Recording audio feedback for assignments

How do I record audio feedback for my students' assignments?

On an assignment submission feedback page, instructors can use the Record Audio icon below the overall feedback field to quickly record feedback regarding a student submission. The recording made using this icon will appear for playback on a student's view of the Assignment folder feedback page, but will not appear for playback on the student's view of Grades even if the Assignment is associated with a grade item. 

Alternatively instructors can record audio using the Insert Stuff> Add Video Note pathway from the HTML editor options within the Overall feedback field. Audio recordings left in a feedback field in this manner will appear for playback on a students view of the Assignment submission feedback and will also appear for playback on the students view of Grades if the Assignment folder is associated with a visible grade item. 

Regardless of which pathway you use to add audio as feedback, the audio recordings will be stored in your Media Library and can be accessed and deleted from there. If you delete a recording from your Media Library it will be removed from all locations where it is shared in D2L.

Using record audio icon in assignment evaluation feedback panel

1. Go to the evaluation page for the assignment submission for which you wish to record audio.
2. At the bottom right of the feedback panel are three attachment icons. Click the audio microphone icon to record or upload audio feedback.
3. You may be asked to allow webcam and/or microphone to proceed
4. Click blue "New Recording" button. Recording begins immediately.
5. When finished recording click "Stop Recording". A preview of the recording will begin playback immediately.
   1. Press "New Recording" again to delete previous attempt and record again.
6. Click "Add" to save recording
   1. Add Title
   2. (optional) Add Description
   3. (optional but recommended) Select Audio Language from dropdown
      1. Fill in checkbox to "Automatically generate captions from audio"
7. Click "Add"
8. Click "Publish" to make feedback immediately available to student or "Save Draft" to save feedback to return and publish at a later date.

Using Insert Stuff>Add Video Note to place video in Overall Feedback field

1. Go to the feedback page for the assignment submission for which you wish to record audio.
2. Locate the Feedback text box.
3. In the Feedback text box, click the Insert Stuff button. 
4. In the Insert Stuff window that opens you may need to click the far right icon of four outward arrows to expand the feedback editor window and see all menu options. :
5. Choose Add Video Note. 
6. You may be asked to allow webcam and/or microphone to proceed
7. Next to the New Recording button Set the toggle to "audio only"
8. Click blue "New Recording" button. Recording begins immediately.
9. When finished recording click "Stop Recording". A preview of the recoding will begin playback immediately.
   1. Press "New Recording" again to delete previous attempt and record again.
10. Click "Next" to save recording
11. Add Title
12. (optional) Add Description
13. (optional but recommended) Select Audio Language from dropdown
    1. Fill in checkbox to "Automatically generate captions from audio"
14. Click "Next"
15. Click "Insert"
16. If working in the expanded editor view, click the four outward arrows icon upper right to return to assignment submission evaluation page. 
17. Add any additional text feedback to the field as needed.
18. Click "Publish" to make feedback immediately available to student or "Save Draft" to save feedback to return and publish at a later date.