VoiceThread Training – August 2026
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.
New VoiceThread Features: Fall 2026 – August 4, 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) – Register
Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll explore VoiceThread’s newest features, including integrated screen recording, the enhanced Postcard View, accessibility improvements, and the new VoiceThread Courses environment. You’ll see how these updates can make teaching, learning, and feedback more engaging, efficient, and human-centered. Throughout the session, you’ll have opportunities to work hands-on with these new tools so you can leave ready to use them in your own courses.
Using VoiceThread in Canvas: Part 1- non-graded uses – August 11, 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) – Register
This is for people who use VoiceThread in Canvas. In this hands-on workshop, you will get to practice creating the two basic non-graded links: VT Home and Individual VT. We will review examples of non-graded uses like lecture delivery, discussion boards, class introductions, syllabus review, and virtual office hours.
New VoiceThread Features: Fall 2026 – August 25, 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) – Register
Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll explore VoiceThread’s newest features, including integrated screen recording, the enhanced Postcard View, accessibility improvements, and the new VoiceThread Courses environment. You’ll see how these updates can make teaching, learning, and feedback more engaging, efficient, and human-centered. Throughout the session, you’ll have opportunities to work hands-on with these new tools so you can leave ready to use them in your own courses.
Using VoiceThread in Canvas: Part 2- Graded Assignments and Rubrics – September 8, 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) – Register
This is for people who use VoiceThread in Canvas. In this hands-on workshop, you will get to practice creating assignments through VoiceThread’s Assignment Builder. We will work on the new “Stacked Assignments”, along with the standard Create and Comment assignments. You will see how students submit assignments, and we will review the Instructor’s grading interface, including the new rubric interface.
Categories Canvas, Faculty, Online Teaching and Development, Teaching with Technology, VoiceThread, Workshops and Training