This article covers the audio recording task type.
For a general overview of tasks and what they can do, see An introduction to tasks and for general instructions on how to add them to your course, see How to add a task to your course.
Overview of the audio recording task
The audio recording task lets learners record and submit an audio file for feedback and/or marking. This question type requires a facilitator or coach to mark it.
When should I use the audio recording task?
The written and recorded types are useful for those learning outcomes with verbs that require learners to generate something - describe, explain, discuss, critique, synthesize and so on.
As with video, audio recording is particularly useful where you want learners to take on the teacher role or if you want to assess their communication or presentation skills (as in the example below).
How do I create an audio recording task?
All tasks load with an example task to give an idea of what each field is for. To add your own task details, you can type over the existing content in the fields or select Clear task content, to start completely fresh.
Standard fields
This task has the standard fields/options that all tasks have.
At the top:
Question - Where you set the main question/task which tells learners what to answer or do.
And at the bottom:
Hint - Add a hint to give pointers or clues to give learners extra guidance to complete the task. Learners can choose to See hint so it allows them to get this help “on demand”.
Feedback - Add feedback to give learners an automated response when they submit the task. See Writing feedback for tasks for pointers and ideas.
How to allocate a marking template
As this task is manually marked, be sure to choose a marking template to set the options facilitators have available to mark and/or add feedback.