Google Voice Comments

 Founded on the belief that one-on-one mentoring sessions are really the best way to teach writing, but understanding that due to time constraints this is almost always impossible, the team at learn.ly added to the Google Docs comments functionality by allowing teachers to leave voice feedback.  

Learn.ly "Audio Feedback" is a free, easy to install, and easy to use tool within Google Docs.  In addition to being a great way for teachers to leave feedback, learn.ly can also be used for peer editing.  I can also see World Language teachers using feed.ly to have students write and speak in one assignment.

In order to record with learn.ly you must first install the app into your Google Docs.

• Right lick on any GDoc in your Google Drive 
• Select "Open With" and then "Connect more Apps
• Search for "voice" and you will see "Voice Comments" click add.

• Once you have added the app you can click on any GDoc that you want to add a voice comment to, right click and select "open with" and then "voice comments". This will take you to the voice comment editor. 

Check out the video below to see how easy it is to use learn.ly once installed.




Students can get to their feedback by opening their Google Doc and clicking on the comments button. They will then see a link to the learn.ly screen where they can review your feedback.