Voicethread

VoiceThread is used by everyone from elementary students to top-ranked universities to corporate executives. It’s easy to learn and powerful enough for your most complex projects. The technology fades into the background, putting people and their ideas front and center.

Features:

Creating: Upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Over 50 different types of media can be used in a VoiceThread.

Commenting: Comment on VoiceThread slides using one of five powerful commenting options: microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload.

Sharing: Keep a VoiceThread private, share it with specific people, or open it up to the entire world. Learn more about sharing VoiceThreads.

Pedagogical applications:

Improved social presence: Students find that the ability to see and hear their instructor and classmates improves the sense of social presence of others in the classroom.

Better understanding of nuance: Students are better able to understand the nuances of discussion when they can hear the tone in someone’s voice.

Student Projects: VoiceThreads are a great way for students to deliver projects and solicit feedback from others.

1. Use VoiceThread to feature video clips which students comment on. As the videos play, comments that have already been added appear at the appropriate time in the video; that is, if a student comments on something that is said in the video at, say, 2:35, then his or her comment appears at that moment.

2. In online courses, use VoiceThread to have students introduce themselves to one another.

3. Faculty members can also use VoiceThread to generate discussion pertaining to committee work or at conferences.