[Using Sakai] audio files playing as soon as you enter into the section

[Myburgh, Francette]

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Hi Matt

I do not know how good your relationship with your sakai administrators is.  You can ask them to install a plugin for fckeditor in sakai to embed movies, mp3 etc. We at UNISA has written a plugin and can be found at https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/unisa/fckeditor. In there is a readme file on how to install the plugin, that will enable you to embed movies and mp3's into your tools.

The second way is to do the following:

1. Please download the following file https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/unisa/fckeditor/EmbedMovies/audio_player_standard_gray.swf
2. Upload this file to your resources to your site
3. Click on the edit option of this file and get the Web Address (URL) of the file
4. Go to your page where you want to "display" your mp3
5. Click on the Source button in the editor
6. Put in the following code:
<div><embed src="[ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS OF THE audio_player_standard_gray.swf HERE]" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=[ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS OF THE mp3 HERE]" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
CHANGE THE WEB ADDRESSES FOR THE AUDIO PLAYER AND THE MP3 ABOVE
7. Click on the save/submit button
8. It will show a player in your window, it will not automatically start the mp3 but the students can just click the play button.

If you want it to autoplay, change the embed code to the following:

div><embed src="ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS OF THE audio_player_standard_gray.swf HERE]" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=[ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS OF THE mp3 HERE]&amp;auto_play=true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div>
<div>

Nico Coetzee
Designer Developer
ICT
Unisa Main Campus
Preller Street
Pretoria
Tel: +27 (012) 429-4661


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From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Schneider
Sent: 24 August 2010 09:23 PM
To: 'sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org'
Subject: [Using Sakai] audio files playing as soon as you enter into the section

Is it possible for me to enter a mp3 audio file into a module within Sakai and have it automatically start playing when the module is opened rather than when the link to the audio file is clicked on?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Matt Schneider
(410) 516-8754
Johns Hopkins University
Advanced Academic Programs
3400 North Charles St.
Wyman Park, 6th Floor Rm S619
Baltimore, MD 21218






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