Live Review activities in the Soomo video recorder let you present your speeches in real time and receive feedback from your instructors and classmates. All Live Review recordings are saved in the video recorder for later review, so you can get feedback both during and after the activity.

Log in to your webtext and navigate to the desired Live Review activity. The Index of Speech Assignments at the bottom of the webtext’s Table of Contents can help you find a particular activity.

From there, you’ll join the Live Review session as a participant or observer.

When it’s your turn to present, you’ll follow these steps:

1. Join the Live Review session: In the main view of the video recorder, there will be a thumbnail for each Live Review session. Click Join on the session with your name on it, then click Join as Participant in the pop-up that appears.

2. Present and record your speech: When you’re ready to begin your speech, click the Record button in the bottom left of the video recorder. This will start streaming your video to the observers.

If you need to take a break when recording, click the Pause button in the bottom left. Keep in mind that your camera and microphone will stay active for the observers, so they can still see and hear you, but nothing during this time will be recorded or saved. When you’re ready, click Resume to begin recording again.

3. End the recording: When you’re finished, click the Stop button in the bottom left. In the pop-up that appears, add a title if you’d like, then click Post to submit your recording or Delete to archive or delete it.

Observers will follow a slightly different process to take part in the Live Review session:

1. Join the session: In the main view of the video recorder, there will be a thumbnail for each Live Review session. Click Join on the session thumbnail for the student who will be presenting.

2. Wait for the presentation to begin: If the presenter hasn’t yet begun their recording, a pop-up will appear letting you know you’ll need to wait for the presentation to begin. If the presenter has already started when you join the session, the pop-up will not appear and you’ll see their presentation right away.

3. Watch and give feedback: When the presenter begins recording, the waiting pop-up will close automatically. As you watch your classmate’s presentation, you can leave real-time feedback using markers and comments in the video recorder.

For more information on the different feedback types, visit our article, How do I give feedback on speeches in the Soomo video recorder?

If you have any questions, click the Messenger button in the lower right corner. You can also contact us using the information below.

888-240-0314
Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–9 p.m. ET
Saturday–Sunday 1 p.m.–9 p.m. ET
​support@soomolearning.com