Voicethread has a number of new features and updates this month. See notes below from VoiceThread...
Put VoiceThread In Your Pocket
Take your VoiceThread and put it into iTunes or your pocket for on-the-go viewing and presenting. Whenever you export, you now have the choice to either download a full sized high resolution archival movie version or one that has been formatted to go directly onto your iPod or iPhone, or both. :)
Clone Your Threads
We've had a lot of requests for the ability to make a copy of an existing VoiceThread so that it can be reused for a fresh new audience or just to make a backup copy. Beginning today, you have that ability right on your MyVoice page (from the gear menu). Clicking 'Make a Copy' opens up a menu for you to title, describe, and choose the comments you'd like to include in the new version. Now you can spend the time and energy creating the highest quality VoiceThreads to be used again and again, and again.
Support For More File Formats
We now fully support Microsoft Office 2007 file formats when uploading into your VoiceThreads. Microsoft Photo Story 3 video support coming soon.
Security Update
Beginning January 1, 2009 we will no longer allow multiple simultaneous logins to the same account. While this may have been a convenient feature it was also a potential security risk. After January 1, 2009 whenever you log in to VoiceThread on a new computer, we will automatically log you out of any computers that you were previously logged into.
We've made quite a few interface tweaks as well, all in an effort to make VoiceThread and its features easier to use and understand. We appreciate all the feedback we've received, it definitely helps direct our development as we look to further improve VoiceThread. So thank you and keep it coming! We've got more on the way (VoiceThread.com).
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It's great to hear that Voicethread will begin to support Word and other formats for importing....I think that this could help transition users from Microsoft Office users to Web 2.0 users....I started to paly with Voicethread at my elementary school recently, but ran into some problems (they are internal...it works at the high school but not at the elementary school...). I really think the ability to associate MANY voices with one image is a powerful way for a class to comminicate what they are learning.
I learned at the CM Conference that the way to get your free unlimited account on VOicethread is to signup for a Pro Account and when you get to the part of the process where you pay, you say you are an educator. They will check it out and once they confirm you are an education employee you can get a free Pro account. Maybe I'll try that tonight!
I'm also glad to hear about the changes voicethread is making....very intrigued by the idea of having on my ipod. It was mentioned a couple of times at the sessions I was able to attend after the share-a-thon at CMTC today, and I felt so SMART! knowing something about it...And I know, I'm really just at the baby-crawling stage when it comes to all this ;)
Good tip, Julie, on the educator account setup...I want to look into that, too.
Julie - let us know if that works for the sign-up or if you learn of some way to make the process quicker.
Voicethread update....There seems to be a new way to sign up as an educator. Go to voicethread.com Click on Solutions/K-12 and sign up as a teacher with your school address. It worked for me :)
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