Instructional technologies provide many opportunities to support assessment and track student performance in Blackboard.
The following articles provide details describing the best practices we regularly publish to support our pedagogical community of practice.
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New Voicethread URL starting June 30
UMBC users will use: voicethread.com
Please note that after June 30, 2025, your UMBC VoiceThread account may be accessed via: https://voicethread.com Currently UMBC users may access VoiceThread via: https://umbc.voicethread.com. ...
Posted: June 9, 2025, 1:16 PM
New Voicethread launches May 27th for all UMBC users
Enhanced commenting features and other changes
Starting May 27th all Voicethread users will experience the "new" Voicethread that includes enhanced features. These include: One Conversation – A simpler-to-use conversation structure makes...
Posted: May 23, 2024, 2:10 PM
Instructional Technology Essentials for June 2022
Select from a menu of trainings
Interested in attending an Instructional Technology Essentials session but unsure when it will be? Sign up for one of our sessions by May 20, 2022. Interested participants will be sent a Doodle...
Posted: April 21, 2022, 12:54 PM
New Features for VoiceThread Assignments
Updates to Due Dates, Creating Assignments, and Commenting
There are some new features in VoiceThread Assignments! New features were added to VoiceThread Assignments at the end of September and we would like to share them with faculty. These features...
Posted: September 28, 2021, 12:36 PM
VoiceThread Assignments for Media Projects and Peer Critique
One Instructor’s Use Case and Lessons Learned
Shifting to teaching in online and hybrid formats has created opportunities to identify how students can share multimedia projects and receive feedback through peer critique. While various tools...
Posted: September 17, 2021, 12:18 PM
VoiceThread / Blackboard Tool Connection Updated
VoiceThread update changes how VoiceThread is added to Bb
Do you use VoiceThread assignments or links in Blackboard? At the end of July, VoiceThread went through an LTI upgrade to improve functionality between VoiceThread and Blackboard. The new...
Posted: August 2, 2021, 3:08 PM
VoiceThread webinars
Learn how to use VoiceThread with these webinars
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...
Posted: February 3, 2021, 9:34 AM
VoiceThread Assignment Features
New options and workflow for VoiceThread assignments
As announced last semester, a redesigned VoiceThread (VT) assignment tool is now live. The new interface provides new features with streamlined workflows and enhanced options. Clear, dynamic...
Posted: February 3, 2021, 9:29 AM
Free VoiceThread workshops available in January 2021
Add media-rich, asynchronous engagement in your courses
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...
Posted: December 9, 2020, 12:27 PM
Upcoming VoiceThread Assignment Streamlines Functionality
Improved grading & submission processes
A new interface for the VoiceThread (VT) assignment tool will be available at the end of FA2020. The redesign is a complete overhaul of the entire assignment experience and provides new features...
Posted: November 16, 2020, 4:04 PM
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