Blackboard's Name Pronunciation feature allows all users (students, faculty or staff) to type out how they would prefer their displayed name to be pronounced and record audio, which appears alongside their Blackboard Avatar on Discussion Forum postings, Groups, Class rosters, and in Grading areas. This article provides steps for users to enable this feature, and shows where it displays for both faculty and for students.
What this is: A "pronunciation" text field has been added to Blackboard personal settings, and all users can use this field to type out and record audio of how they want their name to be pronounced. NOTE: This needs to be set up by each user only one time in their Blackboard profile, and once they do this, it will appear in all of the classes they are teaching/taking.
How To Set This Up (for Students, Faculty and Staff using Blackboard) On A Computer:
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Log into your Blackboard account and, on the left menu, click on your profile (the area that has your name) and it will expand.
Click on Add Pronunciation.
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In the Pronunciation area, type in how you would like your name to be pronounced. |
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You can also click "Record name pronunciation" icon to record audio up to 20 seconds. Once you click this, the bar will turn purple, and it will count down. Once the countdown begins, you can start recording audio. Once it's done, you can click "play name pronunciation" to play back the audio you have recorded. or click the X icon on the right side to delete it and re-record.
When you're finished, make sure to click 'Done" art the bottom to save this.
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Where This Will Appear:
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If you make posts or threads on the Discussion Board in your course(s), others can click on your avatar thumbnail to see your desired name pronunciation: |
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Or, from within a discussion thread, by clicking on the avatar: |
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If you are an instructor (faculty), you can also go to the course roster on the left menu in a course you are teaching (Control Panel > Users & Groups > Users) and click on the avatar thumbnail to see this information for your students if they have set it: |
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Also, faculty can see the name pronunciation when grading assignments submitted by students, by clicking on the avatar thumbnail of the student they are grading at the top or at the right: |
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This is also true from an instructor perspective when grading tests/quizzes, and when looking at retention center reports - basically, anywhere the thumbnail of the avatar or the avatar of a Blackboard user displays, if they have added Name Pronunciation, it can be clicked on to reveal the pronunciation of that user's name. |
More information can be found via Blackboard's Article on this feature. For any further questions on setting Name Pronunciation or other Blackboard settings, create a service ticket or contact servicedesk@saintpeters.edu to request assistance.