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UsingVoicethreadinCanvas
TherearetwostepstofollowwhenusingcreatingasingleVoicethreadtoinsertintoyourCanvascourse:
STEP1:AddingVoiceThreadLinkinyourcourse(Page1)STEP2:CreatingaVoicethreadandSettingupyourlinktoaspecificVoicethread(Pages2-4)
Andifyou’resettingaplaceforstudentstocreateVoicethreads,followStep3:
STEP3:CreatingalinkforstudentstocreateVoicethread(Page5-7)
Andifyou’regradingstudentworkinVoicethread,therearetwomoresteps:
STEP4:Waitingforstudentstosubmitwork(ifyou’vecreatedagradedassignment)(Pages7-8)STEP5:Gradingstudentwork(ifyou’vecreatedagradedassignment)(Pages8-9)
Note:Consulttheendofthishandoutfortroubleshootingtips.
STEP1.AddingVoiceThreadLinkinyourCanvascourseVoiceThreadisalreadyintegratedintoUMSL’sversionofCanvas,soyoucansimplyfollowthestepsbelowtocreateaNewVoicethreadorSelectanExistingVoicethreadtoputitintoyourcourse.
Non-gradedVoicethread
1. Navigatetothe“Modules”areaofyourcourse.2. Findthemoduletowhichyou’dliketoaddVoiceThread,andclickthe“AddContent”button.3. Select“ExternalTool”fromthemenu.4. Select“VoiceThread”fromthelistoftools.5. GiveyourlinkatitlethatwillappearintheModule.6. Save.
GradedVoicethreadactivity(gradingcommentsorstudentpresentations)
1. Navigatetothe“Assignments”areaofyourcourse.2. Createanewassignment.3. Nametheassignmentandwriteadescriptionifyouchoose.4. UnderSubmissionType,select“ExternalTool”.5. ClickonthetextfieldbelowtheExternalToolURL.6. Select“VoiceThread”fromthelist.7. Save.
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STEP2.CreatingaNewVTandSettingupyourVoiceThreadlinkinCanvasIfyouwanttosetupalinktoanindividualVoicethreadandneverhavetore-specifythatlinkeachsemester,followthesesteps.Otherwise,continuetoSTEP3tosetupstudentworkspaces.
• ClicktheExternalToolVoicethreadlinkyousetuponPage1.Fromthechoicesthatappearonthe“VoicethreadSetup”page,choose“VTHome.”ThiswillbethelinkYOUusetoaccessVoicethreadtomakepresentations.Keepthislinkhiddentostudents.
• GotobacktoyourModulespageandclickthatlinktoVTHome.ThistakesyoutoanareawhereyoucancreateanewVoicethread.Clickthe“Create”button.
• The+AddMedialinkinthemiddleofthenextpageanduploadthefilesyouwanttodisplayinsidetheVoicethread.Browseyourcomputertouploadfilesyouwishtouse:images,documents,PDFs,movies,Excelsheets,etc.Tip:ExportaPPTasaPDFforquickuploadandtopreserveformatting.
• EnteraTitleforyourVoicethread.Tip:Includeyourcoursenumberinthetitlesoyoucaneasily
searchandfindalltheVTsforyourcourselaterifyouwant.Skipthedescriptionandtags.• Click“PlaybackOptions”tabtorevealsomechoicestomake.
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Recommendedchoice:Leaveasdefaultunless…*Addachecknextto“AllowcommenterstoaddslidestothisVoicethread”ifyouwantstudentstocontributetothepresentation.*Uncheckanycommentmethodyoudon’twantstudentstochoose(forexample,textorfileupload).ClickSAVE.
• Skipthe“Comment”stepandgorightto“Share”togeneratethelinktoyourVoicethreadpresentation.Youcanaddyouraudio/videorecordingslater.Ontheboxthatappears,choosethe“Whohasaccess”tab,andchangethe“Private”publishingoptionto“Anyonecancomment.”ClickSaveChanges.
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Nowclickthe“Basic”tabtolearnwhatyourURLisforyourVoicethread.Click“CopyLink”thenclosethewhiteboxbyclickingthegrayX.
• ReturntoyourCanvascourseandgotothemodulewhereyouwantthisnewVoicethreadtoappear.Asyoudidbefore,click“+”,then“ExternalTool,”then“Voicethread.”Intheboxthatappears,pasteintheURLtoyournewVoicethreadandnextto“PageName”writeinwhatyouwantthetitletoappearasinCanvasinyourmodule.ClickAddItem.
• Bydefaultyourlinkisunpublished,sopublishwhenyou’reready.ClickthelinkyoujustputintoopenyourVoicethread.Itisfromherethatyoucanrecordonanyslideyouwish.Navigatetoyourslideandrecordusingyourmicrophoneorwebcamasyouwishperslide.Therecordingwillplaybackforyou,andyoucandecidetosavethecommentontoeachslidewhenyou’resatisfied.
That’sit!ContinueonifyouwanttousemorefeaturesofVoicethread.
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STEP3.CreatingalinkforstudentstocreateaVoicethread
IfyouwanttosetupaplaceforstudentstoaccessVoicethreadasatooloracoursefolderareawheretheycansharetheirVoicethreadsasaclass,proceedinthishandout.
AfteryouhaveaddedVoiceThreadtoyourcourse(eitherasagradedornon-gradedactivity),you’llneedtodecidewhatyouwantstudentstoseewhentheyclickonthatlink.Startbyclickingonthelinkyou’vejustcreated.ThiswillshowyoutheVoiceThreadSetuppage,whereyoucanselecttheoptionthatbestfitsyourneeds.Theseoptionsaredetailedbelow.
