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SoftChalk™ Canvas Integration Guide Updated February 15, 2022
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Contents Introduction Links to SoftChalk FAQs, System Specs and Guides SoftChalk Cloud Volume Purchase or Purchase Order Enterprise SoftChalk Cloud Individual Purchase on the SoftChalk Cloud Website Trial SoftChalk Cloud Account SoftChalk Lessons in Canvas SoftChalk Canvas Integration Guide Web Link SoftChalk Cloud Users Overview: How SoftChalk Cloud Content Works with Canvas Overview: SoftChalk Cloud Link Selector app Adding Scored Lessons using Link Selector SoftChalk ScoreCenter in Canvas Overview Accessing SoftChalk ScoreCenter in Canvas Class Average Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts Preview the Lesson View or Change Scores Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson Essays View Grades from SoftChalk Lessons in the Canvas Gradebook Print or Email Scores Adding Non-Scored Lessons Using Link Selector Managing your SoftChalk Lessons with Canvas Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson Canvas Administrator Troubleshooting Desktop Users Scored Lessons (Desktop Users) Print or Email Scores SCORM Add the SCORM tool to your course navigation Use the SCORM tool Non Scored Lessons (Desktop Users) In SoftChalk Create: Package a Lesson In Canvas: Upload a Zip File Replace a Lesson NOT Saved to SoftChalk Cloud Help Copyright Information ...
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Overview: How SoftChalk Cloud Content Works with Canvas- Create Content: you will use a SoftChalk Cloud account to create and save your lesson in the Cloud (see the SoftChalk Cloud User Guide for additional information about this). After creating and saving a lesson in SoftChalk Cloud, your lesson will be assigned a unique hyperlink that you can use to share your lesson with your students in Canvas.
- Link Your Lesson: you will use the SoftChalk Link Selector app to link your lessons into your Canvas course(s). Additional step-by-step instructions for the SoftChalk Link Selector are provided below. A single SoftChalk lesson can be linked into as many Canvas courses as you wish. If you wish to collect scores in your Canvas gradebook, student scores for your lesson will pass into each individual course gradebook.
- Update Content: if you should need to update your lesson, you will login to SoftChalk Cloud, edit your lesson, and save it. Immediately and simultaneously, all courses in Canvas that are using that lesson will be automatically updated.
- Student Access: your students do not need to have accounts on SoftChalk Cloud to use your SoftChalk content in Canvas. Students will login to your Canvas course and click on your SoftChalk lesson links to view your content. To the student, the content is seamless with Canvas and appears to be native Canvas content. If you are tracking student scores, the SoftChalk lesson scores will pass directly into the Canvas gradebook for students to view the same way they view native Canvas gradebook information.
- Collect Scores: Before linking your SoftChalk lessons into your Canvas course, you will decide if you want to collect scores from your students or if you want your lessons to be "practice" lessons and you don't need to collect scores. Each time you link a lesson into Canvas, you can decide whether or not to collect scores. Many instructors use both "scored" and "practice" lessons within a course. NOTE: a single SoftChalk lesson can be linked into multiple Canvas courses simultaneously and can be set to report scores in some courses and set to not report courses in other courses. In other words, the same lesson can be used simultaneously in different ways in different courses.
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This section describes how to add scored SoftChalk lesson links into your Canvas course using the SoftChalk Link Selector app. It is assumed that you have already created your SoftChalk lesson and saved it into your SoftChalk Cloud account.
IMPORTANT: Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, be sure to assign points to each QuizPopper and Activity. (In the main editing window of your SoftChalk lesson, right-click on the QuizPopper or Activity and choose Modify QuizPopper or Modify Activity to assign points.)
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- At the left, click Assignments (see below).
IMPORTANT: If you put the SoftChalk content into another area such as Modules, the scores will NOT integrate with the Canvas gradebook.
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- For the Type, select External Tool from the dropdown menu. Enter a Name.
IMPORTANT: In the points area, enter the total number of points for the lesson (see below). Then click More Options.
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- Expand the lesson folders of your SoftChalk Cloud account and select your lesson.
NOTE: If you are a first-time user, you may need to enter your SoftChalk username/password credentials.
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If you do not see the SoftChalk Link Selector tool, your Canvas administrator may not have enabled this feature. However, the administrator may have enabled the LTI/ScoreCenter feature within your LMS. Please see the below FAQ if you are unable to use the Link Selector tool.
My institution does not have the Link Selector tool enabled. How can I add my scored SoftChalk Cloud lesson to Canvas?
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SoftChalk ScoreCenter in CanvasOverview...
To test the lesson, you need to be logged into your course as a student.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to LOG OUT of your SoftChalk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. If you are logged into your SoftChalk Cloud account while also logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.
Using the SoftChalk Link Selector to add your SoftChalk lessons to your course will automatically log you into your SoftChalk Cloud account.
If you have exited your browser, you may still be logged into
SoftChalk Cloud, so please go to
SoftChalk Cloud and see if you are logged in.
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A quick check of the Status icons helps to identify learner attempts that successfully completed the attempt by clicking on the Finish button on the last page.
