QR Codes #9 Sharing Audio
Posted by Allanah King on September 24, 2011
We all know how great Dropbox is don’t we team.
If you don’t now about Dropbox it is an online storage space with some fabulous features. Think of it as your own personal, free server where you can store and back up your stuff.
When you sign up for Dropbox you automatically get a Public Folder. A Public Folder is still in your Dropbox but it is also public so everyone can see it.
Drop your audio file that you want to use into the Public Dropbox folder, wait for it to synch and launch the Dropbox website by clicking on the Dropbox icon and opening it. Navigate to the Public folder and hover over the file you want to share. To the right of the file name you will get a little triangle with a dropdown menu. Copy the public link. I am going to share Kiera’s audio file.
Copy this link into your QR Code generator- seeing I am on the computer I will use Google URL shortner to create the QR code.
Done- easy as!
I see this as a great way to easily share podcasts and other audio files with your class and other visitors. I would love to hear from you if you decide to give it a whirl.
Do you have any other ideas for linking QR Codes to audio or video files this way?
September 24th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
It works great with dropbox on the iPads as well and is easy to create codes from the URL given from the share folder. Nice work Allanah!
September 24th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
That is awesome! Has me fizzing with the possibilities…
September 29th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
I am giving it a go now!! Great idea thanks!
January 31st, 2012 at 6:09 am
looks ace, where do I go to make the code thingy ?
we are after sharing audio via these codes, hope its easy
January 31st, 2012 at 7:13 am
We want to be able to scan a qr code and play an audio file instantly