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Wimba Voice Tools module

2007-11-21T13:22:10Z

Lingardm: /* Overview */

Wimba/Using the Voice Tools

2007-11-21T13:21:24Z

Lingardm: /* Creating slides */

<div class="sideblock right" style="width: 12em;">
<div class="header">[[Wimba_Voice_Tools_module|Wimba Voice Tools]]</div>
<div class="content">
*[[Wimba/Using_the_Voice_Tools|Using the Voice Tools]]
*[[Wimba/Adding_a_voice_tool|Adding Voice Tools]]
*[[Wimba/Voice_tools_index|Managing Voice Tools]]
</div>
</div>
== Listening to recordings ==
*Click on a message (Voice Boards & Podcaster) or slide (Voice Presentation) to select it. Once selected it will be highlighted blue.
*Click play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]] to listen to the recording.

== Using Voice Boards ==
A Wimba Voice Board is an audio discussion board where both teachers and students can post recordings which are linked together in a discussion thread.
[[Image:Wimbavoiceboard.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Board (Instructor's View)]]
'''Before using the Voice Board''' make sure your computer is correctly setup using the [[mod/voicetools/view#Setup_Wizard|Setup Wizard]]. You will need earphones and a microphone. A headset is ideal.

=== Creating messages ===
An audio recording on a Voice Board is known as a message. It can also include some text. To create a message use either 'New' to create a new message or 'Reply' to respond to an existing one. This will open the Compose window:
[[Image:Wimbavoicecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba Compose Message window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required). You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*To record a message, in the compose or reply window click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to send your message to the board.

== Using Voice Presentations ==
The Wimba Voice Presentation is for teachers to post web-based content (e.g. a website or an image file uploaded to Moodle) with an associated audio recording. Students can then post audio comments.
[[Image:Wimbavoicepres.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Presentation (Instructor's View)]]
=== Creating slides ===
To create a new slide open a Voice Presentation and click 'New' to open the New slide window:
[[Image:Wimbaslidecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba New Slide window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required) and type or paste a web address'''*''' into the URL box. Make sure you paste over or remove the existing <nowiki>http://</nowiki>. You can also type an optional message in the space below.
**<nowiki>*</nowiki>You can use any web address. It could be an external website (e.g. a newspaper article) or a page or image that you have in Moodle. However, the important thing is that it is web-friendly so that it opens alongside the voice recording rather than in a separate window. HTML pages or suitable image formats: JPG, PNG or GIF are ideal. Other file types that require a plug-in such as PDFs are not recommended as they may open separately.
*To record an associated message, click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to add your slide.

== Using Podcaster ==
the Podcaster is used by the teacher to deliver 'podcasts'. Students can easily download a series of audio recordings (via iTunes or similar software) to mp3 players such as an iPod.
[[Image:Wimbavoicepod.gif|frame|center|Wimba Podcaster (Instructor's View)]]

=== Creating podcast messages ===
An audio recording on a Wimba Podcaster is known as a message. It can also include some text. To create a message click on 'New'. This will open the Compose window:
[[Image:Wimbavoicecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba Compose Message window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required). You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*To record a message, in the compose or reply window click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to send your message to the board.

== Setup Wizard ==
The Voice Boards and Podcaster tools include a link to the Setup Wizard below the tools. The wizard takes the user through a check list of tests to ensure the computer is correctly setup to use Wimba.

[[image:Wimbasetupwizard.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Setup Wizard]]

== See also ==
*Official Wimba guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/WVTM5_UserGuide.pdf Wimba Voice Tools Wimba Voice Tools] (PDF) This exhaustive 66-page guide covers much more than the Voice tools in the Moodle integration. The most relevant pages are: '''Using Voice Boards''' pp.8-16; '''Using Voice Presentations''' pp.20-26; '''Using Wimba Podcaster''' pp.30-35

Wimba/Using the Voice Tools

2007-11-21T13:20:06Z

Lingardm: /* Creating slides */

<div class="sideblock right" style="width: 12em;">
<div class="header">[[Wimba_Voice_Tools_module|Wimba Voice Tools]]</div>
<div class="content">
*[[Wimba/Using_the_Voice_Tools|Using the Voice Tools]]
*[[Wimba/Adding_a_voice_tool|Adding Voice Tools]]
*[[Wimba/Voice_tools_index|Managing Voice Tools]]
</div>
</div>
== Listening to recordings ==
*Click on a message (Voice Boards & Podcaster) or slide (Voice Presentation) to select it. Once selected it will be highlighted blue.
*Click play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]] to listen to the recording.

