Implementation of Voice User Interfaces to Enhance Users’ Activities on Moodle
Toshihiro Kita, Chikako Nagaoka, Naoshi Hiraoka, Martin Dougiamas · 2019
Voice user interfaces (VUIs) are effective and intuitive to improve user interaction with various types of information-technology-based systems. VUIs are increasingly becoming suitable for use in various practical applications, e.g., voice-operated smartphones or smart speakers such as Amazon Echo or Google Home. If VUIs, which enable hands-free and intuitive use, become available to a learning management system (LMS) such as Moodle, learning activities on the LMS can be made easier and help motivate the users. In addition, if it is possible to search LMS help documentation by speech via a VUI and listen to the search results, the work efficiency of LMS content creators may be improved. In this research, we have developed a voice app for learners to attempt quizzes on Moodle sites, and a voice app for users to search MoodleDocs (Moodle online documents).