Imagine students’ artwork hanging in your school’s hallway and beside each masterpiece is a QR code. When parents, students, and other teachers scan the code using a mobile device, they hear the student telling about themselves and the relevance of their art...


Or what about a QR code in the back of a library book that allows you to hear a student’s review of the book? Or a QR code sent home to parents that allows them to listen to their 1st grader reading or telling a story?


Sounds difficult, doesn’t it? Well, don’t worry -- it really isn’t hard at all! I’ll give you two options for recording the audio files and will show you a couple of ways to “embed” them into QR codes.

Not familiar with QR codes? See Tip 95 and Tip 96!




2 Options for

Recording the audio file and generating a URL:


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Option 1:

RecordMP3.org


  1. 1.Go to: recordmp3.org
    Note - The first time you use this site, you will need to click a couple of buttons to set it up. Just follow the on-screen directions.

  2. 2.Record the audio.

  3. 3.Click the “Save Recording” button.

  4. 4.Copy the provided URL.

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Option 2:

Audacity/DropBox


  1. 1.Use the free recording software, Audacity, to record the audio.

  2. 2.Export the recorded audio file (use the default .wav format) and put it into your public DropBox folder.

  3. 3.Right-click the file (within DropBox).

  4. 4.Choose the DropBox option from the pop up menu.

  5. 5.Select “Copy Public Link.”






2 Options for

Creating the QR Code:


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Option 1:

Use an online QR Creator


  1. 1.Go to an online QR Creator such as:
    - QR Hacker
       http://www.qrhacker.com/
    - Kaywa
       http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
    - QuickQR
       http://quikqr.com/

  2. 2.Paste the URL that you copied above.

  3. 3.Follow the on-screen instructions to create a QR code.

  4. 4.Print the code!

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Option 2:

Batch-Generating Codes in a Google Spreadsheet


  1. 1.Create a Google form to “collect” the URLs of students’ audio file URLs.
    (For instructions, see Tip 111)
    Suggested fields:
    - First Name
    - Last Name
    - Notes
    - URL

  2. 2.Follow the instructions in Tip 110 to generate a QR code for each URL.

  3. 3.Print the QR codes!





Examples


The following was recorded using RecordMP3 and the code was generated using www.kaywa.com:




The following was recorded using Audacity and placed in the public DropBox folder. The code was generated using QRHacker:






 

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