== Using Voice Boards ==
A Wimba Voice Board is an audio discussion board where both teachers and students can post recordings which are linked together in a discussion thread.
[[Image:Wimbavoiceboard.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Board (Instructor's View)]]
'''Before using the Voice Board''' make sure your computer is correctly setup using the [[mod/voicetools/view#Setup_Wizard|Setup Wizard]]. You will need earphones and a microphone. A headset is ideal.

=== Creating messages ===
An audio recording on a Voice Board is known as a message. It can also include some text. To create a message use either 'New' to create a new message or 'Reply' to respond to an existing one. This will open the Compose window:
[[Image:Wimbavoicecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba Compose Message window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required). You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*To record a message, in the compose or reply window click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to send your message to the board.

== Using Voice Presentations ==
The Wimba Voice Presentation is for teachers to post web-based content (e.g. a website or an image file uploaded to Moodle) with an associated audio recording. Students can then post audio comments.
[[Image:Wimbavoicepres.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Presentation (Instructor's View)]]
=== Creating slides ===
To create a new slide open a Voice Presentation and click 'New' to open the New slide window:
[[Image:Wimbaslidecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba New Slide window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required) and type or paste a web address'''*''' into the URL box. Make sure you paste over or remove the existing <nowiki>http://</nowiki>. You can also type an optional message in the space below.
**<nowiki>*</nowiki>You can use any web address. It could be an external website (e.g. a newspaper article) or a page or image that you have in Moodle. The important thing is that it is web-friendly so that it opens alongside the voice recording rather than in a separate window. HTML pages or suitable image formats: JPG, PNG or GIF are ideal. Formats that require a plug-in such as PDFs are not recommended as they may open separately (It partly depends on the browser).
*To record an associated message, click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to add your slide.

== Using Podcaster ==
the Podcaster is used by the teacher to deliver 'podcasts'. Students can easily download a series of audio recordings (via iTunes or similar software) to mp3 players such as an iPod.
[[Image:Wimbavoicepod.gif|frame|center|Wimba Podcaster (Instructor's View)]]

=== Creating podcast messages ===
An audio recording on a Wimba Podcaster is known as a message. It can also include some text. To create a message click on 'New'. This will open the Compose window:
[[Image:Wimbavoicecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba Compose Message window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required). You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*To record a message, in the compose or reply window click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to send your message to the board.

== Setup Wizard ==
The Voice Boards and Podcaster tools include a link to the Setup Wizard below the tools. The wizard takes the user through a check list of tests to ensure the computer is correctly setup to use Wimba.

[[image:Wimbasetupwizard.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Setup Wizard]]

== See also ==
*Official Wimba guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/WVTM5_UserGuide.pdf Wimba Voice Tools Wimba Voice Tools] (PDF) This exhaustive 66-page guide covers much more than the Voice tools in the Moodle integration. The most relevant pages are: '''Using Voice Boards''' pp.8-16; '''Using Voice Presentations''' pp.20-26; '''Using Wimba Podcaster''' pp.30-35

Wimba Voice Tools module

2007-11-20T14:41:13Z

Lingardm: /* Overview */

Wimba Voice Tools module

2007-11-20T14:40:56Z

Lingardm:

Lingardm:

== Using Voice Boards ==
A Wimba Voice Board is an audio discussion board where both teachers and students can post recordings which are linked together in a discussion thread.
[[Image:Wimbavoiceboard.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Board (Instructor's View)]]
'''Before using the Voice Board''' make sure your computer is correctly setup using the [[mod/voicetools/view#Setup_Wizard|Setup Wizard]]. You will need earphones and a microphone. A headset is ideal.

=== Creating messages ===
An audio recording on a Voice Board is known as a message. It can also include some text. To create a message use either 'New' to create a new message or 'Reply' to respond to an existing one. This will open the Compose window:
[[Image:Wimbavoicecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba Compose Message window]]

*To record a message, in the compose or reply window click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*Give your Message a subject (required). You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to send your message to the board.

== Using Voice Presentations ==
The Wimba Voice Presentation is for teachers to post web-based content (e.g. a website or an image file uploaded to Moodle) with an associated audio recording. Students can then post audio comments.
[[Image:Wimbavoicepres.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Presentation (Instructor's View)]]
=== Creating slides ===
To create a new slide open a Voice Presentation and click 'New' to open the New slide window:
[[Image:Wimbaslidecompose.gif|frame|center|Wimba New Slide window]]

*Give your Message a subject (required) and type or paste a web address into the URL box. Make sure you paste over or remove the existing http://. You can also type an optional message in the space below.
*To record an associated message, click the record button [[Image:Wimbavoicerecord.gif|Wimba Record button]] and speak into your microphone / headset.
*Click stop [[Image:Wimbavoicestop.gif|Wimba Stop button]] when you have finished recording.
*You can review your recording by clicking play [[Image:Wimbavoiceplay.gif|Wimba Play button]]
**If you are not happy with the recording you can click record and re-record over your original recording
*When you are satisfied with your recording click 'Send' to add your slide.

