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With the Memory Activity, students will click on a card to flip the card over. The student will then click on another card to identify a matching card.
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Things to know |
Activity title:
Up to 35 characters look best (50 max)
Activity instruction:
Up to 50 characters look best (500 max)
Number of activity cards:The left card fits up to 95 characters in the left card.:
An unlimited number of cards can be created within the Memory Activity.
Card Text:
Up to 85 characters fit comfortably without needing magnification (unlimited)
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Learners will click on can roll over the element and click the magnifying glass icon to view an enlarged view of the card text. A scrollbar is available for the user to view all of the text (unlimited max)enlarge the image or card to view all of the text. |
Activity image best practice:
1:1 Aspect Ratio images work best for 6 match pairs.
16:9 or 4:3 Aspect Ratio images work best for 4 match pairs.
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Image pixel size per aspect ratio (without text): 1:1 Aspect Ratio - minimum: 4:3 Aspect Ratio - minimum: 16:9 Aspect Ratio - minimum:
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A 1:1 ratio means that an image’s width and height are equal, creating a square. (Example: a 1080 x 1080 pixel image)
There are several free image editors available to adjust the image aspect ratio.
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To maintain image quality, crop the image dimensions using any image editor (ex. Paint/Paintbrush). If an image is re-sized but not cropped to match pixel dimensions, the image may be stretched or squeezed to fit which can degrade the image quality. |
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Tip |
Learners will click on the magnifying glass icon to view an enlarged view of the card text.
scrollbar is available for the user to view all of the text (unlimited max).
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Activity Image |
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Accessibility |
Screen readers will also read out loud:
Activity Title
Activity Instructions
Activity Keyboard Command List
Card text
Image Alt Text
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Keyboard Command list for Activity |
Create an Memory Activity
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Build the Activity |
Add a prompt to help students
identify the matching pairs.
For example: Match the
Spanish name to the color
image.
Click on the ‘Choose card deck
image’ icon to add a Local
image file, SoftChalk Cloud
image file or URL image file
location to display on the card
backs. (Optional)
If you have added an image to the card back, click on the icon to remove the image on the card back.
Choose Fill image: On (optional) to have the image fill the full back of the card.
Click on to create a matching pair
Click Select File to insert
your local image file,
SoftChalk Cloud image file
or URL image file location
(optional).
Add alt text for the image.
(Required if an image has
been selected)
Enter text and format using
the toolbar in the center
(optional).
You will see a preview of
the item with image and/or
text on the right.
At the right of the preview,
click the top icon to
copy the card. Then, use
the bottom icon to
paste the same image and
text to create a duplicate of
that card (optional).
Once you have finished
creating your matching pair,
click Back.
Repeat STEPS 4-10 until each
matching pair has been
created.
Enable Retry, Show Answers
or Feedback sounds
(optional).
For information about the
options, see the section
Activity Options Tab.
Click OK to insert the activity
into your lesson.
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Memory Activity video |