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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</u>.

Open Audacity  on your computer, through <u>Applications → Sound and Video → Audacity</u>.

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

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.

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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

# Reducing background noise levels

# Reducing background noise levels

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

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

[[File:Copying_or_moving_a_selection_of_the_audio_file.png|thumb|450x450px|1. Selecting a  audio clip to move|left]]

[[File:Copying_or_moving_a_selection_of_the_audio_file.png|thumb|450x450px|1. Selecting a  audio clip to move|left]]