Sound Effects

ES-003 Play a sound effect when a lesson is started or completed

Adding this Player Snip

• On your My Player Snips Page add the ES-003 section to your page

• Open up the section's Trigger settings group and choose if you want the effect to show when the lesson is completed or the lesson is started

• Open the Sound settings group and choose one of the included sound effects to use. You can also add your own link to a custom MP3 sound effect by choosing the Custom option and then providing the url.

• Hover over the section and click on the Show Effect button to preview what the Player Snip will look like

• Hover over the section and click the Copy Player ``Snip button

• In another tab open your course curriculum and find the lesson you wish to place this Player Snip into

• Put your cursor in the location that you wish to place this snippet

• Open up the < > code viewer

• Paste the snippet

• Click the < > code button to return to the normal preview

• Click Save to save the lesson

• Preview the lesson inside the course player

It is recommended to place this snippet at the bottom of the code view. When not in code view it is invisible and could potentially be removed by accident. Be sure be careful when editing content around this Player Snip

How to use a custom sound effect

You can trigger your own custom sound effect by providing a url to an MP3 file. We have provided a convenient method for uploading an MP3 and obtaining the URL to it.

• Download or produce a short MP3 file that is intended for a sound effect. You can Google many sites to download free sound effects. Here is one that we like: https://www.101soundboards.com

• Use the container in the settings group and select the Upload File icon in the toolbar (it's the one that looks like a document)

• Once the file is uploaded, then right click on the link and select Copy Link address

• Then paste it into the Custom MP3 Url setting

• Be sure to also choose Custom in the settings drop down