== Using Podcaster ==
[[Image:Wimbavoicepod.gif|frame|center|Wimba Podcaster (Instructor's View)]]

== Setup Wizard ==
The Voice Boards and Podcaster tools include a link to the Setup Wizard below the tools. The wizard takes the user through a check list of tests to ensure the computer is correctly setup to use Wimba.

[[image:Wimbasetupwizard.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Setup Wizard]]

== See also ==
*Official Wimba guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/WVTM5_UserGuide.pdf Wimba Voice Tools Wimba Voice Tools] (PDF) This exhaustive 66-page guide covers much more than the Voice tools in the Moodle integration. The most relevant pages are: '''Using Voice Boards''' pp.8-16; '''Using Voice Presentations''' pp.20-26; '''Using Wimba Podcaster''' pp.30-35

Wimba/Using the Voice Tools

2007-11-20T12:41:13Z

Lingardm: /* Creating messages */

Wimba/Using the Voice Tools

2007-11-20T12:40:14Z

Lingardm: /* Creating slides */

2007-11-14T16:47:06Z

Lingardm:

The Voice Tools index provides access to all of your existing Voice tools. It is a place to manage your voice tools: you can create, edit and delete voice tools here and access the student's view.

[[Image:Wimbavoiceindex.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Voice Tools index]]

== Viewing a Voice Tool ==
#Select the Voice Tool and click the Launch icon [[Image:Wimbalaunchbutton.gif|Voice Tool Launch icon]] If you want to see the Voice Tool as a student, first switch to the Student View using the drop-down at the top-right.

== Creating a Voice Tool ==
#Click the New icon [[Image:Wimbanewbutton.gif|New Voice Tool icon]]
#Choose the type of Voice tool you want: Voice Board, Voice Presentation or Podcaster.
#Complete the voice tool settings for your new Board, Presentation or Podcaster (See [[mod/voicetools/mod#Voice_Tool_Settings|Voice Tool Settings]])
#Click ''Create'' to create the Voice Tool. You are returned to the Voice Tools index.

== Adding a Voice Tool Activity ==
#Select the Voice Tool you wish to use for the activity. If you haven't created it yet, you must start with 'Creating a Voice Tool' (above).
#Click the Add an Activity icon [[Image:Wimbaaddbutton.gif|Voice Tool Add an Activity icon]]
#Complete the [[mod/voicetools/mod#Add_.2F_Update_a_Wimba_Activity|Activity Settings]]
#Click Create.

== Editing a Voice Tool ==
#Select the Voice tool and click Settings [[Image:Wimbasettingsbutton.gif|Voice Tool Settings icon]]
#Amend the settings and click 'Save All'. You are returned to the Wimba Voice Tools index.

== Deleting a Voice Tool ==
#Select a Voice Tool
#Click the Delete icon [[Image:Wimbadeletebutton.gif|Voice Tool Delete icon]]
#You will be prompted to confirm, if you are sure click OK. Take care, this is a permanent delete!

== See also ==
* Official Wimba Guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/MoodleModule31_User.pdf Wimba Modules for Moodle] (PDF - See pages 9-15)

Wimba/Adding a voice tool

2007-11-14T16:46:30Z

Lingardm:

There are two stages to setting up a voice tool in Moodle: creating an '''activity link''' on your course homepage and creating the '''associated voice tool'''.
== Add / Update a Wimba Activity ==
After clicking ''Add an activity > Wimba Voice tool'' or the ''Update this Wimba Voice Tool'' button you will see the Add/Update activity page.

[[Image:Addwimba.gif|frame|center|caption|Add a Wimba activity]]

The Add Activity page includes the following fields:
*'''Activity name''' (required) - choose a name for your activity; this will appear as a link on your course homepage
*'''Week/Topic''' - choose the section you want the link to be added to
*'''Associated Voice Tool''' - choose the voice tool you want to use for this activity. If the voice tool doesn't exist yet click the New button (on the right) to create it. See Creating a Voice Tool (below).
*'''Visible to students''' - Show or Hide
*'''Add a calendar event''' - You can create an associated event in the calendar. You will need to untick the checkbox if you don't want one.

After completing the above settings click the ''Create'' button to create the Wimba activity.

