There are only a few more weeks until the release of SoftChalk V6. Be one of the first to see the exciting features and the completely new Learning Object Repository (LOR) for publishing and sharing content – SoftChalk CONNECT™. We're offering sneak peeks of the new features and enhancements this month!

At the Sneak Peek webinar, you will experience:

SoftChalk RLOs – Convert SoftChalk activities and quizzes into Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs), then publish them to SoftChalk CONNECT and share them with others!

SoftChalk CONNECT™ – Share your SoftChalk RLOs in CONNECT™, and create POLL and RATING learning objects to use in your SoftChalk lesson, Web page, e-mail or blog.

SoftChalk publishing – “One button” publishing to major LMS/CMS as well as MERLOT... and one button executable lesson packaging, too! SoftChalk authoring – New Learning Activities and many more enhancements.

Available in May, SoftChalk V6 and CONNECT will once again show why SoftChalk is the educator’s only tool for easy content creation. Download a pdf of the new features and register for a sneak peek webinar today!

Register for one of our sneak peek webinars now: http://www.softchalk.com/webinar.

Check out our monthly series, which highlights guest speakers who are using SoftChalk in innovative ways.

SIRIUS – Interactive Content (with avatars!) for a National Audience

Patti Levine Brown, Professor of Communication, Director Project DELTA
Peter J. Shapiro, Ph.D., Director of Creative Learning Services, The SIRIUS Project

SIRIUS, is a Florida State College at Jacksonville strategic unit whose courses are developed by faculty teams and designed with the latest customized learning technology tools including avatars, custom character development, and an abundance of multimedia and interactive learning tools. These courses are already being used nationally by a number of institutions.

SIRIUS is also supported by Project DELTA, a recent $728,000 FIPSE grant awarded to facilitate the dissemination of the faculty development program and beta testing of the SIRIUS courses throughout higher education. SIRIUS is looking for colleges whose faculty are interested in participating in this higher education consortium to test these courses.

Click here to Learn More or to Register.

The SoftChalk team will be traveling to conferences this Summer and we would love to see you.

Stop by our booth at the following conferences:

Brenda Martin, Assistant Professor and Second Year Clinic Coordinator
Montgomery County Community College

Introductory Webinars
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of SoftChalk. We will view example lessons, then demonstrate how the lesson content was created using SoftChalk. The session ends with a question and answer period. For more information or to register, go to http://www.softchalk.com/webinar/.

Short Courses
SoftChalk is now offering online training sessions to everyone for FREE! Each Short Course is a live 1-hour training session conducted by a SoftChalk instructor using web conferencing. The course includes a presentation and examples, as well as an opportunity to ask questions and receive assistance from the instructor. For more information or to register go to http://www.softchalk.com/training/.

Innovator Vignettes
Our Innovators in Online Learning presentations are so popular that we decided to give you quick look at what all the excitement is about. These brief vignettes might encourage you to check out the full presentations. For more information or to view the vignettes go to http://www.softchalk.com/lb_vignettes.html.