Ithaca College

The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) and the Teaching and Learning Technology (TLT) group collaborated to offer a hands-on experience, VoiceThread: Beginning to Engage, for Ithaca College (IC) faculty.

VoiceThread is an asynchronous online tool that allows you and your students to engage with a variety of media and integrates with Sakai. The use of VoiceThread is free with an IC login. Many faculty on campus are already using it as part of their course design with promising results.

Please join us as you plan for increasing student engagement in your upcoming courses. We offer two sessions:  

March 29-April 5
April 26-May 3
(Register)

What will you do?
Over an eight-day period, you will complete three online learning modules asynchronously within Sakai, using VoiceThread. 

How much time will it take?
You will work on your own time and at your own speed. Each module should take you no more than one hour to complete. The maximum time requirement is about three hours over the period of eight days.

What will you learn?
The modules will give you a beginning understanding of the tool and how it can be used with your students. 

Module 1: Exploring Possibilities
Clarify purpose and possibilities of the tool for teaching and learning
Consider the flexibility of media for you and your students to engage
Employ variety of responses for teaching and learning

Module 2: Creating Community
Upload media to VoiceThread
Determine roles for students
Use comment moderation

Module 3: Managing Your Course
Create your own VoiceThread
Share your VoiceThread
Integrate VoiceThread into Sakai

Please direct any questions to: 

Marilyn Dispensa (IT), Matthew Herbert (IT), Ilknur Gonul (IT), Judith Ross-Bernstein (CFE)
VoiceThread Workshop Moderators

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Ilknur Gonul at igonul@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-7796. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.