Voicethread
From iProjekt
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Main purpose
Basic features include: * uploading files (images, documents and videos) * commenting * doodling (drawing) * sharing * moderating * embedding
It allows visitors to navigate through slides of files and to leave comments in 5 different ways:
- voice trough a microphone
- voice via telephone
- text comment
- attach audio file
- record video (via a webcam)
The tool can be used for: * online presentations, * giving comments and feedback, * peer discussions and peer review * learning languages * storytelling and many more.
VoiceThread has products for different types of user groups link:
- K-12
- Higher Ed
- Business
- Pro (commercial version)
Useful information
Manuals for different kinds of users can be seen here.
User can doodle (draw) on top of the media files as users add their comments. The drawing is synced with creators comment, showing viewers creators thoughts in action.
The list of successful VoiceThread products can be seen here.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- easy to use
- user-friendly interface
- personalization trough identities (avatars)
- moderation of comments (which comments can be shown to public)
- embedding the VoiceThread multimedia presentation on web sites or blogs
- exporting audio and video files from multimedia presentation
- setting privacy options on multimedia presentations
- possibility of creating an joining different groups
- integration to LMS system (Moodle) and social web sites (Facebook, Blogger)
- no software installation is needed
VoiceThread supports different kinds of authentication: * LDAP, * Active Directory, * Shibboleth Single Sign On (SSO), * Moodle SSO, and * built-in authentication
Cons
- in free version only 3 Voicethreads can be created
- also in free version user can upload files which are less than 25 MB
- export option is commercial
- requires high bandwidth
- sometimes can be slow
- space limit to 2GB
- doesn't support all browsers
