---
title: "Adding Audio To Course Lessons Using Soundcloud"
description: "Or how to embed any audio hosting service that offers embed code."
url: https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/179-adding-audio-to-course-lessons-using-soundcloud
collection: "Using Embed Blocks"
updated: 2026-08-14
language: en
---

# Adding Audio To Course Lessons Using Soundcloud

Or how to embed any audio hosting service that offers embed code.

Much like how we handle [videos](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/180-adding-videos-using-canva-wistia-vimeo-youtube-and-more.md) and [slide presentations](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/178-adding-slide-presentations-slideshare-and-google-slides.md), we don't host your audio files in Teachery. Just like those companies don't offer online course creation, we believe embedding your content from other sources gives you so much more flexibility!

Our main recommendation for audio hosting is **Soundcloud**. You can also use apps like Elfsight or any podcast host, like Spotify. Basically, any audio hosting company that offers _iframe_ embed code will work.

Here's our walkthrough video on embedding Soundcloud in a course lesson:

##  🎧 If you're hosting audio with a podcast host

All you have to do is navigate to your "episode" and find the area where your podcast host provides and <iframe> or <script> code.

Copy that and paste it into an **Add Embed Block** in your course lesson.

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## 🔗 Link text to an audio file

> **Info:** If you’re not yet familiar with how to manage images or files using our built-in file manager, please start [here](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/172-uploading-files-pdfs-and-other-downloadable-content.md).

Click into any text area and **highlight the text to which you want to link your file**, click the (**+**) icon in the menu widget that pops up, then click the **upload file icon** to open the file manager.

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Import an audio file (< 50MB - .mp3 or .wav) from your computer (or select one already in your file manager) and click the **Select** button in the bottom right corner of the file manager. The file manager window should automatically close and hyperlink the text you had highlighted.

To correct/change the hyperlinked **text** itself, click into it and then select the **edit (pencil) icon** in the menu widget that appears, make the change and click **Update** to apply it.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/bPjha5AIUSK4dshpxBiQ1oJRzG35XcZBDwxnxvx4zLD2euem87ldnQmufl69XgtgmlKyp51KSSN.webp)

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> **Warning:** Note that attempting to directly insert the audio file into your content **won’t** work (they don’t function like images).
>
> By default, they also **don’t** automatically download like clicking on a PDF or ZIP file would. Want to make your audio file immediately downloadable? Compress it into a ZIP file. Otherwise, be sure to include instructions for your users e.g. right-click on the link and select “**_Save link as…_**”.