Wimba

What is Wimba?

Wimba is a set of online voice recording tools available within Blackboard. To record your voice all you need is a web browser, a Blackboard course, and a microphone connected to your computer.

What can you do with Wimba Voice Tools in Blackboard?

• Voice Recorder - Record your voice and post it
• Voice Email - Record your voice and attach it to an email to send to your Blackboard instructors and/or enrolled students
• Voice Board - Create a vocal discussion board to post and reply threaded voice recordings
• Voice Direct - Create a live online voice conference call with multiple participants, and use text chat at the same time
• Voice Presentation - Specify a series of web pages and record a voiceover to go along with each webpage
• Wimba Podcaster - Podcasting for faculty and students

The new Wimba Voice Tools are accessible from the Blackboard Tools menu in the Instructor's Control Panel:
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For more information about Wimba at: http://www.wimba.com.

Contact ECIT by e-mail at ecit@emory.edu.