workshop objective: level: intermediate incorporating
TRANSCRIPT
Incorporating
Speaking &
Listening
Activities for
the Online ESL Course By Sharon Clampitt, Ed. D.
Workshop Objective:
By the end of the workshop, participants
will be able to use at least one of four resources to incorporate listening and/or speaking activities into online ESL classes
in Blackboard. Level: Intermediate
Prior Knowledge required: Basic Course
Design skills (create page, create discussion, create quiz).
Note: If you don’t have the prior knowledge required, you can ask technical support personnel for assistance.
Voice Board
Voice Email
Voice
Authoring
Films
on Demand
Four Easy-to-Use Tools for Creating Listening and Speaking
Activities
Voiceboard is a discussion board,
but students record their messages instead of writing them. Voice E-mail is a tool where students send voice recordings instead of using written e-mail. Voice Authoring allows professors
and students to make recordings and save them as .wav files Film-on-Demand is a database of
films with clips that can be incorporated into course materials, assignment instructions and even quizzes.
Voice Board 1. Choose the Build tab.
2. Go to the page, folder or learning module. where
you want the voice board to appear.
3. Choose “Add Content
Link”. 4. Choose Voice board. 5. Create a new Voice
board. 6. Set up the Voice board.
7. Select and add the board you created.
1. Choose the Build tab.
2. Go to the page, folder or learning module where you
want the voice email tool to appear.
3. Choose “Add Content Link”.
4. Choose Voice Email. 5. Create a new Voice Email. 6. Set up the Voice Email.
7. Select and add the Voice Email you created
1. Choose the Build tab.
2. Go to the page, folder or learning module where you want the voice
email tool to appear. 3. Choose “Add Content Link”. 4. Choose Voice Authoring.
5. Create a new Voice Authoring. 6. Set up the Voice Authoring. 7. Select and add the Voice
Authoring you created.
1. Access a film:
http://cai.inter.edu Listado de Bases de Datos
Film-on Demand 2. Choose a clip from the right-hand
side.
3. Choose “embed this video”. 4. Copy the Embed code. 5. Choose the Build Tab.
6. Create a new page, assignment or quiz.
7. Write the instructions and paste the embed code in the html box.
Quick Reference
Voice Email
Voice
Authoring
Film
on Demand
The Voice Board
The Voice Board is a tool that can be added to any online course. It is similar
to the discussion board, but students record their messages instead of (or in addition to) writing them.
Possible Applications of the Voice Board
Present your students with a situation,
and ask them to respond orally. Read a short passage and ask students
to answer comprehension questions orally.
Present a situation and ask students to discuss it with each other using the
voice board. Adding a Voice Board
1. Choose the Build tab. 2. Go to the page, folder or learning
module where you want the voice board to appear.
3. Choose “Add Content Link”.
4. Choose Voice board. 5. Create a new Voice board.
6. Set up the Voice board. 7. Select and add the board you
created.
Leave this unchecked
if you only want
students to respond to your message.
Check this if you
don’t want students
to listen to each others’ messages.
Check this if you
want to assign points
for doing the activity.
Voice E-mail
Voicemail is a tool included with Blackboard.
Instead of using written e-mail, students send voice recordings. The voicemail tool sends
messages to personal e-mail accounts, not the mail tool in Blackboard. Note: The e-mail addresses that Voicemail uses are the ones students have entered as their preferred address in InterWeb. Not all students have e-mail addresses in the system or their addresses are incorrect. Sometimes if students don’t have an e-mail address, the university assigns one to them. This may be the preferred e-mail even if the student doesn’t use it.
Possible uses for Voicemail
Require that all messages be sent both
orally and in writing. Answer your students e-mails orally. Send announcements orally.
Adding Voice E-mail
1. Choose the Build tab.
2. Go to the page, folder or learning module
where you want the Voice E-mail tool to appear.
3. Choose “Add Content Link”.
4. Choose Voice E-mail. 5. Create a new Voice
Email.
6. Set up the Voice E-mail. 7. Select and add the Voice E-mail you
created.
Voice Authoring
Voice authoring is a tool included with Blackboard that allows professors and
students to make recordings and save them as .wav files.
