The other day I was asked by a team-mate about free audio resources that could be used in a course he was designing.

I shared with him some resources that I gathered. And then I thought – f one person asked, it is likely that someone else might wonder about the same. And I decided to write this post.

Thre are actually many sites that you could go to for royalty-free audio. You probably know some of them, and you don’t realise that you can use music from there!

• Don’t overdo it! Use background music carefully, in moderation.
• Consider how it will impact the knowledge retention – you don’t want the background audio to ‘compete’ with the primary cognitive process.
• Make sure that your background audio levels are low.
• Use it with purpose – for example, to mask audio narration that sounds a bit hollow, or to set a mood or some context.