OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH

SOFTCHALK:

Create engaging lessons and learning objects quickly and easily.

Style your lesson for a professional look.

Add many activities and quizzes that promote active learning.

Run on both Windows and Macintosh computers.

Work in both a web launch version and a desktop version.

Produce lessons that are viewable in a web browser on standard computers and mobile devices (such as eBook, iPad, and Chromebook).

What SoftChalk DOES

SoftChalk is an e-learning tool that makes it easy for instructors to create mobile friendly, accessible lesson content that easily integrates text, multimedia (video, audio, images), interactive exercises, and quizzes. Their motto is "If It Isn't Easy, It Isn't SoftChalk". [MTSU Site License]

SoftChalk makes it easy for faculty to create interactive content in minutes that addresses key content points, like learning games, flashcards, image labeling, hotspot activities, matching games, crosswords, and more. Faculty can create short quizzes to check for understanding using seven different questions types, true/false, multiple choice, multiple answer, short answer, matching, ordering, and essay. Quiz questions can be added one at a time throughout the lesson or they can be grouped together in Quiz Groups. Questions can be given points and answers can be tracked.

Pop-up text annotations can be inserted into content to define terminology and enhance the interactivity of your lesson. Links can be made that take students to related Web content, Word documents, PDF, etc., BUT...this content can also be brought directly into the lesson using iFrames.

Adapted from Middle Tennessee State University: http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/fitc/softchalk.html

Overall description of tool and capabilities—Difficulty Level

Why should I use SoftChalk?

SoftChalk is an easy-to-use authoring tool specifically designed for creating class materials.

Create interactive Web pages for your traditional face-to-face, online or blended learning course. It's easy, quick, and your lessons will look like a professional designer created them.

SoftChalk also effortlessly creates digitally-accessible Web content for you, that is, Web content that is accessible to everybody, including people with disabilities.

If you can use Microsoft Word, Outlook or Blackboard Learn, you can use SoftChalk. Designed for teachers and content-experts who don't have time to learn complex software, SoftChalk is simple, yet powerful, with only the features you need to create exciting, interactive, media-rich content …

No programming or HTML required With SoftChalk, you can create professional-looking, interactive content without knowing any HTML, JavaScript or any programming.

Adapted from University of Illinois at Chicago: http://accc.uic.edu/service/education-technology-support/softchalk

WHEN AND WHY YOU’LL USE SOFTCHALK:1. When you want your material to behave like an active webpage (with html

coding).

2. SoftChalk activities:

How to turn your content into an interactive webpage at www.softchalk.com

:

Select: “My Content”

Select: “Create Content”

Select: “Create Lesson in SoftChalk Create”

How to turn your content into an interactive webpage at www.softchalk.com

:You may have to install or update

JAVA the first time you do this

How to turn your content into an interactive webpage at www.softchalk.com

:

If you already have already

copied your content onto the

clipboard, click on the “Edit”

tab, then Select: “Paste”

Click on the “Properties” tab then

Select: “Style Properties”

NOTE: Whatever 120 different

style you choose from will

automatically activate the html

navigation properties!

This 9 minute tutorial video answers a lot of questions

http://softchalk.com/video-tutorials/softchalk-navigation/open-navigation

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http://softchalk.com/2011/08/top-5-m-learning-best-practices-for-softchalk-mobile-users

Adapted from Middle Tennessee State University: http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/fitc/softchalk.html

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/gettingstarted

http://softchalk.com/learn-more/training/video-tutorials

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/VAHPERD-Journal/286254345.html

http://softchalk.com/2011/08/top-5-m-learning-best-practices-for-softchalk-mobile-users