Enhancing Music Instruction: Adding Sound to Electronic Documents

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Enhancing Music Instruction Adding Sound to
Electronic Documents

• Dr. Scott D. Lipscomb
• UTSA Division of Music

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Use of Sound in Class Presentations

• retains student interest
• serves to illustrate concepts that are difficult
  to discuss using text and/or graphics only
• is absolutely indispensable in music (and foreign
  language) instruction

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Sound can be dropped into...

• Word Processor documents (e.g., Word, Word
  Perfect, etc.)
• Presentation files (e.g., Powerpoint, Compel,
  Astound, etc.)
• Spreadsheets (e.g., Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, etc.)
• Databases (e.g., Access, FoxPro, FileMaker Pro,
  etc.)

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Sound inserted as objects as easy as
drag-and-drop

• WAVE files
• MIDI files
• CD Audio
• AVI files

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More Fun ...

• Examples in Microsoft Word
• Taking your document to the Web
• Dreamweaver
• Real Producer G2
• FREE - http//www.real.com
• Navigating an audio CD
• Time Sketch Editor

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Contact Info
Dr. Scott D. Lipscomb UTSA Division of Music 6900
N. Loop 1604 West San Antonio, TX 78249 (210)
458-4354 [phone] FAX lipscomb_at_utsa.edu http
//music.utsa.edu/lipscomb/