SoftChalk’s software helps instructors create interactive content for eLearning@UNG (D2L) courses. UNG instructors have access to the software with an institutional license (see details on DETI’s SoftChalk section on myUNG).
SoftChalk is providing live, one-hour online training webinars in December. The training typically includes a presentation and examples, as well as an opportunity for you to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor.
Register for SoftChalk Webinars
Getting Started 1: An Overview of SoftChalk Cloud
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.
REGISTER NOW Tuesday, December 01, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Getting Started 2: An Overview of SoftChalk Create
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
REGISTER NOW Tuesday, December 01, 2020
3:30 pm ET
TextPoppers, Images and Hyperlinks
In this one-hour Short Course you will learn how to insert and modify pop up text annotations. You will also learn how to insert, optimize and modify images within a lesson page and within a TextPopper. You will also learn how to create and modify hyperlinks within a lesson page and within a TextPopper. You will see how easy it is to use the Media Search tool to look for and insert graphics.
REGISTER NOW Thursday, December 03, 2020
3:00 pm ET
Navigation Features and Sidebars
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.
REGISTER NOW Tuesday, December 08, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Embedded Media
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.
REGISTER NOW Thursday, December 10, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Interactive Presentation Learning Activities
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.
REGISTER NOW Tuesday, December 15, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Interactive Scoring Learning Activities
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.
REGISTER NOW Wednesday, December 16, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Quizzes and SoftChalk ScoreCenter
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.
REGISTER NOW Friday, December 18, 2020
2:00 pm ET
Request a Short Course from SoftChalk
If the Short Course you’re interested in (see list below) is not currently scheduled, please email learnmore@softchalk to let us know.
Getting Started 1: An Overview of SoftChalk Cloud
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 the SoftChalk Create ThemeBuilder
This one-hour Short Course will show how to create your own personal Themes within the SoftChalk Create program. In this class you will learn how to add a graphic to a theme, how to add a logo to a theme, how to set the color that are used in a theme.
Creating, Importing and Modifying Tables
Learn how to create and modify tables in SoftChalk Create including how to import and modify a table from Excel or Word.
Using SoftChalk Create with your LMS
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.