Managing PoodLL Speaking Assignments
Margarita Berezyanskaya
Last Update 19 days ago
Exemplar
There is one PoodLL speaking assignment in the Stage 2/3 Exemplar Course. It is called Sample - PoodLL - Pronunciation Practice: Past Tense -ed Endings.
PoodLL – Important Technical Notes
The PoodLL voice recorder will work with most desktop/laptop computers and browsers. On a computer or laptop, you may need to allow the courseware to access the microphone. If you see this pop-up, select Allow.
The PoodLL Recorder
To record audio using a Poodll recorder follow these steps.
1. Click the Record button.
2. Speak into your microphone.
3. Click the Record button again to end your recording. (It looks like a square.)
Note: A green checkmark appears under the record button to indicate that the audio has been recorded.
4. Click the Play button to listen to your recording.
Note: While the audio is being played back, the play button changes to a square. A green check mark appears under the Play button to indicate that the audio has been played.
5. To record again, click the Record button again.
6. Once the recording is satisfactory, click on the Upload button.
7. After the audio file has been uploaded, three green check marks will be visible. If this is the case, click on the Save changes button.
A PoodLL Speaking Assignment Page with Student Submissions
Teachers access this page by clicking the link to the activity on their course home page.
The teacher's view of an Assignment includes a navigation menu, important dates, a Grade button and the Grading summary table.
The Grading summary table provides information about student submissions. The number of Participants, assignments Submitted, and assignments that Need grading.
To view more detail about the student submissions, instructors can then choose Submissions from the Assignment menu bar.
To grade the submitted recording efficiently, Check the Quick grading checkbox. Boxes appear in the Grade column. Teachers can listen to the audio in the Online Poodll column and enter the numerical grade in the Grade column boxes.
If instructors click on the Grade button to open the grading page. They can provide more detailed feedback on each the assignment.
Note: If a student submits an audio file from an Android mobile phone, it appear as a file in the submissions table. Computer submissions appear as an audio player.
Teachers can choose to Download all submissions, or View gradebook.
- Teachers can also select one or more users on this page and edit the submissions with the various options available in the sticky bar.
Note: Use the arrows or drop-down menu to move between participants.
- Teachers can also see the learner's submission here and can give learners a grade if applicable.
- There are various forms of feedback available in the assignment settings
including white board style annotations in pdf format, text comments, and verbal feedback using the PoodLL voice recorder.
- After making any additions or changes to the grade or feedback, always click on the Save changes button.
- Teachers can also use the screen display icons to change the view of the grading page.
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