Attaching audio files to an email in Angel

Step One: Downloading Audacity

Before you are able to create an audio recording to attach to anemail you must download a free program online. Go to thefollowing site and follow the download directions below.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/audacity/audacity-win-1.2.3.exe?use_mirror=voxel

When at the site you will see the following screen.

Scroll through the page until you find the Minnesota host with thisicon: (NOTE: do not click on this link. Click on the link to theright, in the ‘Download Column.’

To begin download make sure you click on the download linkpointed out below.

After clicking on the download link this screen will appear.

The following screen will appear and ask you whether to save theprogram or not, Choose ‘SAVE.’ (NOTE: This may take a fewminutes to begin, depending on your Internet connection)

After choosing ‘SAVE’ you will have to determine where theprogram will be saved. Save it to your desktop so you can find itlater.

When you click on ‘SAVE’ the download will begin. (NOTE:This may take a few minutes, depending on connection speed.)When the download has finished just close the window.

Now that you have downloaded Audacity look for the program onyour computer. (Depending on where you saved it to, preferablythe Desktop) Look for this icon and double click on it:

You will be asked if you want to run the program. Select‘RUN.’

Since you are running Audacity for the first time you will need toaccept it’s terms of use and initialize the program. Read theinformation and choose ‘NEXT’ to complete the different steps ofthe setup.

Step Two: Recording in Audacity

Now that download and setup are complete you are ready to recordin Audacity. Open the program and you will see the followingwindow. Click on the RED record button to begin recording youraudio.

When your recording is complete click on the YELLOW stopbutton. When you have stopped the recording, choose ‘File,’ –‘Export as WAV.’

When exporting you will be asked where you want to save the file.Choose whatever you would like, just make sure you will be ableto find it later.

When it has been saved to the specified location, check to makesure it is there. Click on the file when you find it and drag it intoiTunes. It will appear in your Library.

Step Three: Compressing the Audio file.

In order to attach the Audio file to an email in Angel you will also need tocompress it to a smaller size. Open iTunes to do this. With the iTuneswindow open click on Edit – Preferences. You will see the following:

Click on the Advanced tab – Importing. Choose to Import Using MP3Encoder set it to compress at 64 kbps under Setting – Custom.

When you have done this click OK and the iTunes window will remainopen. Click on the Audio file that you created, located in the Library. Withthe Audio file highlighted click Advanced on the menu bar and chooseConvert to MP3. You will then see a copy of your Audio file appear

underneath the original. Click on the copy and drag it to the Desktop. Nowmove to step 4.

Step four: Attaching your recording to an email inAngel.

Login into Angel and enter the course you wish to send theaudio message in. When you have entered the desiredcourse, click on ‘Communicate’ located in the Menu bar atthe top of the Angel screen.

From the ‘Communicate’ Screen choose ‘Send CourseMail.’

The ‘Send Course Mail’ screen will appear and open anew message. Choose who you would like to send themessage to (highlight the name in the Recipients windowand click the To button) and type the text of your message

in the Subject and Message boxes. When your message isdone, you will then need to attach your audio recording.

Click on the ‘Attachments’ button at the top of the emailscreen. (Shown in picture above)The Attachment window will open as shown below.

Select ‘Browse.’ Find your audio recording and selectOpen.

The file window will close and you will see the Attachmentwindow once again. This time it will show the path of youraudio file in the ‘Upload a file’ box. Click ‘Upload File.’

After selecting ‘Upload File’ the audio recording will thenappear in the ‘Uploaded Files’ box. NOTE: It may take afew seconds to upload the file, depending on therecording’s size. Select ‘Finished.’

After you have clicked on ‘Finished’ the file will thenappear in the original email screen.

Your message is now ready to be sent.