{"id":13314,"date":"2019-02-13T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=13314"},"modified":"2019-02-13T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:29:09","slug":"brightspace-tip-83-be-ready-for-mother-nature-with-voicethreads-training-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-83-be-ready-for-mother-nature-with-voicethreads-training-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #83: Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads Training Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Keep_Calm_Lets_Recap.png\" title=\"keep calm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Keep_Calm_Lets_Recap.png?resize=255%2C304\" alt=\"keep calm and let's recap\" height=\"304\" width=\"255\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last week's \"<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/?id=01804\">Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads<\/a>\" training focused on how you can use VoiceThreads for unplanned events. You don\u2019t have to lose precious class time if you incorporate VoiceThreads.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/atcrump.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/recap.jpg\" title=\"ICYMI\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atcrump.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/09\/recap.jpg?resize=267%2C200\" alt=\"in case you missed it\" height=\"200\" width=\"267\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed the training session or if you attended the training session and want to recap what was covered, you can review these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/share\/12090763\/\">Workshop Recording [41:52]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VoiceThread Resources\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/voicethread-faq\/\">VoiceThread FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/workshops\">VoiceThread Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/blog\">VoiceThread Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXggZ2yUPudu9EKx5ZtrdAw\">VoiceThread YouTube Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sample VoiceThreads\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/myvoice\/#thread\/2656014\/14055947\/16323243\">Photographs That Changed the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/myvoice\/#thread\/4246031\/21693040\/23659971\">Visual Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/jflorent\/public_html\/VoiceThread\/VT-at-Gallaudet-Univ.html\">VoiceThread at Gallaudet University<\/a> (school for the deaf and hearing impaired)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccu.edu\/knowledgebase\/faq.cfm?id=480\">VoiceThread examples from North Carolina Central University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voicethread.com\/about\/library\/\">Digital Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Formative Assessments\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicethread.com\/blog\/category\/formative-assessment\/\">Using VoiceThread for Assessments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Free eBook\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/333499\">How to Humanize Your Online Class with VoiceThread<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Brightspace training continues next month. In the next training session you will learn how to setup your Grade Book and how to use the Brightspace Grades Tool to post students grades online.  Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/?id=01805\">events page<\/a> for workshop details and to RSVP for upcoming Brightspace training sessions.<\/p>\n<h4>Want more information?<\/h4>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-70-the-orange-room\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week's \"Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads\" training focused on how you can use VoiceThreads for unplanned events. You don\u2019t have to lose precious class time if you incorporate VoiceThreads. In case you missed the training session or if you attended the training session and want to recap what was covered, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-83-be-ready-for-mother-nature-with-voicethreads-training-recap\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #83: Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads Training Recap\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402,354],"class_list":{"0":"post-13314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-voicethread","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3sK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17345,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-266-be-ready-for-mother-nature-with-voicethreads\/","url_meta":{"origin":13314,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #266: Be Ready for Mother Nature with VoiceThreads","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As you know, hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. 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