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Join VoiceThread for their free workshops! If you are new to VoiceThread or just want some new ideas, this interactive and hands-on explorations is just what you need.

All sessions are led by VoiceThread’s instructional designer and online educator, George Haines, who will share his expertise to help you get the most from VoiceThread.

VoiceThread Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)Oct. 15 at 1:00pm ETRegister

Participants will learn how VoiceThread can help educators provide multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression for their courses. We will review all of VoiceThread’s accessibility features, including: closed captioning, automatic alt-text, our screen-reader optimized interface and more.

VoiceThread Basics 1: Upload, Comment, and ShareOct. 22 at 1:00pm ETRegister

In this workshop, you will create a VoiceThread. Participants will learn how to upload media, comment and annotate on that media, and share it with others. This will be a slow paced, step-by-step, hands-on workshop. It is open to both VoiceThread license holders and free accounts.

VoiceThread Basics 2: Groups and Secure SharingNov. 5 at 1:00pm ETRegister

This is a hands-on workshop. We will begin to explore the features available to VoiceThreaders with a full license. Participants will learn how to create groups and subgroups, set sharing permissions within those groups, and privately share VoiceThreads with individuals.

VoiceThread Basics 3: Moderating comments, private and threaded replies, and copyingNov. 12 at 1:00pm ETRegister

In our third hands-on workshop in the series, participants will learn how to give private feedback, use threaded commenting, copy VoiceThreads for use with multiple groups, and use comment moderation to formatively assess student work.

Categories Faculty, Online Teaching and Development, Teaching with Technology, VoiceThread, Workshops and Training

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