Voki is a fun, free animated avatar application that’s easy

to use in the classroom. It makes it easy for educators to

incorporate technology into lesson plans and
assignments. Voki is a unique tool to engage your
students in creative expressions.
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Voki is perfect if you are a 21st century, technology-
forward creative educator who introduces new and fun
applications to your classroom. Voki enables teachers
and students to express themselves on the Web by
creating a talking character using their own voice, an
uploaded file or by typing in a message (text-to-speech).
You can customize your Voki to resemble yourself or to
look like many other types of characters, such as people,
animals, historical figures, and more. Your Vokis can be
posted on your class blog, website, wiki or anywhere
online. It can also be shared as a link or accessed
through your classroom Voki account. You can use Voki
for any subject and any grade. There are endless ways of
using Voki in your classroom!
Access Voki for education at:
http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php

Create an account by clicking on register at the top of the webpage.

A pop up box will appear. After filling out the information you
will receive an email- click on the link in the email to activate
your account.
Currently children under 13
are not allowed to create
their own account.

Voki is in the process of

trying to make it possible for
educators to create
school/classroom accounts
to accommodate children
under the age of 13. For
now, it is suggested that
teachers create a classroom
account with their own
school email address and
share their password with
their students or type in the
password for the students if
they don’t wish to share it.
All saved Voki creations will
then be housed in your
account under “My Vokis”.
 Once you have an account – Log in:

FYI - The SitePal lady in the advertisement on the right will

speak when accessing the site – this feature is for business
websites only – you can click on the middle box to mute the
advertisement.
Once signed in – click begin to design your character.

A random character will be displayed – click customize your

character and a pop-up box will appear.
By clicking on the arrows on the side,
you will have many categories to
choose from. You can also narrow
your choice by selecting Male/Female
or all. Click . Your character
will then be displayed in the player.
You will notice that the character’s
eyes follow your cursor!

Depending on the character you have

selected, you may have the option of
changing hair style/color, lips,
clothing and bling. After creating the
look you wish click .
You may change
colors of the mouth,
eyes, skin and hair.
You can also “tweak”
the size of your
character’s mouth,
nose, body, height and
width by sliding the
corresponding bar to
the left or right.
You change the background by
clicking the background button. A
new box will open.

Click on the arrows above the

background choices to select the
category of background you
want. After making your choice,
click

You may use a picture file for

your background by clicking the
file icon. Click . Locate your
graphic file and then click
.
Lastly, click when
background appears in the player.
 Changing the player/frame

To change the
player/frame around
your character, click on

After
choosing the
color, click
.
FYI- The dice in the corner of the player is to
assist in allowing the website to pick a
random character for you.
 Giving your character a voice

There are several ways to give your character a voice. To

begin click on the icon that represents your choice.

Record you voice over the phone. Record with microphone, Record
You will be given the phone your own voice – Maximum
number and passcode to enter. recording time is 60 seconds.

Text to speech. Type your Upload an Audio File. (or use a

message and choose from previously recorded voki audio
different voices and accents to message) – maximum length of
speak for you. 600 maximum audio file is 60 secornds/1
typed characters. minute.
 Recording your voice over the phone

After clicking the phone icon

a phone number and 8 digit
passcode will appear. Call
the phone number and you
will be prompted to key in
your 8 digit passcode.

Once you enter your code you will be

prompted to speak and your screen
will show “recording” - Press the # key
when finished.

You then have the option to:

Press 1 – to hear your message

Press 2 – to save your message

Press 3 – to delete and re-record your

message
Once you have saved over the phone your screen will show your message is
“processing” – Then you will see that the call was completed “successfully” YOU
MUST CLICK SAVE ON THE SCREEN TO SAVE THE VOICE MESSAGE TO VOKI.

After clicking
A “Name Your
Audio” box will
appear – After
naming your audio Your recorded message has
file (20 characters been saved in your file and
max.) click can be accessed by clicking
the icon.
 Text to Speech

Click on the Text to Speech Icon

Located in the “give it a
voice” toolbar.

After finishing
your message
you can click the
down arrows
A blue box will and chose:
appear for you to
type your
message. – A voice and
Maximum is 600 accent from the
typed characters. list of voices
provided. Click
the play button
to listen to your
message.
Record with microphone

Click on the Record with

Microphone Icon
located in the
“give it a voice” toolbar.

To begin recording click on the

Button. Once you have
completed your recording – press
STOP.
If you are satisfied with
your recording, click
. You will be
prompted to name your
audio file – after naming
the file click

Once your audio has

been saved – it will
appear in the audio
folder.

You can also add FX

sound effects by clicking
on the FX button. After
typing or adding your
recorded message, go
into the FX effects and
your voice will take on
that effect. When you are
finished click
Upload or Use a Previously Saved Audio File

Once in this option you can browse for an audio file on

your computer – (example: an audacity created file).
Once locating the file click upload. Once file is uploaded
it will appear in your list of files.

This is also where you find your previously created or

uploaded audio files. You can listen to the file by clicking
on the play button – or delete the file by clicking on the X
button.
 Publishing/Saving Your Voki

To save/publish your Voki – Click on the

button. A box will appear for
you to Name Your Scene. After naming
your scene click – SAVE.

You will receive a message that your

scene has been saved.

Once you have saved your “scene” – Your Voki will appear in the MY VOKI section –
located at the top of the webpage. There is currently no limited to the number of
Vokis that you can save.
Click on My Voki and your saved avatars will appear. You can view or share your
avatar from here. To view, click play on the player. To share, click the Publish your
Voki button. A box will appear with several choices. If you are
embedding you avatar – choose the size and copy the embed code to add as a
gadget on your blog/wiki/webpage.

You can also share your Voki as a link. Copy and

paste the provided link into an email - You also
have the option of saving your link as a Symbaloo
link.