IMPORTANT: Instructors can manually 'Complete' individual and/or all incomplete attempts using the Actions menu. See the section Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson below.
Below are Status icons you may see in ScoreCenter.
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- Enter a new score and click Change Score (see below). IMPORTANT: An attempt has to be complete before you can change the score.
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You have the option to complete all attempts for all students for a lesson. You may find that your students have neglected to complete their attempts (i.e., they have neglected to click Finish on the last page of the lesson – clicking Finish sends a completion status to the gradebook).
IMPORTANT: You may want to do this procedure after the availability of your lesson has expired.
IMPORTANT: This procedure cannot be undone. (You can change individual scores or re-open individual attempts if you need to.)
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Essays that you have assigned points to must be manually scored for each student's attempt.
Please read the important information below:
You will go into the gradebook (i.e. ScoreCenter) and evaluate and score the essay. You can also provide feedback to the student on the essay.
For example, you may have a lesson worth 100 points including one essay worth 10 points. (You assigned the points for the essay and other items.) Let's say a student completes everything correctly, completes the essay, clicks the Finish button for the essay and then clicks the Finish button on the last page of the lesson to submit his or her score. At this stage, the student has a score of 90 out of 100 because you will need to evaluate the essay and assign points.
(You may want to explain the above process to your students; as mentioned, you also have the option to assign 0 points to an essay if you like.)
In ScoreCenter, click on a student's name to view a list of attempts they've made on the lesson link. Select one of the attempts to view the Learner Details page. (See the View or Change Scores section above.)
Scroll down and click on an Essay QuizPopper and choose to Grade Essay. Here you can evaluate and score the essay. You can also add feedback for that Essay question here.
When you launch ScoreCenter, a scored Essay will appear with a yellow 'partial credit' icon until graded. A non-scored Essay will immediately appear with the green 'check mark' icon.
Students can launch the lesson link and click on the Feedback and previous revisionPrevious Attempts link available in the initial popup to view the score and any feedback received for each Essay question from their previous attempt.
Here students can view the Feedback from instructors of their overall lesson feedback (from the Actions menu Give Feedback option) or the individual Essay feedback.
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If you go to the Gradebook area in Canvas, you can see that the scores from your lessons appear in your Canvas Gradebook. (If you want to view or change scores for individual student attempts, see the section View or Change Scores.)
IMPORTANT: As previously mentioned, be sure to LOG OUT of your SoftChalk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. (If you are logged into your SoftChalk Cloud account while logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)
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- Your Results Center shows the scores from your SoftChalk lessons (see below).
IMPORTANT: If you want to change the grade or change your scoring method (most recent score, first score, etc.), please see the section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Number of Attempts.
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The Link Selector application dialog will display.
NOTE: If this is the first time you are accessing the SoftChalk Link Selector from Canvas, you will be prompted to enter your SoftChalk Cloud username and password. After successfully entering this information, a secure connection is established between your Canvas account and your SoftChalk Cloud account.
Thereafter, when you use the SoftChalk Link Selector tool in Canvas, you will be automatically logged into your SoftChalk account and will not be prompted for this information again.
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If you used the LTI Link or Hyperlink to your SoftChalk Cloud lesson, then you can easily edit your lesson within your SoftChalk Cloud account. (You don't have to paste in a new LTI Link or Hyperlink; simply edit your current lesson in SoftChalk Cloud and the LTI Link or Hyperlink for this lesson will still work.)
IMPORTANT: If you wish to edit a lesson for which you are tracking scores within Canvas. we recommend that you do not make scoring changes to the lesson if students have already started taking this lesson.
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- Enter both the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. Consumer Secret in the email is the same as Shared Secret on this screen. IMPORTANT- Make sure to delete the extra space picked up at the end of the key and secret after you copy paste that information from the SoftChalk email.
- Click on the link below to download the XML file. Copy/Paste the XML into the text entry field in Canvas when setting up the tool. Click Submit.
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- Click Submit.
- Test an LTI Link to see that grades go into the Canvas gradebook by following the steps in the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).
IMPORTANT: As previously mentioned, be sure to LOG OUT of your SoftChalk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. (If you are logged into your SoftChalk Cloud account while logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)
This completes the setup and install of the SoftChalk Link Selector app.
As a Canvas administrator, you can enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for your Canvas server without using the SoftChalk Link Selector Tool. Please see the FAQ:
Instead of using the Link Selector tool, can I still enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for our Canvas server?
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IMPORTANT: As mentioned previously, we recommend using the SoftChalk Cloud ScoreCenter solution versus using SCORM. See the section ScoreCenter Overview.
IMPORTANT: Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, be sure to assign points to each QuizPopper and Activity. (In the main editing window of your SoftChalk lesson, right-click on the QuizPopper or Activity and choose Modify QuizPopper or Modify Activity. Go to the Options tab and use the Points dropdown menu to assign points.)
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SCORMIMPORTANT: As mentioned previously, we recommend using the SoftChalk Cloud ScoreCenter solution versus using SCORM. See the section ScoreCenter Overview.
The Canvas SCORM tool can play SCORM content and, if you wish, return a score to the Canvas gradebook.
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