SoftChalk is software that can create interactive lessons that can be linked and integrated into an eLearning@UNG (D2L) course.
Visit DETI’s SoftChalk Cloud page on myUNG (login required) to learn more about SoftChalk and get an activation key for the software.
If you’re a new SoftChalk user, these live, one-hour online training webinars are just what you need to get started. The training typically includes a presentation and examples, as well as an opportunity for you to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor.
Go to the SoftChalk training schedule page to register for any of these one-hour webinars.
Getting Started 1: An Overview of SoftChalk Cloud
Monday, April 06, 2020
3:30 pm ET
This Short Course will show the many features of SoftChalk Cloud. You will see how to create a folder, share the contents of a folder, create a poll and create a rating. You will also see how to save a Desktop lesson to the Cloud, place an activity into the Cloud, place objects into the My Files area of the Cloud and insert objects stored in the Cloud into a lesson.
Getting Started 2: An Overview of SoftChalk Create
Monday, April 06, 2020
5:00 pm ET
This Short Course will show the many features of SoftChalk Create. In the overview, you will see how to take a Word document and easily make it into an interactive web lesson, how to save your lesson, add a design style, and create interactive activities and text annotations. Lastly, you’ll see how to package your lesson for delivery in a Learning Management System or on a web server.
The key takeaways for this lesson are:
- how to copy from Word
- how to apply a style
- how to apply a Theme
- how to save a lesson
- how to preview a lesson
ToolTips, Images and Hyperlinks
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to insert and modify pop-up text annotations; how to insert, optimize and modify images within a lesson page and within a ToolTip; and how to create and modify hyperlinks on a lesson page and within a ToolTip. Lastly, you will learn how easy it is to use the Media Search tool to look for and insert graphics.
Navigation Features and Sidebars
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how the navigation works within SoftChalk Create, including how to make a topic part of the navigation, how to change the appearance of the on-page navigation, create a table of contents and create new pages. You will also learn how to create a sidebar and place internal navigation within the sidebar.
Embedded Media
Friday, April 17, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to embed media into a lesson, and a ToolTip. Learn how to use the media search tool and the SoftChalk Cloud to place video and Audio files into a lesson. You will also learn how to add a survey and poll into your lesson.
Quizzes and SoftChalk ScoreCenter
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to create and modify single and multiple question quizzes and how to report scores using the grade book in a Learning Management System and SoftChalk’s ScoreCenter.
Interactive Presentation Learning Activities
Thursday, April 23, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to create and modify presentation learning activities in SoftChalk Create. Both text and graphics-based activities will be shown. Activities that will be covered include the Charts activity, Did You Know activity, TimeLine activity and many more. You will also learn a method to place a PowerPoint slide deck as a slideshow activity within SoftChalk Create and how to “Import” a PowerPoint slide deck into a SoftChalk Create slideshow.
Interactive Scoring Learning Activities
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
3:30 pm ET
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to create and modify scoring learning activities in SoftChalk Create. Both text and graphics-based activities will be shown. Activities that will be covered include the Drag and Drop activity, Sorting activity, HotSpot activity and many more.
Using SoftChalk Create with your LMS
Thursday, April 30, 2020
3:30 pm ET
This Short Course will show how you can connect your SoftChalk lessons directly into your Learning Management System and have your student scores go directly into the grade book. You will also be shown how to examine the student scores to see how they answered each quiz question. You will see how you can restrict the number of times the students can access the lesson and which score will be placed in the grade book. This class will be offered for several different Learning Management Systems.