1. Micky Lina Zampichelli ELFADA project

2.  What is Voki?  Create a Voki account  Creating your own Voki  Embedding Voki in a blog

3.  Speaking avatar  Voki is a free web tool that allows you to create your own avatar that speaks and says whatever you want it to say. It is very easy to use. Voki  Vox + Loki = Voki  Vox is Latin for voice  Loki is a prankster character in Norse mythology From Wikipedia

4.  Go to www.voki.com home pagewww.voki.com  Click on REGISTER

5.  Fill out the form.  Click on “I accept the Terms of Use” box.  Click on SIGN UP.  Voki will send you an email. To activate your account click on the activation link in the email.

6.  You can now create your Voki  Click on Create button on menu  Click on Create a New Voki.

7.  You can choose a character. You can change the look (e.g. hair, clothing and bling).  Give it a Voice. You can use your own voice using the microphone, or you can type in what you want to say and choose a voice (from drop-down menu).  Click on Publish

8. You can  Send your Voki to a friend.  Embed your Voki in your blog.  Adding a Voki to your blog is as simple as grabbing its embed code and adding it to your post.

9.  Completely write your post including adding title, text and images  Click on save draft, preview your post and make all necessary edits.  Once you have published your Voki grab the embed code by clicking on Copy:

10.  Click on HTML Tab on your blog post.  Paste the embed code into your post where you want it to appear.  Save draft  Publish your blog post.  Don’t click back to Visual tab before publishing as it can break the embed code.

11.  For a Voki you’ve created previously, you need to log into your Voki account, click on ‘Publish your Voki’. Locate the embed code and then click on Copy.

12.  Create a speaking avatar  Customise your avatar to look like you or take on the identity of a different character  Record a message (in your own voice) that tells something about yourself.  Write a blog post about speaking avatars  Add your avatar to your blog.

13.  Create a Voki with a message to your friends.  For example, birthday greetings, party invitation, announcement, a joke …  Send your Voki to friends and/or family via email  Send to your lecturers.

15. A. Very good and interesting B. I learnt something new C. It was ok D. Not very good E. Boring and uninteresting