Posting Your VoiceThread to Your Blog

1. Go back to voicethread.unc.edu and click on the “My Voice” tab. Click on the VoiceThread you wish to post.

2. Click the menu icon at the top left of the screen then click “edit.” Click the button at the bottom of the screen that says “Playback Options” and enter 0 as the time to wait between slides and check the button that says “Start playing when opened.” Click the “Save” button.

3. Click the "Export" button at the bottom of the screen, then click the "export" button in the pop-up window.

4. You will need to wait for an email from VoiceThread saying that your video is ready to be downloaded. Once you receive this email, click the link and download the "HQ" version. It should save a Quicktime file to your computer.

5. Go to youtube.com and log in with your Google account. Click the upload button at the top of the screen.

6. Point it to the quicktime file you downloaded above and wait for the file to upload and process.

7. Once your video is available on Youtube, go to the video page, then click the button just below the video that says "share," then the button that says "embed." Copy the html code provided.

8. Log in to blogger.com and create a new post. Click the "HTML" button and paste in the code from the previous step. Click the "Compose" button and add your works cited list if necessary, then give your post a title and hit "Publish."

9. Make sure to check your blog to make sure everything posted correctly, and to watch your video to make sure there are no slides missing, in the wrong order, etc. 

10. Get through your finals and have a great summer!

Screencast: Assembling Your VoiceThread

Screencast: Splitting Your Audio into Multiple WAVs

Note: when exporting your files, choose "WAV" as the format rather than mp3.

Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Audio

This will be an entirely make-your-own workshop. Please give your partner at least 4 questions relevant to the issues you were working through as you composed. You can copy/paste questions from previous workshops or compose your own.

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Draft Workshop: Unit 3 Project Script

1. Evaluate the author's introduction. Does it follow one of the strategies for effective introductions we talked about in class? Does it begin by telling the listener something s/he doesn't know?

2. Evaluate the author's thesis statement. Is it specific, i.e. does it focus on specific details of the artwork under analysis? Does it make a strong claim? Does it provide a road map for the rest of the script?

3. Does most of the author's script focus on the artwork at hand, or is too much time devoted to the contextual information?

Next, compose two additional questions that focus your reader's attention on issues that you have been dealing with as you composed this draft. You can copy/paste questions from previous workshops or compose your own.

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Posting Your Unit 2 Project

Once you have uploaded the final version of your podcast to SoundCloud, click the "Share" button underneath the wave form, and copy the code in the box labeled "widget code." Next, log in to blogger.com and click the orange button to create a new post. Click the button labeled "HTML" and paste the code into the large box. Then, click the "Compose" button and add a works cited list or any other pertinent into below your podcast. If you run into any problems, both I and your group members are here to help you.

Collaborative Work on Unit 3

In your groups, each person should present their work on Unit 3 so far. Show the rest of the group an image of your piece from the Ackland as well as some of the contextual images you chose for Feeder 3.3. Tell them about your general impressions of the piece and listen to any feedback they might have about alternative ways to interpret the piece.

Once everyone has presented their feeder assignments, work collaboratively on your working thesis statements.