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VoiceThread is a cloud-based application. PowerPoint presentations, documents, images, audio files and videos can be combined to create a multi-media presentation that can be shared online. Then you can comment on your presentation with text, audio, webcam, audio files or video files. A powerful feature of VoiceThread is that selected users can not only view your presentation but comment or edit it as well. Commenting is a multi-media feature for all participants. Editing is very helpful with group projects. Closed captioning is available as well.
Activate your account
All UMD students, faculty, and staff have a free VoiceThread account. It must be activated first, before UMD VoiceThread can be accessed by ELMS-Canvas.
- To activate, go to umd.voicethread.com.
- Under Sign-in, click the Find my Institution button.
- Find University of Maryland – College Park in the drop-down list. This brings the user to the University of Maryland CAS login page.
- Login with your Directory ID and passphrase. It will require authentication.
- Your UMD VoiceThread homepage displays.
In your ELMS-Canvas courses, you can now access any VoiceThread assignments created by your instructor. It is recommended to create your VoiceThreads in umd.voicethread.com and then link them to an ELMS-Canvas assignment, but you can create them in ELMS-Canvas as well.
Create a new VoiceThread
See Creating a new VoiceThread for the steps to creating a new VoiceThread that can be uploaded in ELMS-Canvas for an assignment.
Submit a new VoiceThread assignment
There are 3 types of graded VoiceThread assignments. You may create voicethreads in advance or while in the assignment.
- Create a VoiceThread.
- Comment on a VoiceThread.
- Watch a VoiceThread. They all are accessed in ELMS-Canvas.
For more information, see Submit new assignments.