CourseView ChoosethisoptionwhenyouwantstudentsindividuallytocreateaVTtosharewiththeclass.
VTHome ChoosethisoptionwhenyouwantstudentstobrowseVT,accesstheirVTlibrary,orcreateaVoicethreadforuseinsideoroutsideofthecourse.
IndividualVT ChoosethisoptionwhenyouwanttolinktoaspecificVoicethread,suchasyourlecturerecordingordiscussionactivity.
AssignmentBuilder ChoosethisoptionifyouwanttogradestudentactivityinVoicethread(suchasgradingtheircommentsortheirVTprivatepresentations.)
CourseView
DisplaythecollectionofVoiceThreadsthathavebeensharedwithyourcourse.Anythingthathasnotyetbeenexplicitlysharedwithyourcoursewillnotappearhere.Thisistypicallyempty.
Thisisagoodoptionwhenyouwantstudentstofindandcommentoneachother’sworkorifyouwanttoallowstudentstoreviewallcoursematerialspriortoanexam.
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IndividualVT
DisplayanyVoiceThreadthatyouhavecreated.Whenstudentsclickonthelink,they’llseejustthisoneVoiceThread.
ThisoptionisthebestwaytocreateaVoiceThreaddiscussionboardorlecture.StudentswillnotneedtolookthroughacollectionofVoiceThreadstofindthecorrectone;theywillbetakenstraighttoit.
VTHome
Displayallofastudent’sVoiceThreadcontentinasingleview.ThisincludesallVoiceThreadsandallcourses/groupsthatbelongtothem.ThisoptionisusefulifyouwanttocreateasimpleportalintoVoiceThreadwithoutdirectingstudentstoanyspecificcontent.
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AssignmentBuilder
Createagradedassignmentforstudentstocomplete.YoucanrequirethemtocreateaVoiceThreadoftheirowntosubmit,tocommentonaVoiceThreadyou’vecreated,orsimplytowatchaVoiceThread.
Afteryou’veselectedthetypeofassignmentyou’dliketocreate,you’llbewalkedthroughthestepstocompletethesetupprocess.Youcanincludeadescriptionforyourassignment,selectaVoiceThreadyou’vecreatedfortheCommentorWatchAssignment,decidewhetherstudentsareallowedtoresubmittheirassignmentsorifthefirstsubmissionisfinal,andevenrequireaspecificnumberofcommentsfortheCommentAssignment.
Ifyouaren’tgradingstudentcommentsorsubmissionsusingthebuilt-inVoicethreadgrader,thenyou’realldone!
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ContinuewithSteps4&5onlyifyouwishtouseVoicethread’sGraderutility.
STEP4.StudentAssignmentSubmissionWhenstudentsclickonthelinkforagradedassignment,theywillseetheassignmentyou’vecreated.TheycanimmediatelycreateorselectaVoiceThreadtosubmitfortheCreateAssignment,recordcommentsonyourVoiceThreadfortheCommentAssignment,orwatchtheVoiceThreadfortheWatchAssignment.Assoonastheyclickonthe“SubmitAssignment”button,youwillbeabletogradetheirwork.
Clickherefortheassignmentsubmissionguideforstudents.
STEP5.Gradingstudentwork
Whenyou’rereadytogradeaVoiceThreadassignment,simplyreturntoyourcourseandclickontheVoiceThreadlinkagain.Thiswilldisplaythegrader.
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Clickonastudent’snameontherighttoseethatstudent’ssubmission.Youcanclickoneachcommentbelowhisorhernameindividuallytojumpdirectlytoit.Enteragradeonapercentagescale(0-100),andhit“Enter”onyourkeyboard.ThisgradewillimmediatelybeenteredintoyourCanvascoursegradebook.
*Note:Ifyouhavesettheassignmenttobeworthlessthan100points,stillgradeitonascaleof0-100,andthescorewillbeadjustedaccordinglyinyourgradebook.
Ifyouhavestudentswhohavenotyetsubmittedtheirassignments,clickonthe“Remind”buttontosendthemanemailreminder.Click“Remindallstudents”tosendanemailtoeveryonewhohasnotyetsubmitted.
TroubleshootingTips
Errormessage:“Theauthenticationfailed;thesignatureonyourrequestdidnotmatchtheexpectedvalue”or“CouldnotfindOrgforthislaunch”
HaveyourCanvasadministratorchecktomakesuretheSharedSecretandConsumerKeyareenteredcorrectly,andthattheclockonyourCanvasserverisaccurate.
Can’tseestudentsubmissionforgrading Thestudentlikelydidnotclickthe“SubmitAssignment”buttonaftercompletinghiswork.Thestudentcansimplygobackintotheassignmentandclick“SubmitAssignment”atalatertime.Thestudentswillnotneedtore-dotheirwork.
You’renotautomaticallysignedintoVoiceThreadwhenyouclickonaVTlink
Makesureyourwebbrowseracceptsthird-partycookies.
WhenyouclickonaVTlink,youseeapagetitled“VoiceThreadAccountVerification”.
ThismeansyoualreadyhadaVoiceThreadaccountunderyouremailaddress,andthesystemisnowtryingtoconnectthatexistingaccountwithyourCanvasprofile.You’llonlyneedtocompletethissteponceinCanvas.Toproceedthroughthispage:
• Clickonthelinkthatsays“Setithere”tosetaverificationpasswordforyouraccount.
• Proceedthroughthestepstosetapassword.ThiswillinvolvereceivinganemailfromVoiceThread.
• Usethatpasswordyoujustsetontheverificationpage.
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