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Task 9: Create a video dictation activity for yourstudents
In this task you will use a free video communication tool to create a video dictation activity foryour students. The activity will help your students to develop both their reading and listeningskills, as well as giving them the opportunity to develop some confidence using English infront of a webcam.You will use a free tool calledhttp://mailvu.com/ and you will need to have a computer with aWebcam attached.
Procedure
The first step is to go to the MailVU website at:http://mailvu.com/. You don’t need to registeror pay anything, the service is free.Now you are almost ready to create your first video message. What you may see when youuse the service is a small message asking you to allow access to your camera andmicrophone. This is a simple message from the ‘
Flash
’ plugin that the application uses torecord your voice and video, so don’t worry, just click on ‘
Allow
’.
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Once you click on allow you will see your self in the video window. If you don’t, click on thesmall webcam image below the video and select your webcam from the drop down list. Youmay have to do the same thing with your microphone.
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Next simply click on the ‘
Record
’ button above the video image and start talking. Use thisfirst attempt as a practice so just say anything so you can check that everything is working.Once you have finished speaking press the
Record
button again to stop the recording. Thenpress the
Play
button to watch and listen to your video.If both the sound and the image are okay, you are ready to record your dictation. If there isany problem, check again that you have the correct camera and microphone selected.
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