Voice Board

Voice Presentation
Voice Presentation allows you to add voice annotation to a web page.

Overview: flash movie (0:21) | Demo **Type in your name as the screen name.

How to set up: flash movie (1:02)

Fine-tuning your voice presentation:

1. How can I prevent my students from making comments?
2. How can I make comments private and available only to the person posted the slide?
3. How can I change the audio quality and the maximum duration of recording?
4. How can I restrict access to my voice presentation?
5. How can I give my TAs the instructor level privilege (e.g. ability to edit and delete slides and comments)?
6. How can I edit/delete slides and/or comments?
7. Can my students modify or delete their slides/comments once posted?

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Voice Recorder

1. How can I prevent my students from making comments?

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


3. Choose Voice Presentation.
   
   


4. Click on the title of the voice presentation you want to modify.
5. Choose Settings.
6. Uncheck "Allow users to comment on slides."
7. Click Apply.
   
   

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2. How can I make comments private and available only to the person posted the slide?

1. When you make comments private, comments are available only the person who made the comment and the person who posted the slide being commented on. When this function is turned on, students are not allowed to create a slide.


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


4. Choose Voice Presentation.
   
   


5. Click on the title of the voice presentation you want to modify.
6. Choose Settings.
7. Check "Make slide comments private."
8. Click Apply.
   
   

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3. 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. Choose Voice Presentation.
   
   


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

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4. How can I restrict access to my voice presentation?

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 Roster >Download Excel format).


3. To specify a certain group of students as the Privileged Users, click on the title of the voice presentation 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 presentation is modified.
   
   


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

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

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 presentation 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 presentation is modified.
4. Click Apply.
5. Repeat this process for as many TAs as you have.
   
   

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6. How can I edit/delete slides and/or comments?

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. Choose Voice Presentation.
   
   


4. Click on the View icon of the voice presentation you want to modify.
5. Click on the slide or comment you want to edit or delete.
   
   


6. To edit it, click Edit.
7. Modify the heading, text message, and/or voice message.
8. Click Send.
9. To delete it, click Delete.
10. Click Yes to confirm.
    
    

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7. Can my students modify or delete their slides/comments once posted?

1. No. Your students cannot modify or delete their slides/comments once posted unless you give them the Admin privilege.
   
2. Go to #5 to grant your students the Admin privilege.

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