Using Media Content in ANVILL 2
creating prompts and adding media to create interesting oral/aural tasks
ANVILL 2 Course SystemSunday, July 7, 13
The Starting Point for Interactivity in ANVILL 2
Situation: You want to create a lesson that looks like this, that is, one that gives students a video prompt, and asks them to respond with a Voiceboard posting.
To get started, follow these steps...
task
instructions
response
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Click the “+” button in the lesson menu
To start from scratch, choose a new lesson, or an existing one from the Lesson Library.
Step 1: Add a lesson
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Choose a template for the lesson, e.g. Basic
Name the lesson (and upload an icon for it)
Fill in required information about the lesson, click Save.
Step 2: Name the Lesson
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Our “basic” lesson is created. We can edit it to make it more specific to this lesson.
To add a space for new content, click on the “+” sign (this works for any kind of content).
Step 3: Customizing the Lesson
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Choose Media File. Teachers can add 4 different content types anywhere in ANVILL. Here we want to add a video link from YouTube.
Files > Add New File. This is where you choose the media type and location. Click finish.
Step 4: Adding a Media File
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Upload. Use this to add a file from your computer.
Web. This is lets you type in a URL and ANVILL will take care of the rest.
My Files. This is your ANVILL library—everything you’ve ever made.
Step 5: Adding a Media File, pt. 2
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Once you enter a URL, a “thumbnail” of the video appears. Click finish.
Voila. Your video appears in the lesson.
Step 6: Adding a YouTube video
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Edit Page. ANVILL permits you to drag and drop content blocks to get the best sequence and visual appeal.
Cross Bar > Drag this to another yellow area on the page to move the block. Save. (or click the + sign to add something else.)
Step 7: Layout of Your Lesson
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Edit Page. Click the + sign to add a Voiceboard.
Choose Voiceboard.
Name the Voiceboard, decide if it should be text only, speech only, or both. Click Finish.
Save.
Step 8: Adding a Voiceboard
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That’s it! You’re done.
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More Questions?
You can always post them to the Help Desk discussion board!
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