{"id":1429,"date":"2017-11-13T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?page_id=1429"},"modified":"2024-11-13T19:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:49:15","slug":"voicethread-for-sps-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/voicethread-for-sps-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"VoiceThread for SPS Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is it &amp; Why use it?<\/h2>\n<p>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/voicethread-at-sps\/\">VoiceThread at SPS page <\/a>for answers to these questions.<\/p>\n<h3>On this page you&#8217;ll find:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#getstarted\">Getting Started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#newassignment\">VoiceThread Assignments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#troubleshoot\">Troubleshooting VT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#support\">Support for SPS Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#special\">Special Presentation Features in VT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#accessibility\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mobile\">Mobile Devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#resources\">Additional Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"getstarted\"><strong>Getting Started<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/teaching-guides\/2024\/07\/25\/getting-started-with-voicethread-in-brightspace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started with VoiceThread in Brightspace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW130985453 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130985453 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/using-new-assignments\/#grade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Grade a VoiceThread Assignment<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86880849 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86880849 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/voicethread-automatic-captions\/\">Automatic Captions<\/a> are available inside VT<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please Note:\u00a0<\/strong>Your CUNY SPS VoiceThread account is configured to be used from within Brightspace. All Brightspace users (instructors and students) automatically have VoiceThread accounts that are activated the first time VoiceThread is accessed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"newassignment\">VoiceThread Assignments<\/h2>\n<p>Using the assignment builder to create a VT assignment offers features to make the experience more efficient. When you build a VT assignment, you\u2019ll find students&#8217; comments are aggregated in one place with the ability to score their responses with either a point value or a percentage. The score is automatically transferred to the corresponding column in your grade book. Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/using-new-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Use New Assignments<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"troubleshoot\">Troubleshooting VT<\/h2>\n<p>The most frequent issue that arises is the wrong browser settings.\u00a0 VT requires us to <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/enabling-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allow 3rd Party Cookies and Local Storage<\/a>.\u00a0 For other issues, please visit VT&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/category\/troubleshooting\/\">Troubleshooting<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"support\">Support for SPS Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>Our Media Team is available to meet with SPS Faculty one-on-one to support VoiceThread set up. To request a meeting or ask a question, send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:FacultySupport@sps.cuny.edu\">FacultySupport<span class=\"\">@sps.cuny.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, VoiceThread maintains several free workshops here: <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VT Workshop page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"special\"><strong>Special Presentation Features in VT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Replying to Comments: <\/strong>You have several options for replying to comments: You can use direct reply, private reply, threaded comments, or moderated comments. You can find information on these options and more on VoiceThread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/category\/commenting-web-application\/\">commenting help page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M\/5 Commenting: <\/strong>When leaving a voice or video comment, you can either comment on each individual slide or create a lecture using several or all of the slides at once, which is called an M\/5 comment. An <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.voicethread.com\/howto\/multi-slide-m5-comments-2\/\">M\/5 comment<\/a> allows you to narrate an entire collection of media in one unbroken comment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annotation Tools: <\/strong>When leaving a voice or video comment, you can annotate or doodle on the media you are discussing. To learn how, see VoiceThread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/category\/doodling-web-application\/\">Doodling help page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editing: <\/strong>To edit an existing VoiceThread, See VoiceThread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/editing-an-existing-voicethread-2\/\">editing help page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copying: <\/strong>If you want to reuse a VoiceThread in a later semester, you can copy it with or without comments. To copy an existing VoiceThread, see VoiceThread\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/copying-a-voicethread\/\"> copying help page.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Allow Users to Add Files: <\/strong>You may want to allow students to add files to your VoiceThread. To learn how, see VoiceThread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/allowing-commenters-to-add-slides\/\">help page on allowing users to add files.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zooming: <\/strong>You can zoom into the media, either when viewing a VoiceThread or while recording a comment. See VoiceThread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/zooming\/\">zooming help page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"accessibility\"><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/voicethread-automatic-captions\/\">Automatic captions<\/a> are applied to all media and comments that contain audio<\/li>\n<li>VoiceThread Universal is compatible with screenreaders &#8211; students with screenreaders are automatically referred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/howto\/voicethread-universal\/\">Universal version<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See<a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/features\/accessibility\"> VoiceThread\u2019s Accessibility page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"mobile\"><strong>Mobile Devices<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>VoiceThread may be used from mobile devices via the VoiceThread app on Android and iOS. <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/voicethread\/id465159110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the iOS app here<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=air.VoiceThread&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Android app here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"resources\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXggZ2yUPudu9EKx5ZtrdAw\">VoiceThread YouTube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/workshops\">VoiceThread FREE Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/blog\">VoiceThread Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it &amp; Why use it? Review the VoiceThread at SPS page for answers to these questions. On this page you&#8217;ll find: Getting Started VoiceThread Assignments Troubleshooting VT Support for SPS Faculty Special Presentation Features in VT Accessibility Mobile Devices Additional Resources Getting Started A guide to Getting Started with VoiceThread in Brightspace How &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1429","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6850,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions\/6850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}