Voki! – for engaging learners

All about Vokis

• http://voki.com

Set up your account

Verify your account via email

Account activated

Insert email & password

Now you can create your Voki!

Click Create a new Voki

Voki has excellent tutorial videos

Begin by choosing a character – click on

the button

A pop out box appears –click on the forward & back

arrows to see more characters. Click on the

picture of the character you want

Now choose a hair style

You can titivate further by clicking on the “color” tab &

changing hair colour. You can do this with lips, eyes, makeup etc

as well

Change the lip shape & fine-tune colour as in previous

slide

Choose an outfit

Get creative with a bit of bling!

Now you can change the background picture behind

your character

You can even upload your own background picture. Click on the

folder & browse on your computer

You can even upload your own background picture. Click on the

folder & browse on your computer. Then click the “Upload” button.

Make sure your picture is not too big – it takes a long time

to upload

You can change the colour of your player to match your character &

background.

Give your character a voice. You can do it by telephone

by calling the number & quoting the passcode.

However, this costs you a phone call to the USA!

Or…You can type your text & choose one of the voices

from the dropdown list that appears

Or…you can put on your headset & mic & record a short 1 minute message by clicking the “record” button. You can listen, delete the message & record

again as many times as you like. Click the “Done” button when you are happy with your recording

You can record a longer message by recording it into a program such as Audacity, saving as file & uploading into the Voki. Audio

recordings are large so be prepared to wait a while until it uploads.

Once you are happy with your Voki, it is time to publish. Click

on the “Publish” button

Type in a name for your Voki and click “Save”.

There are a number of options for saving & embedding your Voki. If

you wish to email click on the “Send to a friend” tab & follow

instructions. To send to Facebook, blog, Twitter etc, click on the

corresponding icon.

To embed into your wiki, click in the Embed code box to highlight the code then

click “Copy”

Open the wiki where you want to embed your Voki &

click the “Edit” button. Click in the spot where you want your

Voki to appear on the wiki page. On the toolbar choose the “Widget” icon that looks

like a TV

In the widget box, choose “Other HTML”

and paste the code you copied into the box &

click “Save”

Paste your code here

Now you have a Voki that speaks with your own voice!