Fewer than three in 10 employers think that recent college graduates have the skills to apply critical thinking, written and oral communications skills in real-world settings. 

-Inside Higher Ed

 

 

Business continues to value the communications skillset

VoiceThread enables rich contextual feedback, the kind of discourse that builds career-ready communication skills, fosters authentic engagement in a course, and directly addresses the communication skills gap that employers consistently identify in new graduates.

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Expand practice opportunities, efficiently

VoiceThread allows instructors and peers to provide precise, contextual feedback directly at specific moments in student presentations or recordings of role-plays, dramatically improving the learning experience compared to traditional feedback workflows.

VoiceThread has allowed me to place my comments directly into the spot where the video presentation required... I think giving feedback right inside the role play is pretty powerful. I think it's more direct that way. This tool has saved me an enormous amount of time.

 - Dave Priddle, Brandeis University, Negotiating and Conflict Resolution

Career Readiness Through Real World Practice

In all my courses—whether Face-to-Face, Online Synchronous, or Asynchronous—VoiceThread is central to embedding career readiness into the curriculum. I design assignments where students must record themselves explaining their work, as if presenting to their boss. Whether walking through an Excel model, presenting a research project, or demonstrating an algorithmic solution, VoiceThread helps students practice articulating technical concepts clearly and professionally.

 - Curtis Izen, Baruch College and CUNY School of Professional Studies

 

 

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Multimodal (VARK) Learning and Expression

  • Visual Learners: Students can incorporate images, diagrams, charts, and video content
  • Auditory Learners: Voice narration and audio comments enable rich verbal explanations
  • Reading/Writing Learners: Text-based comments and written responses support traditional literacy skills
  • Kinesthetic Learners: Drawing tools and interactive commenting provide hands-on engagement

 

Pedagogical Salt

Adding VoiceThread to your teaching toolkit is a little like adding salt to your cooking. Whether the goal is:

  • Developing technical competence or humanistic social skills
  • Fostering interprofessional or inter-team collaboration
  • Building an authentic sense of community and belonging

          - VoiceThread helps you achieve all  these goals efficiently

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Thousands of the world's best learning institutions use VoiceThread to replace "clickety-click" with authentic human presence.

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  • 71%
    Strongly agreed

    "Hearing my peers improved my ability to reach the learning objectives".
  • 59%
    Strongly disagreed

    With a preference for a traditional text based discussion board.
  • 4.75 / 5
    Student satisfaction

    Student rating for improving the development of their oral and language skills.

Over 3,337 research articles cite VoiceThread's impact on teaching and learning

 

How can I get started?

 

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Jump in

If you are new to VoiceThreading, you should register for a free account and explore the basics. The "aha!" moment usually arrives after making a rich comment and getting a response.  Start with this simple exercise if you're new. 

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Get a demo

Start with an interactive demo. We'll build a custom VoiceThread demo for you, send it over, and then we can schedule a follow up meeting. It's an efficient way to start learning about specific features, affordances, workflows, use cases, integration options etc. Get one here.

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Get a quote

If you are looking for an integrated institutional license with SSO login, formal stacking assignments that integrate with the LMS gradebook, automated account provisioning, analytics, institution wide security controls, and a customized SLA, request a quote here.