Overview

SoftChalk Lesson Builder is licensed to the Viriginia Community College System (VCCS). To download it, go Blackboard and select Faculty Resources. The website address is www.softchalk.com

99 different math characters can be inserted by selecting Insert>Math Characters.

Tables provide formatting capability. Many of the standard HTML table attributes are available.

earth.gif Images can be inserted by clicking the icon above or Insert>Image on the menu.

Text annotations can also be added. One highlights the text then chooses Insert>TextPopper. This uses CSS and Javascript to implement these boxes. One has an option to create ticky textpoppers which remain open in the text until closed by the user. One can modify an existing TextPopper in the same fashion.

Quiz questions can be added. One the menu, one selects Insert>QuizPopper. There are six different possible types of questions that can be added.

     Open quiz question

There are six possible question types in QuizPopper.

    True
    False
   

     Open quiz question

Is this an example of a multiple choice question?

    a.

    yes

    b.

    no

    c.

    maybe

   

Activities can be added through the Activity Builder accessed from Insert>Activity. There are Flash Cards, Matching, and DragnDrop Matching Activities.

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When you are all done, you can Package your lesson which puts all the associated files into a .zip file.

Quit lesson