Instructions for Creating a Voice Thread

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Creating A Voicethread

A video of this walkthrough can be found at http://at.simmons.edu/voicethread/

1. Go to http://www.voicethread.com2. Click on the Sign-In or Register button.

3. Click on the Register button.

4. Fill in your information and click on the Register button.
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5. Click on the Create button.

6. Click on the Upload button to begin uploading your pictures, documents, movies.


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7. You can upload from a variety of sources: Your computer, Flickr, Facebook,

URLs. Click on the appropriate source.

8. Find the items you want to upload, select them, and click open.


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9. It may take a few minutes for the images to upload. You will see thumbnails of

the image when it has finished uploading.

10.You can reorder the images by clicking and dragging them. If you need to deletean image, click on it to select it and then click the small trash can icon.

11.Click on the Add Title and Description button to add a title and description toyour Voicethread.

12.Once you have added the title, description and tag click on the save button.


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13.Click on the Options button located under the Upload/Comment/Share buttons.

14.These options allow you to set the amount of time each image is displayed,whether or not you want the Voicethread to start automatically and if you want itto start in Full Screen mode. Once you have set your options, click on the Save

button.


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15.Now you are ready to begin commenting on your Voicethread. Click on theComment button.

16.This will load up your first slide. You can either write out a comment by clickingon the Type button or record an audio comment by clicking on the Record

button. You can also use your phone to record a comment by clicking on the

Phone icon.

17.After clicking on the Type button you can write out a comment. Once you havefinished writing out your comment, click on the Save button.


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18.The first time you click on the Record button it will pop up a small windowasking you to allow the Voicethread access to your microphone. Click on the

Allow button and then begin recording.

19.Once you are finished recording, click on the Stop Recording button.

20.Once you are happy with the current slide you can advance to the next one byclicking on the arrow button located in the bottom right of your Voicethread. Thiswill advance to the next slide and you can follow the same directions to add a

comment to that slide. When you are finished will all of your comments, click onthe Share button located on the left navigation bar. This will load up all of your

sharing options. You can set your Voicethread to public or private and a few otheroptions for allowing other users to comment on your Voicethread.


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21.Next click on the Embed button.

22.This will open a window that shows a variety of ways you can share yourVoicethread with other people. Click on the appropriate link to copy the code andpaste it into an email, blog, website, etc.

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