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NameCoach

NameCoach is a tool to help instructors and students learn how to pronounce the names of everyone in their classes.

We have integrated with Camino (糖心传媒's branded instance of Canvas). NameCoach lets you record the pronunciation of your own name and then listen to the recordings from others in your class as often as necessary to feel confident that you are addressing your professors and your peers correctly. Making an effort to learn everyone鈥檚 names helps build a sense of community in your classes.

Regardless of whether or not you think your own name is hard to pronounce (others might not agree), please follow these steps and make a recording of your name. It takes only a few seconds. NameCoach automatically appears on the left navigation bar of all of your Camino courses.

To record your name pronunciation

  1. In Camino, navigate to 鈥淎ccount鈥 and then select 鈥淣ameCoach Recorder.鈥

    Camino account drop down menu
  2. Click 鈥淩ecord Name.鈥

  3. You can record directly into NameCoach by selecting 鈥淲eb Recorder,鈥 or select 鈥淧hone鈥 to receive a phone call to record your name. Either option is really easy and takes only a few seconds. If you record via the Web Recorder, we recommend using your computer鈥檚 microphone, as there are issues with bluetooth headphone microphones.

  4. Click 鈥淪ubmit,鈥 and you are all done! Your recording is automatically available in NameCoach for all of your classes. You can rerecord at any time.

To view others鈥 name pronunciations in your course

  1. Click on 鈥淣ameCoach鈥 on the left navigation bar of your Camino course.

    Camino Navigation screen shot to show NameCoach
  2. Your professor鈥檚 name and your peers鈥 names are listed with a Play Button icon (鈥Play Button鈥) next to the name of everyone who has recorded their name pronunciation.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the Instructional Technology team at caminosupport@scu.edu

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