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With the Memory Activity, students learners will click on a card to flip the card over. The student learner will then click on another card to identify a matching card.

See an online example.

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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:

An unlimited number of cards can be created within the Memory Activity.

10 cards can be created without a scrollbar needed.

Card Text:

Without an image, up to 85 characters fit comfortably on the front of the card without scrolling.

With an image at 50%, up to 50 characters fit comfortably on the front of the card without scrolling.

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Learners can hover over the text and scroll to view all text on a card.

Activity image best practice:

2:3 Image Aspect Ratio work best for an image only card.

4:3 Image Aspect Ratio work best for an image with text (50% image, 50% text).

Minimum 179 width x134 height pixels.

A 2:3 ratio means that an image’s width is 2 units and the height is 3 units.

A 4:3 ratio mean that an image’s width of is 4 units and a height of 3 units.

A unit can be inches, lines, or pixels

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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Activity Image

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Tip

  1. Learners will use a scrollbar to view more than 10 cards.

  2. Want to add more text than what appears on the card? No problem!
    Learners can hover over the text and scroll to view all text on a card.

Memory Activity - scrolling.mp4

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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

Memory Keyboard Commands.png

Create an Memory Activity

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Build the Activity

  1. Add a prompt to help students identify the matching pairs.
    For example:

Match the
Spanish name to the color
image.

  1. Flip over the cards to identify the matching tree and leaf

  2. (Optional) Click on the ‘Choose card deck


  1. image’ icon to add a Local


  1. image file, SoftChalk Cloud


  1. image file or URL image file
    location to display on the card

backs

  1. back.

  2. (Optional)

If you have added an image to the card back, click on the icon to remove the image on the card back.

  1. Choose Fill image: On

(optional)

  1. to have the image fill the full back of the card.

  2. Click on + to create a matching pair

  3. (Optional) Click Select File to

insert

  1. add your local image file,


  1. SoftChalk Cloud image file


  1. or URL image file location


(optional)

  1. .
    Add

alt text

  1. Alt Text for the image.


  1. (Required

if

  1. for an image

has

  1. )

been selected

  1. (Optional)

  1. Enter text and format using


  1. the toolbar in the center


(optional)

  1. .
    You will see a preview of


  1. the item with image and/or


  1. text on

the right.At

  1. 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)

  1. .

  2. Once you have finished


  1. creating your matching pair,


  1. click Back.

  2. Repeat STEPS 4-

10

  1. 7 until each


  1. matching pair has been


  1. created.

  2. (Optional) Enable Retry, Show Answers
    or Feedback sounds


(optional)Click OK to insert the activity
into your lesson

  1. .

For information about the
options, see the section
Activity Options Tab.

  1. When finished, click OK.
    The Memory Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.

  2. Preview the lesson changes.

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Memory Activity video

Memory Activity.mp4