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Award-winning, industry leader in content authoring

SoftChalk LLC www.softchalk.com. Award-winning, industry leader in content authoring. MISSION Provide an easy to use, yet powerful solution that enables educators to create-their-own interactive online learning content for use in any LMS. Your hosts for this webinar…. Mary Beth Huneke

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Award-winning, industry leader in content authoring

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  1. SoftChalk LLC www.softchalk.com • Award-winning, industry leader in content authoring MISSIONProvide an easy to use, yet powerful solution that enables educators to create-their-own interactive online learning content for use in any LMS.

  2. Your hosts for this webinar… Mary Beth Huneke Online Education Advisor West Region / International marybeth@softchalk.com Kathy Tally Professional Development Specialist Quality Matters

  3. Benefits… Create engaging, interactive, and accessible online courses!

  4. Benefits • Content Authoring Program - SoftChalk Create • Accessible Content • Collaborate on Lessons within a Shared folder • Anytime/Anywhere Access • Portable – Edit Once – Put Links in Multiple Places

  5. Benefits (cont.) • When a lesson is saved to the Cloud, the following is automatically generated for the lesson: • Hyperlink and Embed code – use inside or outside an LMS • LTI link – use inside an LMS to capture student scores in the LMS gradebook

  6. Track Student Score Results Outside or Inside an LMS

  7. Why Use SoftChalk Cloud If You Already Have an LMS? • Intermingle content and interaction • Over 30 different types of interactives Ex. Labeling, HotSpot, Crossword, Flashcards • Design flexibility – Ex. Sidebars, Callout boxes

  8. Address multiple learning styles (ex. auditory, visual and kinetic) • Learning is integrated rather than disjointed • Student satisfaction and learning comprehension are high because students learn by doing

  9. SoftChalk Share – Our OER Repository • SoftChalk has an OER called SoftChalk Share • Over 15,000 items (includes learning objects, quiz groups, lessons and files). • Over 13,000 lessons

  10. SoftChalk ShareEdit Content • Search for content by • Keyword • Educational Level • Subject Area • More Info on SoftChalk Share • Search for Content

  11. SoftChalk Share (cont) • WITHOUT a SoftChalk Cloud account, you can use the hyperlink or embed code for the content you find. • WITH a SoftChalk Cloud account, in addition to using the hyperlink and embed code, you can ALSO copy and modify content. Ex. Writing Lesson

  12. Today’s Presentation • View Over 30 SoftChalk Sample Interactives - All types of quiz items including: • Labeling • HotSpot • Flashcards • DragNDrop • View SoftChalk Sample Lessons by Discipline • Business Lesson – Types of Investments • Math – Functions and Polynomials • English – Enliven Your Writing • Chemistry – Bonding and Material Properties

  13. Today’s Presentation (Cont.) • In SoftChalk Cloud, use SoftChalk Create to make a SoftChalk Lesson and save it to SoftChalk Cloud. • View the Hyperlink, LTI link and Embed code for the lesson

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