Week 10- Voice and graphics

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Podcasts are good for instruction with no visual cues and video is good for instruction with constantly changing visual cues, but what about instruction where you need the same visual cue during a verbal explanation, such as art history. In situations like art history, many facts need to be given while a learner is looking at a single image. Similarly, a leaner could be looking at a process map or chart, while the instructor narrates important aspects of the image.

You could use a powerpoint with an added audio track or create a screen capture of the image with narration, but the best option would be to use an application built for this type of instruction. I recommend Voice Thread. 

Voice Thread provides many ways to add media to the presentation quickly and easily.

Once your media has been added, you can begin to add comments. Voice Thread has many types of comments you can add, such as video, voice, or text. Comments will play when the slide is shown. For most applications, I use a voice recording to take advantage of dual channel learning. 

You can also upload a comment. For example, you could create and edit an audio recording in Audacity, then upload it as a comment for your image.

Finally, Voice Thread provides easy ways to share your instruction.

Here is a presentation I made to use for an art history demo.