A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or webcam. Faculty can create and share a VoiceThread with students and colleagues for them to review in presentation mode or to record comments for increased engagement and feedback. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.
Add VoiceThread Link to Your Original Course
- Log into Blackboard and access your Original Blackboard course.
- Choose a content area in your course where you want the VoiceThread link to reside.
- Click on Tools → More Tools from the menu.
- Select VoiceThread Dashboard.
- Use the default title or change the link's title if desired.
- Enter a description if you’d like. NOTE: The description cannot contain any line breaks or multiple paragraphs.
- Submit.
Add a Graded VoiceThread Activity to Your Original Course
- Log into Blackboard and access your Original Blackboard course.
- Choose a content area in your course where you want the VoiceThread link to reside.
- Click on Build Content from the menu.
- Select VoiceThread Activity.
- Enter a title for the VoiceThread (required) and add a description (optional). NOTE: The description cannot contain any line breaks or multiple paragraphs.
- If this VoiceThread is a graded assignment, enable grading by selecting the YES radio button. Enter the number of points possible. Assign a due date if appropriate.
- Click SUBMIT to save.