STUDENT  USE  OF  VOICE  DIRECT

Synchronous chat that can be archived.

Log into your Blackboard class

Click on Wimba, Voice Direct  or wherever you have been directed.

Click on  Enter Voice Direct under your group name

As you enter the Voice Direct, there will be a link to run the Wizard to be sure your computer is set to run – trust appelet, allow popups…

There are directions in the paragraph below as it welcomes the participants and it confirms that the chat is being archived.  If  it does not say it is being archived, then don’t do it – you will not hear it nor will your teacher.  Contact your instructor or see Joan in the IMC.

Click on the hand to queue for speaking – mic  appears next to your name for recording

As it records you will see speaking and the line modulate with your voice

Click X to stop recording and relinquish mic to other person

Must continue switching for chat

To review conversation, click on archives – expand all

Click on first name in chat with speaker at the end

Go up to options – choose continuous play to hear entire conversation or choose click on entry then click on green arrow in the player area to hear

Please note you cannot delete any recordings.

Tips & Troubleshooting

Make sure your mic is on

  -can test it with Audacity, media player in your computer

  -look at audio controls to make sure mic is not muted

  -hear one another through the headsets when you have the mic/raised hand control – please note there is a delay ( this is more noticeable when working next to one another). 

Can text one another from the opening window, under the directions

Test recording with a quick hello (not too quick or it may not pick up your voice) from both of you, play it back under archives.  

When you click on the hand to get the mic, give it a second or two before speaking.  Remember you click on the hand to get the mic, then the X when finished your sentence.  Then your partner clicks on the hand and then the X and keep rotating.