Additional Features in the Assignment Builder

Commenting

  • Number of comments required: Enter a positive number and choose “minimum” or “exact” to require students to post comments on the VoiceThread. Students can see the requirement while they work on the assignment, and they will not be able to submit until the requirement is met.
  • Commenting types: Select which types of comments (microphone, webcam, telephone, upload and/or text) students can post.
  • Enable threaded commenting: Allows participants to start threaded conversations.
  • Enable comment moderation: Allows the VoiceThread creator to preview all comments before revealing them to others. You can also choose never to reveal them. Learn more about comment moderation.

Playback

  • Start playing when opened: If checked, the comments on your VoiceThread will begin playing automatically when opened.
  • When final comment on a slide has played, automatically advance to the next slide after __ seconds: If checked, the VoiceThread will play through all of the comments on a slide and then move to the next slide automatically. The number of seconds is the “pause” time before the slide advances.

Permissions

  • Allow download: Allow students to download the central media from one another’s VoiceThreads or your initial VoiceThread.
  • Allow students to make a copy: Allow students to make a copy of one another’s VoiceThreads or your initial VoiceThread.

Student Gallery ("Create" Assignments only)

  • If you want students to view one another’s VoiceThreads after they are submitted, check this box. This will give them a “Student Gallery” button in their interface to see just the VoiceThreads their classmates have submitted for this assignment.