IT | Moodle: VoiceThread
Moodle | VoiceThread
VoiceThread
With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload. We offer the VoiceThread tool as an integration within our Moodle platform.
GETTING STARTED
Adding VoiceThread to your course
- Go to your course, and turn editing on.
- Click 鈥淎dd an activity or resource鈥.
- Click on 鈥淓xternal Tool鈥 from the list on the left. If you see 鈥淕eneral tool鈥 under External Tool, click on that.
- Click 鈥淎dd鈥.
- Name your VoiceThread activity.
- Select 鈥淰oiceThread鈥 from the External Tool Type menu. (Note: you may need to click 鈥淪how more鈥 if you don鈥檛 see this option.)
- (optional) If you want to add a VoiceThread logo to your link, click on 鈥淪how more鈥 and enter the following:
- Icon URL:
- Secure Icon URL:
- Click 鈥淪ave鈥.
Setting up your VoiceThread link
After you have added VoiceThread to your course, you鈥檒l need to decide what you want students to see when they click on that link. Start by clicking on the link you鈥檝e just created. This will show you the VoiceThread Setup page, where you can select the option that best fits your needs, as detailed below:
- Course View - Display the collection of VoiceThreads that have been shared with your course. Anything that has not yet been explicitly shared with your course will not appear here. This is a good option when you want students to find and comment on each other鈥檚 work or if you want to allow students to review all course materials prior to an exam.
- Individual VT - Display any VoiceThread that you have created. When students click on the link, they鈥檒l see just this one VoiceThread. This option is the best way to create a VoiceThread discussion board or lecture. Students will not need to look through a collection of VoiceThreads to find the correct one; they will be taken straight to it.
- VT Home - Display all of a student鈥檚 VoiceThread content in a single view. This includes all VoiceThreads and all courses that belong to them. This option is useful if you want to create a simple portal into VoiceThread without directing students to any specific content.
- Assignment Builder - Create a graded assignment for students to complete. You can require them to create a VoiceThread of their own to submit, to comment on a VoiceThread you鈥檝e created, or simply to watch a VoiceThread start to finish.
After you鈥檝e selected the type of assignment you鈥檇 like to create, you鈥檒l be walked through the steps to complete the setup process. You can include a description for your assignment, select a VoiceThread you鈥檝e created for the Comment or Watch Assignment, decide whether students are allowed to resubmit their assignments or if the first submission is final, and even require a specific number of comments for the Comment Assignment.
Student Assignment Submission
When students click on the link for a graded assignment, they will see the assignment you鈥檝e created. They can immediately create or select a VoiceThread to submit for the Create Assignment, record comments on your VoiceThread for the Comment Assignment, or watch the VoiceThread for the Watch Assignment. As soon as they click on the 鈥淪ubmit Assignment鈥 button, you will be able to grade their work.
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Grading student work
When you鈥檙e ready to grade a VoiceThread assignment, simply return to your course and click on the VoiceThread link again. This will display the grader.
Click on a student鈥檚 name on the right to see that student鈥檚 submission. You can click on each comment below his or her name individually to jump directly to it. Enter a grade on a percentage scale (0-100), and hit 鈥淓nter鈥 on your keyboard. This grade will immediately be entered into your Moodle course gradebook.
Note: If you have set the assignment to be worth less than 100 points, still grade it on a scale of 0-100, and the score will be adjusted accordingly in your gradebook.
If you have students who have not yet submitted their assignments, click on the 鈥淩emind鈥 button to send them an email reminder. Click 鈥淩emind all students鈥 to send an email to everyone who has not yet submitted.
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