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SoftChalk™
Canvas Integration Guide Updated December 20February 14, 20192020

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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 Cloud Users
Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
ScoreCenter Overview
Basic Procedures
Scored Lesson Using SoftChalk Selector
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 LTI Lessons in the Canvas Gradebook
Non Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson
Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons
Canvas Administrator
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
Edit a Lesson NOT Saved to SoftChalk Cloud
Help
Copyright Information

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Introduction

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For your instructors, you may want to post the URLs for our guides (see below). As we update the guides, the URLs will remain the same.

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As mentioned in the previous table, SoftChal

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With a SoftCh

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• Create and update your content in one place by logging into your SoftChalk Cloud account whether you are at work or at home. (SoftChal

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• Link to your content in many places.
• Search for content in SoftChalk Share (SoftChalk Cloud's public content repository) and add it directly to your lessons. You can modify the content you find with a SoftChalk Cloud account.
• Collaborate with other instructors on SoftChalk lessons. For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk

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• Collect scores using the SoftChalk ScoreCenter Feature. Grades from your SoftChalk lessons can appear within the gradebook of your learning management system.

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If you are a SoftChalk Cloud user, see the section SoftChalk Cloud Users.
If you don't have a SoftChalk Cloud account and you are using the desktop version of SoftChalk, see the section Desktop Users.

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If you are a Canvas administrator, see the section Canvas Administrator for instructions on enabling your LTI feature to work with SoftChalk Cloud. (The LTI feature allows an instructor to integrate an LTI link for his/her SoftChalk Cloud lesson and have the student scores for that lesson go directly into the Canvas gradebook.)

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Use a SoftChalk C

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loud account to save your lesson in the Cloud (see the section SoftChalk Cloud). Then you will link to this lesson in Canvas. You can update your content in SoftChalk Cloud and all your link(s) will reflect your changes. You can link to the same lesson in multiple sections or courses.
Before selecting a link to your lesson into Canvas, you will want to 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. For each lesson you can decide whether or not to collect scores. Many instructors use both "scored" and "practice" lessons within a course. For details on:

• Scored lessons, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users). (While your preferred method would probably be to collect student scores in the Canvas gradebook, you can also collect emails from students and have students print certificates. See the section Print or Email Scores.)
• Non scored lessons, see the section Non Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).

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Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)

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When you view your SoftChalk lesson scores within the Canvas gradebook, you are using a SoftChalk feature called the ScoreCenter. In other words, you click on the name for your lesson in the assignments area of Canvas and you see the SoftChalk ScoreCenter interface but all the scores are also "plugged into" the Canvas gradebook. In Canvas, students will also see their grades from SoftChalk lessons as well.
IMPORTANT: To use the ScoreCenter feature, your Canvas administrator needs to configure your system to use this feature. See the section Canvas Administrator.
With the ScoreCenter feature, you can:

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Basic Procedures

IMPORTANT:

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Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, be sure to assign points to each QuizPopper and Activity. (

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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.)
To have your student scores appear within the Canvas gradebook area (i.e. ScoreCenter interface), you need to:

• Save your lesson into your SoftChalk Cloud account (see the section Save a Lesson or Course to the Cloud in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide).
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  et the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts for each lesson (see the section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts).
• View or change your students' scores (see the section View or Change Scores).
• If you plan to collect and/or score essays, see the section Essays.

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Scored Lesson Using SoftChalk Selector

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1. 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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1. 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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1. Click on a folder listed to open the folder.

NOTE: If you are a first-time user, you may need to enter your SoftChalk username/password credentials.

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1. Be sure to see the next section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts.

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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Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts

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   Select the number of maximum attempts from the drop-down menu and be sure to click Save changes (see below).

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Preview the Lesson

To test the lesson, you need to be logged into your course as a student.
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alk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. If you are logged into your SoftChalk

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Cloud account while also logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.

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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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1. Click on an attempt (see below).

1. Notice you can view detailed information about this attempt at the bottom.

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1. 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.)

1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course.
2. Go to the area where you have your content or assignments.
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   Use the Actions drop-down menu to select Complete All Attempts.

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If you use essays in your lesson, you can view the essays within the ScoreCenter area (see the previous section View or Change Scores). Please note the following important information.

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If you go to the Gradebook area in Canvas, you can see that the scores from your lessons (using the LTI Link and external tool – see the previous section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts) appear in your Canvas Gradebook. (If you want to view or change scores for individual student attempts, see the section View or Change Scores.)
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1. View your students' results (see below). (You may need to scroll to find your lesson listed.)

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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This section explains how to have your students access "practice" SoftChalk lessons. In other words, you don't plan to collect student scores from these lessons. [You can have items that have points assigned to them within your lesson, but if you want to collect the scores, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).]

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2. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course (see below).

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At the bottom, click Save & Publish if you are ready for your students to use your lesson (see below). (If you are still working on your lesson, then click Save. Later you can publish the link.)

(FYI, in the Assignments area, there are different icons for published and unpublished items – see below)

If the Link Selector tool is not enabled, please see the below FAQ for steps to place your non-scored lesson in Canvas.
My institution does not have the Link Selector tool enabled. How can I add my non-scored SoftChalk Cloud lesson to Canvas?

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Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson

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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 edit a lesson that has scored items and you have pasted an LTI Link for this lesson into Canvas, we recommend the scoring for your lesson remain the same if students have started taking this lesson.

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You can collaborate with other instructors to create your SoftChalk lessons using a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account). Within SoftChalk Create, you can publish your lesson to your SoftChalk Cloud account. Another instructor [also using SoftChalk Create and a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account)] can access and edit the lesson you published.
IMPORTANT: Simultaneous work in the same lesson is not supported. In other words, one person should be working on the lesson at a time. (If two or more people are making changes to the same lesson at the same time and saving the lesson to the Cloud, they may end up overwriting each other's changes.)
For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk Cloud

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The steps below are for your Canvas administrator to enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for your Canvas server. For details on the LTI/ScoreCenter feature, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).
As a Canvas administrator to use the ScoreCenter feature, you need to register with SoftChalk and configure the ScoreCenter for your system.

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1. 1. 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.
   2. 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.

https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/121995266272826374/SoftChalk_Link_Selector_XMLconfig.txt?version=23&modificationDate=15815254998821554401036100&cacheVersion=1&api=v2&download=true
Be sure to click Submit once you have entered your information.

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1. Click Submit.
2. Test an LTI Link to see that grades go into the Canvas gradebook by following the steps in the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).

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alk Cloud account while logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)
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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If you are uploading a zip file to Canvas, then see the next sections In SoftChalk Create: Package a Lesson and In Canvas: Upload a Zip File.

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SCORM

IMPORTANT: 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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1. Start SoftChalk Create. Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, choose File/Package Lesson. Under Package type, choose Standard Zip. Under Track score using choose None (see below).

1. If you are using SoftChalk Create, select the area where you want the .zip file saved such as your Desktop. Then click OK. By default, you would save to your Documents area. With earlier versions of SoftChalk, the .zip file is saved within the lesson folder.
2. Your packaged file has your lesson name with a .zip extension (see below). If your file extensions are not showing, you will not see the .zip at the end of the filename. Look for a folder with a zipper or package icon with your lesson name.

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