CUOnline learning apps for tutors

SoftChalk allows you to make interactive web pages for e-learning.  It has a large variety of styles and it has an instant preview to see the resulting web pages.  It’s particularly useful for adding activities, including a hot-spot quiz.

You can download a free 30 day trial from: http://www.softchalk.com/

For more about SoftChalk, visit the CUOnline help SoftChalk page.

SoftChalk Examples

The SoftChalk web site gives examples of its use. The sample lessons are especially useful.

Here is a collection of examples showing some of the features of SoftChalk…

Basic format

Information Technology Support was used in the Moodle Student Induction web.

• Shows a basic design, colour scheme and navigation.
• Note the print all option that enables the user to print all of the pages in one go, without being impeded by the header, footer and navigation.

Constructing FAQs

Moodle FAQs was used in an introductory staff website.

• Shows a set of internal links, set up using bookmarks
• Shows the On this Page option, automatically generated from the marked Headings

Images using textpopper

CUOnline Student Guide archives (you need to login to Curve for this) Learn Online 2002

• Shows images
• Hover over an image to get a larger image - this uses an image within SoftChalk’s textpopper option
• Includes a text only sidebar listing PDF copies of the guides

Embedding media

Moving to Moodle: presentations at the Moving to Moodle Open Forum Feb 2010

• Embedding media
• Several media on one page
• Media were placed in different public locations

Image hot spots

Use of a hot spot activity in the Blackboard to Moodle example…

• Hover over the options in a Blackboard image to see the Moodle equivalent
• The keyhole indicates the accessibility option