There are dozens of new features and enhancements in the new VoiceThread. First, though, what鈥檚 not changing: the fundamental value delivered in each of the 24 million VoiceThread discussions people have already built 鈥 the ability to capture and convey wonderfully complex human presence across space and time. Put more succinctly, human presence in a comment.
Feeling a sense of human presence in our learning, work and social lives is really, really important. The research makes this very clear and has informed all our planning and development. So鈥 what鈥檚 this 鈥淣ew VoiceThread鈥 all about? Accessibility, simplicity, new features and the future.
Full rollout of new VT
A rollout date has not been selected. However, if a date has not been chosen by BCM, we will be automatically transitioned over to that new version on June 30.
Accessibility Updates
- Dark mode: For people who need or prefer a dark background
- New in-line hinting workflow for new commenters
- Bonus: Ability to edit captioning chunk timings and create new ones
- Bonus: Overhaul of the 鈥淢anager鈥 for license admins to have full screen reader and keyboard accessibility
Content Management
- Delete, edit and share VoiceThreads in bulk
- New button in comment dialogs providing a method to copy a link to a specific comment
- New activity feed that includes more than just comments
- Drag-and-drop to share VoiceThreads with groups, courses or ThreadBoxes
- Updated course interface and sections to better organize content within a course
- Course-level analytics
- Add tracks/sections/channels to ThreadBoxes to help organize larger conferences
- Bonus: Drag-and-drop to delete VoiceThreads
Assignments
- Customize when and how students can see the Student Gallery in Create Assignments
- Require students to comment on a classmate鈥檚 submission for a grade in a Create
Assignment
- Bonus: Group assignments
- Bonus: Rubric grading
- Bonus: Support for 鈥渟ubmitted鈥 status with an LMS gradebook integration
Mobile
- Full mobile browser support, so a separate VoiceThread app is not required at all
- Ability to grade assignments on mobile devices
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