Possible Uses for Voice Authoring
Have students do activities orally and submit the audio file in the assignment
area as an attachment. Role-playing
Workbook exercises Oral Reading Oral reports
Adding Voice Authoring
1. Choose the Build tab.
2. Go to the page, folder or learning module where you want the voice email tool to appear.
3. Choose “Add Content Link”. 4. Choose Voice Authoring. 5. Create a new Voice Authoring.
6. Set up the Voice Authoring. 7. Select and add the Voice Authoring you created.
Film-on-Demand is a database of films that are available to professors and
students free of charge. In addition to full-length films, each film is broken down into small clips. These clips can be incorporated into course materials,
assignment instructions and even quizzes. How to Access Film-on-Demand
1. Go to http://cai.inter.edu 2. Choose “Listado de Bases de Datos”
3. Choose Films-on-Demand 4. When accessing off campus,
you and your students will be asked to enter your user ID (P000****).
Films-on-Demand
Video clip embedded in
a quiz.
Video clip embedded in
a new page.
Video clip embedded in
discussion instructions.
Video clip embedded
in assignment
instructions.
Embedding videos
The instructions for embedding a video are basically the same regardless of
whether it is a new page with the video in it, assignment instructions, discussion instructions or in a quiz.
1. Access a film. 2. Choose a clip from the right-hand side. 3. Choose “embed this video”.
4. Copy the Embed code. 5. Paste the code where you want the video to appear in your course activity.
Finding the Embed code.
Once you have found the film clip you want, look below the video and you see the words: Embed this Video. Once you click here, the codes will appear
below. Just highlight and copy the code using Control + C or by right clicking on it and choosing Copy from the menu.
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Once you have copied the
code, then you’ll need to paste it into the instructions for the different activities.
The instruction section of almost any activity or tool in Blackboard is basically the
same. It consists of a title, a description and an html box
where you write the instructions. You will need to write all the instructions
for the activity first, and use the HTML Creator to format
the text. Then, once you have finished, disable the HTML Creator and paste the embed
code below the text. Embedding videos into a new page (creating a course content page).
1. Choose the Build Tab. 2. Go to the page, folder or learning module where you want to incorporate a
new page. 3. Choose “Add File”. 4. Choose “Create File”.
5. Give your page a title, write the instructions and paste the embed code. 6. Check the “Use html” box. 7. Give the file a name.
8. Save. Embedding videos into discussion and assignment instructions.
1. Choose the Build Tab. 2. Go to the Discussions or assignments page.
3. Create a topic (threaded, blog or journal) or a new assignment. 4. Create the instructions and paste the embed code.
5. Configure the room (graded, not graded, etc.) or the assignment. 6. Save.
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Video
embed
code
Embedding videos into a quiz
1. Choose the Build Tab. 2. Go to the Assessment page. 3. Choose “Create Assessment”.
4. Give your quiz a name and description. 5. Configure the settings (dates, time allotted,
etc.).
6. Choose “Custom Instructions”. 7. Write the
instructions and embed the video just like we did
previously. 8. If you want the
questions to be presented one at a time, check “Display
custom instructions on every question”.
9. Save.
10.Add the questions you want the students to answer.
11.Save.
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Important Considerations
1. All of the tools discussed require that the students’ and professor’s
computer have the appropriate applications such as Java, Flash player and audio recording and playing capabilities. It is important that students know what is required preferably before they register in the course, or
at the very least, within the first couple weeks where they still have time to make changes.
2. You need to make sure to provide opportunities for students to test
their equipment and practice listening and recording before they are
required to do so for a grade. 3. Providing the students with all the technical support contact
information is very important.
4. This will be new to the majority of the students, so you’ll have provide a lot of guidance and hand-holding in the beginning. Your attitude towards the technology and the activities will influence how your students
feel about the experience. 5. Be flexible. This is new to you and your students, so mistakes will happen;
technical glitches will occur. Make sure your students know that you will do your very best to help them comply with these course requirements.
6. Be firm. Although you and your students may encounter technological
difficulties, you need to be firm about completing these activities. Don’t give
up. It will always be easier to go back to simple text-based activities, but this won’t give your students the practice they need listening and speaking.
HAVE FUN!!!