VoiceThread

Overview

Engage students with PowerPoint or other multimedia presentations created by an instructor or their peers. Canvas integration allows for a collection of presentations embedded within the course as well as the set-up of graded assignments for student presentation creation or requiring commenting on a specific presentation. Comments can be placed in specific places so as each person watches the presentation the related discussion stays together and is available for the next viewer.

Installation Instructions

VoiceThread has been updated to the latest version and will no longer appear in the main sidebar in your Canvas course. Instead, you will access VoiceThread via Modules, assignments, or the Rich Content Editor.  

To create a VoiceThread assignment: 

1. Navigate to the “Assignments” area of your course. 

1. Create a new assignment. 

1. Name the assignment and write a description if you choose. 

1. Under Submission Type, select “External Tool”. 

1. Click on the “Find” button. 

1. Click on “VoiceThread.” 

This will launch the VoiceThread Setup Page. Once the setup page loads, you can set up one of these assignments: 

• Students create a VoiceThread  
• Students comment on an existing VoiceThread 
• Students watch an existing VoiceThread 

Proceed to the instructor support page for additional details about using VoiceThread in your course. 

Update to VoiceThread LTI 1.3 

VoiceThread has been updated to the latest version and will no longer appear in the main sidebar in your Canvas course. Instead, you will access VoiceThread via Modules, assignments, or the Rich Content Editor.  

I’m ready to import assignments from a previous semester: 

If you have not yet imported the VoiceThread assignments you want to use from a previous semester, follow these instructions on course copying. 

I imported assignments from a previous semester before the LTI 1.3 was enabled: 

If you already set up your Fall 2023 Canvas course using the previous version of VoiceThread, the links to your activities will copy over to the new course, but they will not be configured. You will need to go back into each link and set up the activity again. This is the same process that was used to set up the activities in the original course. You will need to repeat that process for each activity. 

If your course has many VoiceThread assignments, please contact eLearning Support to discuss migration options.