Wimba Voice Tools 5.2 - Support Module

Table of Contents

1. Wimba Voice Tools Support Module
2. Oral Assessment Builder (OAB) Training
3. Voice Tools & WebCT PowerLinks Training
4. Voice Tools & WebCT Vista 4 / CE 6 PowerLinks Training
5. Voice Tools & Blackboard BuildingBlocks Training
6. Voice Tools & Moodle Integration Training
   1. Creating Your First Voice Tool
   2. Voice Board Creation
   3. Voice Presentation Creation
   4. Wimba Podcaster Creation
   5. Creating Subsequent Voice Tools
   6. Linking to an Existing Voice Tool (Topic or Weekly Format)
   7. List of Voice Tools
   8. Modifying Settings and Adding Content
   9. Voice Recorder Block
7. Wimba Voice Tools Documentation and Resources
8. Wimba Voice Tools Support Network
9. Voice Tools Samples (demonstration links)

Voice Board Creation

1. Click the New Board icon.
2. Complete the requested information in the following tabs:
   1. Info
      1. Title: Give your Voice Board a relevant name.
      2. Description (optional): Text entered here will appear below the Title and above the Voice Board.
      3. Type: By default, students can see one another's posts, and post replies to any message, in a (Public) Voice Board.
      4. Select Students can start a new thread to enable their ability to compose toplevel messages (only applicable to a Public Board). If you select Private, students cannot view each other's threads. The instructor can still view all threads. This is a powerful tool for creating private exercises, assessments, and other types of one-on-one exchanges between instructors and students.
   2. Media
      1. Audio Quality: Adjust the quality of recording depending on the environment in whichthe Voice Board will be used. The higher the quality is set, the more bandwidth that willbe required. This setting can be changed at any time but messages that have alreadybeen posted will play in their original encoding. The default setting of Standard Quality(12.8 kbits/s) works well for most situations
      2. Max message length: Adjust the maximum recording length allowed for users to postmessages.
   3. Features
      1. Display short message titles: When checked, the Voice Board will give less information inthe title of the messages (length of the audio message, date of the posting...) making the display more compact.
      2. Display messages in chronological order: When checked, the Voice Board displays the messages beginning with oldest messages first (at the top).
      3. Allow students to forward messages: When checked, students will be able to forwardmessages from the Voice Board via email. The Voice Board will only accept addresses external to Moodle.
   4. Access
      1. Available: This box must be checked in order for a Voice Board to be visible to students.You may also specify time/date parameters for this Board's availability to students.

3. Click the Create button to build your Voice Board.
4. You will be returned to the Adding a new Wimba Voice Tool page. Proceed to the Linking to an Existing Voice Tool instructions below (starting with Step 6 for a Topic or Weekly Format Course, or Step 7 for a Social Format course).