Use a Moodle Forum with a Blog like Format
Instructor sets up forum in Moodle course:
- Click, Add an Activity or Resource
- Select Forum
- Enter a Forum name and place your instructions in the Description.
- For Forum Type select "Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format"
Student Steps
Step 1. Students record an audio file
Windows PC - Use Voice Recorder - See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028308/windows-how-to-use-voice-recorder
Apple Mac - Use Quicktime Player - See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201066
Google Drive - Cloud Audio Recorder - Go to Google Drive, Click New, Select More, Select Connect more apps, and add Cloud Audio Recorder.
To Use - Go to Google Drive, Click New, Select More and Select Cloud Audio Recorder.
For those with a mobile device you can use the Google Drive App or Cloud Audio Recorder and save the audio files to Google Drive and then use the share link or may also save the file to your computer for uploading into Moodle (see below).
For advanced users and audio editing use Audacity (Mac or Windows)
- Contact ITS for help installing Audacity if it is not already running on your computer
- Overview
Step 2: Students Click "Add a new topic" and then add a subject 
Step 3: Students can add the audio to a Forum or Assignment in one of the following ways
Option 1: For files saved to your Bethel Google Drive:
- Fill in the Subject
- Paste the Google Drive "Share" address into the Message box,
- Highlight the address,
- Click the Moodle Link tool
, - Paste the same URL into the URL field, (select the "Open in new window" checkbox)
- Click "Create link"
- Click Post to forum
Option 2: For files saved on your computer:
- Fill in the Subject
- In the Message box, click on the Media tool
- Click on browse to find your file and then click insert media to insert the file into your Message. See sample at right.
- Click Post to forum