These avatars require you to set up an account - you can do that in a few simple steps.
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| Voki Home Page |
- First go to www.voki.com.
- Create and account or return to your own account. To do this you will need access to your email. I have used Vokis for a while - you do not need to worry about them using your address for unwanted messages.
- Once your account is up to go create a voki and begin the fun.
- You can see from the screen on the image below that you can change practically everything about your VOKI. The background, the character, all the accessories of the character, how big you want the character to be on screen, etc. You can let your students have some fun with these details. What we really want to focus on is how to get the audio to work.
- The VOKI has similar features to the Audio-Pal widget we also cover in this blog. They are: text to voice, phone messages, audio files (pre-recorded on your computer) and microphone recording. Choose the one that best fits your needs.
- You can select from several languages to ensure the pronunciation of the avatar is close to what you want for the text-to-voice option. Spelling is paramount for this option.
- Once you have your cartoon shape in place and your avatar is ready, you simply have to decide where to place it and what activities you want to use it for.
- Check the other posts in this blog to get some cool ideas.
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| The basic starting page for the VOKI |
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| Select how to save your avatar |
For posting your avatar on a blog select the following:
- Blogger and the size of the image (I usually go for small)
- Once you have your code simply copy and paste it into your blog.
