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The combination of content presentation and multimedia capabilities gives VoiceThread a unique interactive approach over traditional lecture capture tools and discussion boards. And exactly, how can it benefit your students?

VoiceThread & UDL

We can use UDL (Universal Design for Learning) to frame how H5P can benefit your students.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that attempts to minimize the struggles students might have with the subject matter they are learning. UDL addresses the fact every student is different and, therefore, every student learns in a different way.

What does UDL mean to you as an instructor?
• Multiple ways to engage students.
• Multiple ways to present the learning content.
• Multiple ways for students to demonstrate or express their learning outcomes.

Engagement:

VoiceThread provides a comfortable discussion environment for students and allows them to craft their communication before contributing. It can help students feel a greater sense of being part of a community, be more aware of the faculty's role in their learning experience, and engage more actively with instructional content and their peers.

Writing may be less intimidating than participating in a class-wide synchronous discussion. In addition, introverts are more comfortable participating in the online environment because they have time to process the information.

Representation:

It also allows students to practice and showcase their mastery of conception or projects.

As a platform, VoiceThread allows you to provide multiple means of representation for content, including text, audio, and video. VoiceThread can be used as a space for your students to demonstrate their mastery of key concepts through these multiple means.

Expression:

Allows students to present in multiple modalities not available in other tools via slides, voice, video, and/or text. Students can watch and re-record comments to self-assess and refine their projects.

Audio and video recordings help capture the nuances of speech such as inflection and tone of voice enabling clear communication.

The video also captures facial expressions, which can help with interpretation and building relationships.