Rutgers Shout-Out

Developed by Rutgers Camden IT, Rutgers Shout-Out provides students with a means to share the pronunciation of their name. Students within Canvas may share an audio clip or phonetic spelling of their name.

Rutgers Shout-Out is available for course editors and instructors through Rutgers Canvas by managing your course navigation.

Log into Rutgers Canvas.
Navigate to your Canvas course.
In the course navigation menu, click Rutgers Shout-Out.
Click Record to make a short audio recording of your name. You may have to allow the browser to have access to your microphone.
Type the phonetic spelling of your name in the appropriate box.
Select the authorize check box to share with instructor
Click the Save button.

Access your Canvas course from the course dashboard or the Courses menu.
Click Rutgers Shout-Out in your course navigation.If it is not listed, enable it by managing the course navigation links in course Settings.
The instructor view for Rutgers Shout-Out includes enrolled students, indicated pronouns (if updated in their Canvas Account Profile), phonetic spelling of their name, and an audio recording. Click the play button to hear a student’s name. This view is not available to students enrolled in your course.
To make an audio recording of your name:
1. Click Show Student View.
2. Click Record to record your name.
3. After recording your name. click Stop.
4. Click the play button to listen to your recording.
5. Click the 3 dots.
6. Click download.
7. Share the recording in your Syllabus or About your instructor page.