How-to add different kinds of content and media to a lesson in ANVILL 2.

1. Using Media Content
in ANVILL 2
creating prompts and adding media to create
interesting oral/aural tasks
ANVILL 2 Course System
Text
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2. The Starting Point for
Interactivity in ANVILL 2
Situation:
You want to create a lesson
that looks like this, that is,
one that gives students a
video prompt, and asks them
to respond with a Voiceboard
posting.
To get started, follow these
steps...
task
instructions
response
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3. Click the “+”
button in the
lesson menu
To start from
scratch, choose
a new lesson, or
an existing one
from the Lesson
Library.
Step 1: Add a lesson
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4. Choose a template for
the lesson, e.g. Basic
Name the lesson
(and upload an icon
for it)
Fill in required
information about
the lesson, click
Save.
Step 2: Name the Lesson
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5. Our “basic” lesson is
created. We can edit
it to make it more
specific to this
lesson.
To add a space for
new content, click
on the “+” sign
(this works for any
kind of content).
Step 3: Customizing the Lesson
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6. Choose Media File.
Teachers can add 4
different content
types anywhere in
ANVILL. Here we
want to add a video
link from YouTube.
Files > Add New
File. This is where
you choose the media
type and location.
Click finish.
Step 4: Adding a Media File
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7. Upload. Use this to
add a file from your
computer.
Web. This is lets you
type in a URL and
ANVILL will take
care of the rest.
My Files. This is
your ANVILL
library—everything
you’ve ever made.
Step 5: Adding a Media File, pt. 2
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8. Once you enter a
URL, a “thumbnail”
of the video appears.
Click finish.
Voila. Your video
appears in the
lesson.
Step 6: Adding a YouTube video
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9. Edit Page. ANVILL
permits you to drag
and drop content
blocks to get the best
sequence and visual
appeal.
Cross Bar > Drag this
to another yellow area
on the page to move
the block. Save. (or
click the + sign to
add something else.)
Step 7: Layout of Your Lesson
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10. Edit Page. Click the
+ sign to add a
Voiceboard.
Choose Voiceboard.
Name the Voiceboard,
decide if it should be
text only, speech only,
or both. Click Finish.
Save.
Step 8: Adding a Voiceboard
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11. That’s it! You’re done.
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12. More Questions?
You can always post
them to the Help Desk
discussion board!
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