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<div>We are moving to VoiceThread to replace the Blackboard (Collaborate, used to be Wimba) Voice Tools starting in January. The end-of-life for BB Collaborate Voice Tools (according to our blackboard rep) is Aug 2016. We were exploring how the caption upload
worked last week and could not find how to upload a transcript if someone has audio-only content. Have you found that out? Has anyone created guides or tutorials you would be willing to share? If not, I will be making some in the spring and will post back
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<div>Dr. Rachel S. Thompson</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Brent Whiting <<a href="mailto:bwhiting@temple.edu">bwhiting@temple.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, December 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Athen] Deaf student in course using VoiceThread<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Nazely,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">At Temple we are currently working through an evaluation for usage strategy of VoiceThread. Our current proposed direction is that any student that
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We’re concerned that waiting for a file to be captioned would potentially leave a deaf student out of an active/live discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Brent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Academic Computing<br>
Temple University<br>
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voice (267) 468-8380</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nazely Kurkjian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 18, 2015 4:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:DSSHE-L@listserv.buffalo.edu">DSSHE-L@listserv.buffalo.edu</a>;
<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Deaf student in course using VoiceThread<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Good afternoon & apologies for the cross-post~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">A student who is deaf is enrolled in a graduate level Managing Information and Technology course and they use VoiceThread to facilitate online discussions. Students may choose to participate
using video, audio only, or text only. The professor intends to provide feedback to the students using text.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The student knows ASL, but what I'm concerned about is how we're going to make the<i> other
</i>students responses accessible in a timely and equitable manner. I don't believe any of the other students know ASL, and if they choose to create video or audio discussion, I'm not sure how to go about providing access. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Apparently, you can
<a href="https://voicethread.com/howto/closed-captioning/">add captions to VoiceThread files</a>, but is this something we should ask the students (in the class) to provide or should our office provide it as soon as possible after something has been posted?
I'm talking to the professor on Tuesday, so maybe that will give me a better idea on the expected student response turnaround time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">I sincerely appreciate any advice or recommendations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Nazely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Nazely Kurkjian</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">"Shame on us... If we let the wonders of educational technology and broadband internet lead to more inequality as opposed to less"</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Adaptive Technology Specialist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Email: <a href="mailto:kurkjian@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">kurkjian@binghamton.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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