Where to Get Help
LMS Integration
Audacity does not have a Canvas integration.
Cost
Free
Account Required
No account needed.