Maritez Apigo's presentation at San Jose City College's Professional Development Day on January 27, 2017 How can VoiceThread build community, increase active participation, boost interaction, facilitate collaborative activities, and foster engagement to support student success? VoiceThread allows for humanized asynchronous conversations about digital media (images, videos, documents, etc.) through not only text, but also audio and video comments. The presenter will demonstrate techniques and share examples that are applicable to face-to-face, online, or hybrid courses and all departments. A “goody bag” of resources for getting started and troubleshooting will be provided. Enter to win a free VoiceThread Single Instructor License ($99 value)! Bring your laptop, tablet, or phone.

1. Building Online Community,
Interaction, Collaboration
and Engagement with
Maritez Apigo
ESL Instructor - maritez.apigo@sjcc.edu

2. Welcome!
Please register a new
account or sign in at
tiny.cc/sjccvoicethreadvoicethread.com

3. Meet and Greet
Exchange your experience
and interest with VoiceThread.

4. Goals
1. View some examples
2. How to upload, comment, and share
3. How to create groups and share
privately
4. How to moderate comments, give
private feedback, use threaded
commenting, and copy
5. Share ideas for assignments and enter to
win a free Single Instructor License ($99
value)

6. What is VoiceThread?
• A web 2.0 tool that allows for synchronous
conversations online in a web browser from
anywhere, anytime
• Discussions about a combination of media:
documents, images, audio files, videos, and
PowerPoint presentations
• Comment with text, voice, and video
• App for iOS devices: iPhone, iPad, and iPod
• Free for students to comment

7. VoiceThread Example 1
https://voicethread.com/share/8691776/
• Can use for any type of class
• Icebreaker activity to get to know
each other
• Introduce yourself: name, country,
interests, educational/career goals
• Use the “doodle tool” to circle
your country

8. VoiceThread Example 2
https://voicethread.com/share/8691696/
• Advanced ESL Reading and
Writing hybrid class (50%
face-to-face and 50% online)
• Read Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000
Hour Rule” (adapted from Outliers)
• Agree or disagree? Why?

9. tiny.cc/sjccvoicethread

10. Tutorials

11. The Basics: How to
Upload, Comment, and Share

12. VoiceThread Commenting
• text
• audio (phone, mic, or upload file)
• video
• doodle tool

13. How to Create Groups and
Share Privately
● Each class is a separate group for
privacy
● Students add themselves to a
group with a link you provide

14. How to Moderate Comments, Do
Threaded Commenting, and Copy
• Comment Moderation - hides comments
for assessments (“enable” it in settings)
• Threaded Commenting - for replies
• Need a paid license to access the
comment moderation and threaded
commenting features
• Copy VTs to recycle them semester after
semester

16. Enter to win a free VoiceThread
Single Instructor License ($99
value) by simply sharing your
ideas.

17. 1. How can VT build community,
boost interaction, facilitate
collaborative activities, and
foster engagement?
2. What are some VT assignments
you can create?
Share Ideas

18. Ideas for VoiceThreads
• topic discussions
• presentations
• reflections
• debates
• critiques
• sharing work
• interviews
• demonstrations
• problem solving
• digital storytelling
• communication tasks
• vocabulary practice
• portfolios
• peer review
• pronunciation
• whole class, group,
or individual VTs

19. Final
Questions?
Maritez Apigo
http://tiny.cc/sjccvoicethread
maritez.apigo@sjcc.edu