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Creating a speaking avatar with
Voki Go to http://voki.
com/ Educators are able to create voki’s for
free. Voki for Education allows us
to: -Motivate students to
participate -Improve message
comprehension -Introduce technology in the
classroom -Explore Voki as an effective language
tool -Inspire and get inspired by other
teachers For those who have not registered with Voki, click register
above For those that are already registered, we will type our email and password and click
login Now we can select “create a new
voki” Here we
can: Character Style: Select a character from one of our many styles: Classic, Animals,
Oddballs and more! Customization: Change the look, clothing and
accessories. Voice: Add your own voice via phone, microphone, text to speech or upload a
file. Background: Choose a background from our library or upload your
own. I am going to go ahead and select my
character style and customize the look and
background. Now I am going to “Give it a
voice” I can either call in to Voki’s number to record my own
voice, type in the text for the voki to speak, use my microphone on the computer, or select an audio file already on my
computer. For this example, I will use the text
option. I will type a quick message and select a voice and click
done. Pasting: Voki is a great way to inspire
students! When finished we can: Click Publish to email
to a friend or get code to take your Voki avatar
anywhere. Now we will give it a title and click
save. Now it will let us know that the scene has been saved. Click
close We will be taken to a page where we can select the size of the voki player if we are
embedding it onto our site. We are also given the option to post on many other types of sites, like
facebook. For this example, I would just like to get a standard voki link by selecting the
dropdown menu on “Get your voki link
here” I will select standard voki link and copy and paste this link into email messages to my students
as well as post in my weekly announcements. You have now successfully created a
voki! Remember to provide a script for all learners to make it
accessible. Voki is a great way to inspire
students!