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Interactive Audio: For Teachers (Setting Up)

Julia
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Introduction

In this article we will walk you through how to set up Interactive Audio from the perspective of a teacher.

If you’d like more information on how this tool works, you can check out other articles here:

 

Tool In Action

How this article is structured

This article walks you through the steps of an Interactive Audio activity, following the same flow as the tool itself. It will describe the process of setting up the assignment. This refers to what you can configure before the assignment is published, such as instructions, settings, deadlines, and grading rules. 
Students cannot access the activity at this stage. You can still edit some settings after publishing; however, once students start making progress, certain options may be locked to protect their work and data. Wherever this applies, the article will clearly note it.

Note: When you open a published activity, you’ll land on the Active Assignment view by default. To return to the setup view after publishing, click Edit in the upper-left corner of the activity.
You can see the article about the Active Assignment view of this tool here.

Accessibility

We're devoted to making our tools as accessible as possible for all learners - to read more about accessibility in FeedbackFruits tools, check this article: Accessibility: Within FeedbackFruits Tools.

 

Step 1: Instructions

Here, you can write the instructions you want to provide to your students. If you'd like to include an audio, video, screen recording, or attach a file, simply click the add items icon to do so.

Fig. 1: Instruction: Setting up

 

Collaboration Options

Directly underneath the instructions, you can select options for student collaboration.

Fig. 2: Student collaboration options

When selecting student collaboration options, there are two configurations to choose from. Please bear in mind that collaboration options need to be selected before students participate in the assignment - once a student makes progress, the configurations can't be updated.

 

Collaboration Options

Student contribute:

  1. Individually, see contributions of everyone - This means students make progress individually and can view everyone's contributions.

  2. Individually view contributions within groups - This means students progress individually but can only view the contributions of their group members and the teacher.

     

Step 2: Audio

In step 2, you can upload or paste the link to the audio your students would like to interact with.

Fig. 3: Audio: Setting up audio

Note: You must post the audio URL or upload the audio first; otherwise, the save button for the assignment will not appear.

 

After you upload or paste the audio link, it will appear like this. If you want to change the audio, simply click on Change file in the top right corner.

Fig. 4: Step 2 when the audio is uploaded

 

Scheduling deadlines: Set the start and end times for student access, even during class. Once the deadline passes, students will be locked out from viewing the file or answering questions. If no deadline is set at this point, students can access the video section at their convenience.

Fig. 5: Scheduling deadline

 

To close the task, you can choose to do so manually, on a specific date, or leave it open indefinitely. If you set a date, you also have the option to grant students an extension for answering the question cards after the deadline has passed. By selecting this option (as shown in the screenshot below), you can choose which students will regain access to the video, complete the remaining question cards, and be assigned a new deadline that you set.

Fig. 6: Scheduling deadlines: Granting extended access

 

Student Contribution: Here, you can adjust how students contribute. You can enable options for students to create discussion threads or their own question cards. If you turn this on, you'll then have the option to decide whether students can see each other's answers on question cards created by their peers.

Fig. 7: Student Contribution

 

Anonymity: The discussion threads and replies on the video are anonymous, but teachers can always identify the students.

Copyright protection: Whether students are permitted to view the original link if you use a link for the video.

Subtitles: Whether you want to enable subtitles for the students. If the video doesn’t have subtitles, you can upload your own subtitle files (.srt/.vtt) by clicking the configure button.

 

Open Audio

When you first open the audio, this is how it will appear. The discussion thread and any distributions you've added will be visible in the Comment bar on the right. If you'd like to hide this and enlarge the audio, simply click the brown circle located in the middle-right section of the audio.

Fig. 8: Open Audio

 

To annotate, click on the dot on/above the timeline in the audio. You will then be given two options, create a question card or a discussion thread.

Fig. 9:  Annotation options

For more information on adding question cards and/or discussion thread, click here.

 

Grading

After finishing setting up the core of the assignment, it is possible to add the configurable grading module. Click here to learn more about how this grading module works.

You also have the option to publish the grade as a percentage or as pass/fail.

Fig. 10: Grading: Setting up