Voice Board
Voice Board allows you to create and attend voice discussion forums on various topics. You can post a voice message on the board, listen to others’ voice messages, and post replies.

Overview: flash movie (0:28) | Demo 1 (read-only) | Demo 2 (Try it out!) **Type in your name as the screen name.

How to set up: flash movie (0:55)

Fine-tuning your voice board:

1. How can I display postings in the chronological order (the oldest message on the top of the board)?
2. How can I prevent my students from creating a new thread?
3. How can I make threads private and have one-on-one communication with students?
4. How can I change the audio quality and the maximum duration of recording?
5. How can I restrict access to my voice board?
6. How can I give my TAs the instructor level privilege (e.g. ability to edit and delete postings)?
7. Can my students modify or delete their messages once posted?
8. How can I import a pre-recorded audio file into my voice board?
9. How can I edit/delete postings?
10. How can I download voice messages on my voice board all at once?

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1. How can I display postings in the chronological order (the oldest message on the top of the board)?

1. Login to Wimba.
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the title of the voice board you want to modify.
4. Choose Settings.
5. Check "Display messages in chronological order."
6. Click Apply.
   
   

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2. How can I prevent my students from creating a new thread?

1. Login to Wimba.
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the title of the voice board you want to modify.
4. Choose Settings.
5. Uncheck "Allow users to start a new thread."
6. Click Apply.
   
   

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3. How can I make threads private and have one-on-one communication with students?

1. When you make your threads private, each student can see only the instructor's postings and his or her own replies to them. Students' replies are hidden from each other. When this function is turned on, students are not allowed to create a thread.


2. Login to Wimba.
3. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


4. Click on the title of the voice board you want to modify.
5. Choose Settings.
6. Uncheck "Make discussion threads private."
7. Click Apply.
   
   

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4. How can I change the audio quality and the maximum duration of recording?

1. Login to Wimba.
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the title of the voice board you want to modify.
4. Choose Settings.
5. Choose an appropriate audio quality and maximum audio message length for your purpose.
6. Click Apply.
   
   

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5. How can I restrict access to my voice board?

1. There are two kinds of restricted access (available in Basic Rights):
   
   Registered Users = anyone who has a wimba account can access
   Privileged Users = only users who are specified in Privileged Users and/or Privileged Group can access


2. To make your students Registered Users or Privileged Users, please request your ITC to create student accounts for your class. You will be asked to provide a latest class roster that includes student names, UIDs, and email addresses listed on URSA (This information is available on MyUCLA. Go to Rosier >Download Excel format).


3. To specify a certain group of students as the Privileged Users, click on the title of the voice board you want access control.
4. Go to Basic Rights.
5. Choose Privileged Users for read messages and/or post messages and click Apply.
   
   


6. Go to Privileged Users and type in a student's wimba account and choose appropriate privileges for this student. For your information, the Admin privilege is the instructor level privilege. Any admin users can decide who can access the voice board and edit and delete postings. When Notified is chosen, users will receive email notification when the voice board is modified.
   
   


7. Click Apply.
8. Repeat this process for as many students as you have.

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6. How can I give my TAs the instructor level privilege (e.g. ability to edit and delete postings)?

1. To give your TAs the Admin privilege, they have to have Wimba accounts. Please request your ITC to create Wimba accounts for your TAs.
   
2. Click on the title of the voice board to which you want to add your TAs as Admin users.
3. Go to Privileged Users and type in a TA's wimba account and check the Read, Post, and Admin privileges. When Notified is checked, users will receive email notification when the voice board is modified.
4. Click Apply.
5. Repeat this process for as many TAs as you have.
   
   

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7. Can my students modify or delete their messages once posted?

1. No. Your students cannot modify or delete their messages once posted unless you give them the Admin privilege.
   
2. Go to #6 to grant your students the Admin privilege.

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8. How can I import a pre-recorded audio file into my voice board?

1. Login to Wimba.
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the View icon of the voice board to which you want to import an audio file.
4. Click Import.
   
   


5. Choose the audio file you want to import. (Supported audio formats: MP3 & WAV)
6. Click OK.
7. To access the imported audio, click to open the thread. Click the posting inside the thread once. The player for the imported audio file appears.
   
   


8. If you want to edit the heading, click it once to highlight it. Click Edit.
9. Modify the heading. Click Send.
   
   

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9. How can I edit/delete postings?

1. Login to Wimba or login to the voice board directly using your Wimba account (skip to #4).
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the View icon of the voice board you want to modify.
4. Click on the posting you want to edit or delete.
5. To edit it, click Edit.
6. Modify the heading, text message, and/or voice message.
7. Click Send.
8. To delete it, click Delete.
9. Click Yes to confirm.
   
   

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10. How can I download voice messages on my voice board all at once?

1. Login to Wimba or login to the voice board directly using your Wimba account (skip to #4).
   
2. Click Voice Board & Voice Presentation on My Manager.
   
   


3. Click on the View icon of the voice board from which you want to download voice messages.
4. Click Export.
5. Under Select what you want to export, choose Entire Voice Board.
6. Select the export format of your choice.
7. Click Next.
   
   


8. Give the zip file a name.
9. Choose the location to download the zip file.
10. Click Save.

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