Frequently asked questions

General

Viva Vocina is an oral assessment tool on the Vocina platform. The tool has short, structured conversations with learners about work they have submitted, helping educators check whether students can explain, justify, and meaningfully discuss their learnings.
Viva Vocina is designed for schools and tertiary providers. It is suited to educators who want a practical and scalable way to check learners’ understanding of submitted coursework.
Tutors create a course in Viva Vocina and share the link with students. Students upload their work and complete an oral assessment based on their submission. Tutors can then review the audio, transcript, AI-generated feedback, and assessment of understanding in the platform.
Viva Vocina is for submitted work where a spoken follow-up can help show what someone really understands. Submitted work may include essays, reports, written responses, portfolios, project work, reflections, and similar coursework.
Questions are generated from the student’s uploaded work and are designed to explore ideas, sources, reasoning, decision-making, and their ability to apply concepts in other contexts.
No. It is an oral assessment tool that helps educators check students’ understanding of submitted work through conversation.

Yes. Viva Vocina is designed for assessment environments where the key question is not simply how the work was produced, but whether the student can explain, justify, and discuss it.
Yes. Viva Vocina can be used alongside submitted work as a parallel assessment, giving educators another source of evidence about learners’ understanding.
Yes. Viva Vocina can also be used as an interactive oral assessment where spoken responses are a central part of the assessment activity.
Tutors can access the student’s audio recording, a transcript, AI-generated feedback, and an understanding score, which is shown on a scale from 1 to 10.
No. Viva Vocina is designed to support educators by providing additional assessment information. Tutors still need to use their judgement when interpreting the outputs and make decisions about students’ learning outcomes.
Yes. Viva Vocina can help reveal where a student’s understanding is strong and where further teaching, feedback, or support may be needed.
Yes. Viva Vocina is designed to make oral follow-up more practical and scalable, helping providers use viva-style / oral questioning across larger groups of learners.
Submitted work shows what a student has produced. Oral assessment helps educators explore whether the learner can explain, justify, and apply what they have submitted. Used together, they can provide a fuller picture of students’ understanding.

Yes. Viva Vocina includes a free tier that gives you access to the platform so you can set up, test the tool and try it with learners for up to 10 minutes in total - roughly two short assessments.
This gives you a simple way to explore Viva Vocina and see if it suits your learners before moving to a paid subscription.
No. Viva Vocina is a ready-to-use subscription product, so you can get started straight away on the platform.
There is no consultation or pilot required, and the free tier gives you a practical way to try the tool before committing to a paid plan.
Viva Vocina is priced by assessment minutes, not by tutor or student numbers. Each paid tier includes a monthly minute allowance, with unused minutes rolling over while your subscription is active.
Yes. Extra minute packs are available if you need more than what your plan includes.