VoiceThread: Creating a VoiceThread Account

Article Type: How To

Question:

• How do I create a VoiceThread account through Metropolitan State University?

Answer:

Metropolitan State University’s VoiceThread license provides an account for all students, faculty, and staff. This account is integrated with our instance of D2L Brightspace, which means you don’t need to create a VoiceThread account before using VoiceThread in D2L Brightspace. 

• For students, clicking on a VoiceThread assignment, presentation, or discussion in D2L will create your VoiceThread account.

  • See this article for help completing a VoiceThread assignment.

• For faculty, creating a VoiceThread topic in D2L will create your VoiceThread account.

  • See this article for help setting up a VoiceThread assignment in your course.

If you have an existing account, VoiceThread will ask to link your existing account to the Metrostate one. If you want to avoid this, change the email for the personal account before clicking on a VoiceThread link in D2L. An instructor may have added a VoiceThread link to D2L without using the integration. In this case, clicking on the link will not automatically sign you in to VoiceThread. If you have an account, you can still sign in. If you don’t have an account, you can always create one for free with VoiceThread. The next time you click on an integrated VoiceThread assignment, it will link your accounts as above if you used your Metrostate email.