Engage your students like never before with learning activities! The LearnDash Audio Assignments add-on enables your students to record and share audio in their assignment submissions. Students can record their responses directly on the site and download their audio files.
Follow the instructions below to install and set up the LearnDash Audio Assignments add-on:
Table of Content
Installation
- Install the LearnDash plugin & activate it.
- Install the LearnDash Audio Assignments add-on and activate it.
- There will be a new Dashboard entry named “Audio Assignments” on the backend.
Activate Your License Key
The license key can be configured from the License Settings tab, found on the “Audio Assignment” menu. License keys are sent to your email address when you purchase the add-on.
Insert your license key in the field and then click on Activate.
Audio Assignment Settings
Navigate to the Lesson/Topic settings for which you want to enable the Audio Assignments. Start by enabling the “Assignment Uploads” option to allow students to upload Assignments on the Lesson/Topic.
Audio Assignment
Next, the “Audio Assignment” option will appear. Enabling this option allows students to submit Audio files in their assignments.
Audio Download
Enabling this option allows students to download their submitted audio files.
Audio Recording Duration
In this field, you can set a limit for the total audio recording duration in minutes.
Preview
Here’s How Students Will See the Audio Assignments Feature on the Frontend
On the Backend, Admins Will View Audio Submissions as Shown Below
To play the students’ submitted audio, the admin can click on the “Edit” option under the assignment title. This edit assignment page will have an audio player where the admin can listen to the assignment. Also, from this page, the admin can directly send a voice message reply to the student.
Here’s How Students will see the Admins’ Audio Reply on the frontend
FAQ
In which file format can the Admin/Group Leader download the recorded audio?
The default file format for audio recordings is set to .mp3. When downloading an audio assignment, Admins and Group Leaders will get a .mp3 file.
Can the Admin/Group Leader play the Submitted Audio Assignment directly on the site?
No, the Admin/Group Leader has to download the submitted audio file in order to play it.
Can students upload and play a pre-recorded audio file using the Audio Assignments add-on?
No, currently students can only submit real-time audio recordings. We have a plan to add the “Upload PreRecorded Audio” feature in the near future.
Changelog
1.0.5
- New: Admin can listen to the submitted assignment.
- New: New: Add send a voice message to the submitted assignment.
- New: user can listen to admin Audio Reply on assignment.
- Fix: Update the Add-on UI
1.0.4
- Fix: Uploaded assignment delete button issue.
1.0.3
- Fix: Download icon issue.
- Fix: Spacing issues between audio controls and buttons.
- New: Added text filters for audio section titles and buttons.
1.0.2
- Fix: Audio recording issues with the Safari browser.
1.0.1
- New: Added support for pause/resume in audio assignment
- Fix: Updated plugin documentation URL
- Fix: UI responsive issues
- Fix: Minor issues
1.0.0
- Initial