== Creating a Voice Tool ==
This is the process for creating a voice tool from the Add Wimba activity page:
#Click the New button
#Choose the type of Voice tool you want: Voice Board, Voice Presentation or Podcaster.
#Complete the voice tool settings for your new Board, Presentation or Podcaster (See below)
#Click ''Create'' to create the Voice Tool. You are returned to the Add Activity page (see above)

== Voice Tool Settings ==

=== Voice Boards ===
There are four tabs for the Voice Board Settings: Info, Media, Features & Access. The only required field is the Title on the Info tab.

[[Image:Wimbaboardsettings.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Board Settings]]

'''Info'''
*Title (required) - This appears at the top of the Board. It is NOT the activity link on the course homepage.
*Description - this doesn't seem to appear anywhere! Ignore it.
*Type - Public or Private. On a public board students can see each others' posts.
**Tick the 'Student can start a new thread' checkbox if you want students to be able to start new discussions

'''Media'''
*Audio Quality - Standard quality is usually best and more than adequate quality. Increasing the quality requires students to have broadband. You can reduce the quality to Basic if students' Internet connections are slow.
*Max message length - the maximum length of recordings can be set to 15-seconds, 30-seconds, 1-minute, 2-minutes, 5-minutes, 10-minutes or 20-minutes.

'''Features'''
*Display short message titles - if chosen then shorter message titles are used making the board more compact
*Display messages in chronological order - if chosen the oldest message will be displayed first. If NOT chosen the most recent message is displayed at the top.
*Allow students to forward messages - if chosen students can forward any voice board message to an email address.

'''Access'''
*Availability - Voice boards are automatically set to always available. If you prefer you can change the setting to a specific date range.

=== Voice Presentations ===
There are three tabs for the Voice Presentation Settings: Info, Media & Access. The only required field is the Title on the Info tab.

[[Image:Wimbapressettings.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Presentation Settings]]

'''Info'''
*Title - this title appears on the activity page NOT on the course homepage
*Description - should appear below the title on the activity page
*Student can comment the slides - if ticked students can add comments in reply to the teacher's initial message
*Make slide comments private - if ticked students cannot see each other's comments

'''Media'''
*Audio Quality - Standard quality is usually best and more than adequate quality. Increasing the quality requires students to have broadband. You can reduce the quality to Basic if students' Internet connections are slow.
*Max message length - the maximum length of recordings can be set to 15-seconds, 30-seconds, 1-minute, 2-minutes, 5-minutes, 10-minutes or 20-minutes.

'''Access'''
*Availability - Voice boards are automatically set to always available. If you prefer you can change the setting to a specific date range.

=== Podcaster ===
There are four tabs for the Podcaster Settings: Info, Media, Features & Access. The only required field is the Title on the Info tab.

[[Image:Wimbapodsettings.gif|frame|center|caption|Wimba Podcaster Settings]]

'''Info'''
*Title - this title appears on the activity page NOT on the course homepage
*Description - should appear below the title on the activity page
*Allow users to post to podcast - allows students to post messages to the Podcaster

'''Media'''
*Audio Quality - Standard quality is usually best and more than adequate quality. Increasing the quality requires students to have broadband. You can reduce the quality to Basic if students' Internet connections are slow.
*Max message length - the maximum length of recordings can be set to 15-seconds, 30-seconds, 1-minute, 2-minutes, 5-minutes, 10-minutes or 20-minutes.

'''Features'''
*Display short message titles - if chosen then shorter message titles are used making the board more compact

'''Access'''
*Availability - Voice boards are automatically set to always available. If you prefer you can change the setting to a specific date range.

== See also ==
* Official Wimba Guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/MoodleModule31_User.pdf Wimba Modules for Moodle] (PDF - See pages 9-15)

mod/voicetools/view

2007-11-14T16:32:10Z

Lingardm: /* Voice Boards */

== Voice Boards ==
[[Image:Wimbavoiceboard.gif|frame|center|Wimba Voice Board (Instructor's View)]]

== Voice presentations ==

== Podcaster ==

== Setup Wizard ==
The Voice Boards and Podcaster tools include a link to the Setup Wizard below the tools. The wizard takes the user through a check list of tests to ensure the computer is correctlt setup to use Wimba.

[[image:Wimbasetupwizard.gif|center|Wimba Setup Wizard]]

== See also ==
*Official Wimba guide: [http://www.wimba.com/support/docs/WVTM5_UserGuide.pdf Wimba Voice Tools Wimba Voice Tools] (PDF) This exhaustive 66-page guide covers much more than the Voice tools in the Moodle integration. The most relevant pages are: '''Using Voice Boards''' pp.8-16; '''Using Voice Presentations''' pp.20-26; '''Using Wimba Podcaster''' pp.30-35