I think it would be possible to do this in Voicethread. If you shared the
Voicethread, he could make a comment and then you can respond.
http://voicethread.com
Ellen
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Dave Wang <dwang@bayschoolsf.org> wrote:
> Hello all --
>
> In my classes, students are often asked to write narrative responses to
> questions (e.g. "explain why something-or-other is true"). I have a
> dysgraphic student who, with my encouragement, is submitting audio files
> rather than written responses to all narrative questions. (For this
> particular student, word processing isn't an effective option. We've
> tried it, and it seems that regardless of the writing medium, he simply
> has trouble getting ideas from his brain into words. He is incredibly
> expressive and clear when speaking, which is why we're trying oral
> responses.)
>
> So here's my dilemma. Say that the student has submitted a 2-minute
> audio file that I want to annotate with comments. I'm struggling to find
> a good way of doing this. Right now, I'm giving him written comments in
> which I indicate a time code followed by the comment. For example:
>
> "At 0:52, you claim that the survey contains both undercoverage and
> voluntary response biases, but you only explain why undercoverage
> exists. You also need to explain why you think there's a voluntary
> response bias."
>
> I find this method of annotating rather clumsy. Is there any way of
> inserting an audio or written comment directly into an audio file? Right
> now, we're using Audacity, simply because that's part of my school's
> standard student laptop image (we're a 1:1 laptop school), but neither I
> nor the student are wedded to that particular program.
>
> Many thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dave Wang
>
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