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SoftChalk eNewsletter |
July 2009
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Version 5 New Features now part of SoftChalk Short Course Training
The free Short Course training sessions available now are listed below:
Embed Media and Sidebars/TextPoppers, Images and Hyperlinks in SoftChalk
Search digital repositories and easily integrate that media into your lesson. Also add widgets (polls, surveys, blogs, wikis, etc.) to your lesson.
Interactive Learning Activities
Import PowerPoint slides into a SoftChalk slide show, and other enhancements to SoftChalk Learning Activities.
Importing into Blackboard
Publish a lesson directly into a Blackboard course.
Sign up to attend a New Features Short Course Today! |
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Creating interactive Math Lessons for Online, Hybrid, and Traditional Courses
Thursday July 23rd 9am PT | 10am MT | 11am CT | 12pm ET
Join us for the July Innovators series where Marilyn Larsen, Associate Professor, College of the Mainland will show how you can use SoftChalk to ensure that students are actively engaged in the learning process. Marilyn will show how SoftChalk has provided an easy-to-use platform to design visually appealing, interactive and engaging lessons to meet all learning styles. You will see almost all of what SoftChalk has to offer in ways of activities, text poppers, hyperlinks, quiz ideas and tables. The lessons also demonstrate the effective integration of third party media. While the content is math, all disciplines will benefit from this presentation. The presentation will end with a Q & A session. Register Now! |
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Summer Education Technology Conferences
The SoftChalk team will be traveling to conferences this summer and we would love to meet you.
Stop by our booth at the following conferences:
Sakai 7/8-7/10, Boston MA
Got AT 7/20, Richmond VA
Blackboard World (booth # 406) 7/14- 7/16, Washington, DC
Campus Technology "Syllabus" Conference (booth # 414) 7/27-7/29, Boston, MA
25th Annual Distance Learning Conference (booth # 500) 8/4-8/7, Madison, WI
MERLOT 8/13-8/16, San Jose, CA |
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Straight From a Chalkie: Cathy Speaks Out
“SoftChalk continues to amaze me—not only the application, but all the contacts I have had with consultants and trainers and now the Help Desk. Truly the best!”
Cathy Deardoff, English Instructor, Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
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SoftChalk V5 Tip: How to Embed a TeacherTube video into a SoftChalk Lesson
1. Go to the TeacherTube website (http://www.teachertube.com/)
2. Find a video.
3. Copy the embed code for this video (found to the right of the video under Embeddable Player).
4. Open your SoftChalk lesson.
5. Choose Insert/Widget. (The Widget feature is a new feature in Version 5.)
6. Click Paste Code.
7. Enter a Name.
8. Click OK.
9. Preview your lesson. (You must be online for the video to play).
Check out TeacherTube now. |
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Where to Learn More
Introductory Webinars
These 45 minute presentations introduce the key features of LessonBuilder. We will view example lessons, and then demonstrate how the lesson content was created using SoftChalk LessonBuilder. 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/.
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