VoiceThread
This is a page to use as a tutorial to get teachers started using VoiceThread as a student presentation tool.
What is Voice Thread?
How can I use it to share and receive feedback on my writing?
1. What is VoiceThread?
VoiceThread is an online media album that allows multiple contributors to comment using a variety of tools.
VoiceThread supports a variety of file formats, including most audio, video, image formats
A video explaining VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b409
2. What can I post on a VoiceThread?
- a document (e.g., Microsoft Word)
- a slideshow (e.g., Powerpoint)
- a video (e.g., YouTube)
(or some combination of the three.)
3. How do I comment on someone else’s work?
Activity #1:
ð Log in using the User ID assigned to you (e.g., Irvingtonstudent1@gmail.com)
ð Password: bulldogs (This password is case-sensitive; be sure the b is lowercase.)
ð Click MyVoice
ð Click William Carlos Williams Poems
ð Click the Comment button.
ð Choose your method: phone, webcam, microphone, type with keyboard
ð Practice looking at the document and leaving a comment.
ð Click to save your comment.
4. How do I create my own VoiceThread User ID? ( * privacy/security guidelines * )
- Click Sign In or Register
- Click Register
- Enter your name, email address and a VoiceThread password.
- At the bottom, click My Account.
- Add an Identity (an icon and a “name”)-This name is what others will see when you comment.
- DO NOT MAKE YOUR ICON A REAL PICTURE OF YOU! Make your “Identity” anonymous!!!
Activity #2:
ð Create a VoiceThread user ID.
ð Create your “Identity.”
ð Add your image/icon.
5. How do I post my work on VoiceThread?
- Click the Create tab.
- 1. Upload from your computer, Flickr, Facebook, or an URL
- Click Add a title and description to name your work and provide a brief summary for others.
- 2. Comment- Type or speak the first comment (e.g., what would you like others to comment on?).
- 3. Share- First, you will need to add friends/contacts from the class's master list; then you may invite classmates to comment on your work.
Activity #3:
ð Upload a piece of your work onto Voice Thread.
ð Invite other users from the class to view your work.
6. How do I look at comments/feedback others left on my work?
- “Play”
- OR click each person’s icon individually
Other Things You Can Do:
§ Zoom in and view the VoiceThread on a full screen.
§ When you add a title and description, you can also add tags, which make your VoiceThread easily searchable.
§ Browse other people’s VoiceThreads using the Browse tab. Enter a term to search.
§ Use the Help button to access FAQs, forums, and tutorials.
§ Make several Identities under a single account.
§ VoiceThreads you make are automatically private. You can make them public by going to Publishing Options. You control whether to let anyone view it/comment on it and whether you want to moderate comments.
§ Menu: Add other people’s VoiceThreads to your MyVoice page.
§ Menu: View more VoiceThreads by a given user.
§ Menu: Subscribe to VoiceThreads posted by a given user.
§ MenuIf a VoiceThread is public, you may email a link to it or embed it (into Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, iGoogle, etc.).
§ Menu: You can export a VoiceThread to view offline on your computer, iPod, or iPhone. There is a cost of $2.99.
Things You Should Know:
§ VoiceThread is free on a limited basis.
§ The free account allows you to create three VoiceThreads. If you want more than three, you must subscribe (the cost is around $5 per month, and there are special offers/discounts for educational use). Alternately, you may delete an earlier VoiceThread and replace it with a new one.
§ A school account costs $1 per student for a year, but you must have a minimum of 200 students.
§ A class account costs $60 per year for up to 100 students.
§ Your free account comes with 75MB of storage and 30 webcam minutes. You have use 3 free phone minutes (i.e., to comment via phone).
An Introuduction to VoiceThread - a print handbook created by Miguel Guhlin
VoiceThread Wiki - Started by Collette Cassinelli - A Google Certified Teacher
VoiceThread Ning - Started by Mark Carls
Survey: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pl9_b61Q4c7Mq-TbENfviDQ&hl=en