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

Useful resources for students
Voice Communications Tools
Voice Board

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

  1. Access the voice board for your class
  2. Compose a posting
  3. Listen to a posting and send a reply
  4. Save a posting on your hard drive
Voice Presentation

Voice Email

Voice Direct (chat tool)

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Last updated Sept. 29, 2006
UCLA Center for Digital Humanities

1. Access the voice board for your class
  1. Click the link to the voice board on the ecampus course web site for your class. (It may take a moment for the screen to pop up.)
  2. If your browser asks whether or not to accept a java applet, click Run or Yes.

  3. PC:
    applet_pc
    Mac:
    applet_mac

  4. On the Authentication window, type in your name as the screen name (unless you were told to use your Wimba account) and click Submit.

  5. authentication

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2. Compose a posting
  1. Click New, and a new window pops up.
  2. Type in the subject. In the body of the post, you can type in any accompanying text you’d like.
  3. Click play to start recording a message. Click stop to stop. Click playto listen to the recorded message.
  4. Click Send.

  5. compose

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3. Listen to a posting and send a reply
  1. If you see thread next to postings, click it once to open the thread.
  2. Click once the posting you want to listen to. The text and voice message appear on the bottom of the screen.
  3. Click play to listen to the message.
  4. Click Reply.
  5. Click record to start recording a message. Click stop to stop. Click play to listen to the recorded message.
  6. You can also include a text message in your reply.
  7. Click Send.

  8. listen to a posting

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4. Save a posting on your hard drive
  1. save asClick save on the bottom-right corner of the player component. When Save As appears, click on it.
  2. Give the file a name and choose the file format and the location where you want to save the file.
  3. Click Save.


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