Give Students a Voice
Wimba Voice 6.0 is a web-based voice solution that facilitates and promotes vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment.
Reaching beyond the traditional language laboratory environment, Wimba Voice supports traditional communicative styles of language learning by giving students multiple methods of speaking, writing, and listening to foreign languages – all online.
Wimba Voice incorporates the use of threaded voice boards, voice-enabled email, embedded voice within course pages, as well as live group discussions and debates, which increase the interaction and student engagement level of any online course.
The new 6.0 release of Wimba Voice allows instructors to not only grade a voice discussion board from within Wimba Voice but to automatically add these evaluations to the CMS gradebook.
To dig deeper consider the features, benefits, requirements, and Licensing Information of Wimba Voice.
Benefits
Benefits for Higher and Further Education
Features
• Voice Podcaster: Create or upload podcasts for user subscription Try now
• Voice Presentation: Add web content alongside vocal messages
• Voice Discussion Board: Post and listen to voice messages within discussion boards Try now
• Voice Authoring: Record and listen to voice on a web page
• Voice E-mail: Send and listen to voice through email messages Try now!
• Integrated Gradebook: Automatically update CMS gradebooks with voice board assessments
Functionality
• Add instructor’s voice to enhance presence
• Build engaging and reusable course content
• Create and distribute podcasts
• Verbally explain complex material
• Author narrated web tours
• Add spoken announcements to course sites
• Engage in audio-based threaded discussions
• Send voice comments on papers and assignments
• Teach pronunciation, rhythm, stress, and emphasis
• Automatically add voice board evaluations to CMS gradebook
Requirements
The only technical requirements of note include Java, internet access, a microphone, and speakers for play back.
Licensing
Wimba Voice is licensed on an annual basis based on your institution’s Full-time Enrollment (FTE).
Our ASP Services are attractive for customers who would rather have Wimba host, monitor and maintain their server but our solutions can also be deployed on a standalone basis for those preferring to have the server resides on their own network.
Contact a Regional Sales Manager to discuss the specific needs of your institution, system, or campus.