Wimba Voice Tools
This web page introduces you to the basic wimba tools.

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Voice Recorder
Voice Recorder allows you to embed play and record components (Java Applets) into your own web site.

Overview: Demo

How to set up & Fine-tuning your voice recorder:
  1. How can I set up the voice recorder?
  2. How can I listen to messages recorded on my voice recorder?
  3. How can I retrieve the URL for the voice recorder/voice player I made in the past?
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Last updated Sept. 30, 2006
UCLA Center for Digital Humanities
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1. How can I set up the voice recorder?
  1. Login to Wimba.
  2. Click Voice Recorder on My Manager.

    3. voice recorder

  3. Click New.

    4. new

  4. Enter a name and description.
  5. Click Create.

    6. enter name

  6. What was created is a container of voice messages. Right now, this container is empty. We will now record a voice message.
  7. Click on the title of the voice recorder you just created.
  8. Go to Settings.
  9. Choose the audio quality and maximum audio message length that is appropriate for your purpose.
  10. Click Apply

    11. audio quality and duration

  11. Go to Voice recorder/Voice player.
  12. Enter a Message ID (mid). This ID will be associated with this particular recording you are going to make.

    13. recorder and player

    A mid cannot start with a period or have a space, two periods in a row, or slashes.

    Examples of valid mids: news.9.10.06, eng.listening.4

    The use of periods allows you to create a hierarchy of voice messages. The following example shows you how mids with periods are organized on wimba.

    message list

  13. To record a voice message, click Record a message. A recorder component will appear.

    14. record message

  14. Click play to start recording a message. Click stop to stop. Click play to listen to the recorded message.
  15. After recording a voice message, click Play a message. A URL linking to the voice message will appear.
  16. Follow the instructions on the screen for how to insert the voice message in a web page. Or you can simply add the link to this voice message on your ecampus course web site.
  17. Note: The applet on your web page won't be properly displayed until it is uploaded on a web server. Please note, the server from which your web site. is hosted must be registered with Horizon Wimba. Currently, the ecampus and humnet domains are registered with Horizon Wimba. If this doesn't suit your needs, please contact your ITC.

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2. How can I listen to all messages recorded on my voice recorder?
  1. Login to Wimba.
  2. Click Voice Recorder on My Manager.

    3. voice recorder

  3. Click the title of the voice recorder you want to modify.
  4. Go to View all messages.
  5. Click here.

    6. view message

  6. If you see thread next to voice messages, click it once to open the thread.
  7. Click once the voice message you want to listen to.
  8. Click play to listen to the message.

    9. list

  9. If you want to download voice messages, click Export.

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3. How can I retrieve the URL for the voice recorder/voice player I made in the past?
  1. Login to Wimba.
  2. Click Voice Recorder on My Manager.

    3. voice recorder

  3. Click the title of the voice recorder you want to modify.
  4. Go to Voice Recorder/Voice Player.
  5. Type in the message ID (mid) of the recording you want to access. If you don't remember the mid, go to View all messages. The headings are the mids you used.
  6. Click Play a message. The URL linking to this voice message will appear.

    7. get a URL

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