Using VoiceThread
For one of my graduate courses, Foundations of Literacy, we do weekly assignments through a thing called “VoiceThread”. VoiceThread is like a online discussion board, but you can either post written, audio, or video comments about whatever. Almost every week we have to post our video/audio response addressing that week’s article or videos. I like the concept, but it is really confusing. You can record your response and it will be available for others to see, however my professor can’t grade it until it’s completely “submitted”. The assignment submission button doesn’t actually show up on my screen unless I exit VoiceThread and reenter it. I don’t know if I’m just having technical issues or if that’s a normal thing with it. Overall, it’s kind of nice to hear others’ voices; it makes our online “classroom” more real.
Tags: m.ed program, Online Class, voicethread
