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Voki: Speaking AvatarsMay 22, 2012
Monika Jankowska-PacynaGuest: Tracey Mollins
Voki: Speaking Avatars
Voki a website that allows you to create:• animated and talking digital characters• representation of a person• often referred to as a speaking avatar• used to add a more ’human’ or interactive element to the
online classroom, website or blog
WHAT IS IT?
Voki: Speaking Avatars
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Visit http://voki.com/
1
Voki: Speaking Avatars
HOW DOES IT WORK?
2Create and customize your speaking character
Voki: Speaking Avatars
HOW DOES IT WORK?
3Publish and share your voki
Voki: Speaking Avatars
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=6132276&height=267&width=200
QUICK EXAMPLE
I created a Voki and posted it on Facebook to promote the webinar
Image only – follow link to listen to the voki
Voki: Speaking Avatars
Instructional support (when used by practitioners)• they can provide/read out instructions • offer sense of being supported • add a different dimension to the content
Learning support (when used by students)• fun way to work on and submit assignments • help develop digital technology skills
WHY USE SPEAKING CHARCTERS?
Voki: Speaking Avatars
SHOWCASE: HOW & WHY IS TRACEY USING VOKI?I have been using Voki to help adult literacy learners who are learning at a distance follow activity instructions.
http://samplecourses.alphaplus.ca/course/view.php?id=49
Voki: Speaking Avatars
You can choose from a range of faces. Once you have chosen your character, you can choose clothing, glasses, and jewellery.
You can choose the background and the colour of your player to match the colour scheme of your program or website.
You can modify skin, eye and hair colours, and change the width of the different features.
Voki: Speaking Avatars
There are three ways to record a message.
Each recording can be 60 seconds long.
Voki: Speaking Avatars
You cannot download and save your Voki but you can share it in a number of ways. When you have finished your recording, click on Publish.
Voki: Speaking Avatars
Once the Voki has saved you will be taken to a page where you can choose how to share your Voki.
• Post it on a blog, a Facebook page or other social network sites.
• Bookmark it on a number of sites.
• Copy the embed code and paste it into the html of a website or learning platform page.
Voki: Speaking Avatars
• Create a URL so that you can share the link with people.
www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=5793711&height=267&width=200
Using Google Reader to manage RSS feeds
FEATURED TECHNOLOGY section on AlphaPlus website in May:http://alphaplus.ca/en/featured-technology/484.html
FROM THE FIELD showcases how Tracey used Voki:http://alphaplus.ca/en/spotlight/485.html
Sample Moodle course with Voki: http://samplecourses.alphaplus.ca/course/view.php?id=49
Other topics we covered in our Tech Tuesdays sessions:http://alphaplustechtuesdays.pbworks.com
Thank you for your participation!
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