Ithaca College

 Posted on behalf of Mark Fink, Director Director of Teaching and Learning with Technology

Teaching and Learning with Technology is pleased to announce the availability of an enterprise license for Voicethread. Voicethread is a unique online tool for having asynchronous conversations around media. You can upload, share, and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Students and instructors can comment within Voicethread with voice, drawing, webcam, text, or phone. There are many possibilities for using Voicethread in teaching and learning including practicing listening and speaking languages, student presentations and feedback, discussing or critiquing artwork and media, or creating presence in online courses.

In Spring 2017, IT (formerly DIIS) and the Center for faculty excellence collaborated to sponsor a pilot with 10 faculty members. The instructors involved used it in varied and creative ways and feedback was positive. Users can log into http://ithaca.voicethread.com with their Ithaca Netpass credentials. With the Sakai 11 Upgrade in mid-August it will be easier to create Voicethread course groups directly from your course site with a Sakai-Voicethread integration.

See TLT’s Voicethread web page for more information. Please contact Marilyn Dispensa mdispensa@ithaca.edu if you would like to use it for Fall 2017 courses.