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The web link for this guide is below. As we update this guide,
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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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Search our FAQs
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SKB/pages/196182576/SoftChalk+FAQs
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This web page lists the system specifications for instructors and students.
https://softchalk.com/cloud/system-specifications
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(You may want to bookmark this guide link in your web browser.)
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This Student Guide includes a Troubleshooting section.
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/200114368/studentguide.pdf?api=v2
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SofChalk Create is SoftChalk's content authoring program. It is available in both a web launch version (as part of a SoftChalk Cloud Account - see the section SoftChalk Cloud) and in a desktop version.
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/129532299/createguide.pdf?api=v2
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SoftChalk Cloud is an award-winning, multi-function platform that combines a learning object repository, content authoring and hosting and management features. https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/129404604/cloudguide.pdf?api=v2
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Try out a SoftChalk Cloud account for 30 days. Click the Free Trial button (see above below) and fill out the information.
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- Scored lessons, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users). (While your preferred method would probably be to collect student scores in the Agilix Buzz 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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When you view your SoftChalk lesson scores within the Agilix Buzz 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 Agilix Buzz and you see the SoftChalk ScoreCenter interface but all the scores are also "plugged into" the Agilix Buzz gradebook. (In Agilix Buzz, students will also see their grades from SoftChalk lessons as well.)
IMPORTANT: To use the ScoreCenter feature, your Agilix Buzz administrator needs to configure your system to use this feature. See the section Agilix B/.,mn bvuzz Administrator.
With the ScoreCenter feature, you can:
- Determine which score is the grade for the student (i.e. first, highest, last or average score). (Attempts for all scores are viewable.)
- Determine how many times a student can go into a lesson (unlimited times or a specific number of times).
- Get detailed scoring information for individual students (i.e. what a student did on an activity and or quiz items).
- Change scores.
- Update your lesson in one place (SoftChalk Cloud) and link to it in multiple sections or courses.
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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.)
To have your student scores appear within the Agilix Buzz 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).
- Copy the LTI Link for this lesson (see the section Copy the LTI Link for Your Lesson in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide). IMPORTANT: Be sure to copy the LTI Link and NOT the Hyperlink for the lesson.
- Paste this LTI Link into the Lessons area in Agilix Buzz (see the section Paste the LTI Link into Agilix Buzz).
- Set 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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- After copying the LTI Link for your lesson (see the section Copy the LTI Link in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide.), log into your Agilix Buzz account and select your Course (see below).
- Click the triple bar Menu dropdown in the upper left to select the Editor (see below).
- Click the Add to Course Name link (see below).
- Select Assignment (see below).
- Enter an activity Title for your lesson. Select Website and paste the LTI link under Web-site URL.
- Select Digitally sign the request for LTI (see below).
- Click on the Settings tab.
- Click the check box to select This activity is gradable and assign points under Weight in category.
Also distinguish if the lesson should be graded by Points, Percentage or Letter Grade under Score entry (see below).
- Click Save in the upper right corner to complete set up.
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You will need to set the scoring method (i.e. first attempt, last attempt, average attempt or highest attempt) and the maximum attempts allowed (unlimited or a specific number of attempts).
All the student attempts will be collected and you can view all the attempts for each student for each lesson. You can change the scoring method and maximum attempts at any point. If you want to allow your students only one attempt for the lesson, you need to set that option right away.
- Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
- At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).
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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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- Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
- At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).
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- Click on an attempt (see below).
- Notice you can view detailed information about this attempt at the bottom.
- If you need to change the score for an attempt, use the Actions menu to select Change Score from the dropdown.
- Enter a new score and click Change Score (see below). IMPORTANT: An attempt has to be complete before you can change the score.
- Notice that you also have the option to Clear an attempt (see below). If you clear an attempt, it will not count as part of the grade calculation. If needed, you can also Restore the attempt.
- Notice that you also have the option to Complete an attempt (see below). If a student starts a lesson but neglects to click the Finish button at the end of the lesson, then that attempt is incomplete. An incomplete attempt does not count as part of the grade calculation. You can cause the attempt to be completed so that the score for the attempt is part of the grade calculation.
Be sure to click Complete Attempt.
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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.)
- Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
- At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).
- Click Complete All Attempts and Complete All Attempts (see below).
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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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You can modify the score for the lesson based on the points you decide to give to 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 can go into the gradebook (i.e. ScoreCenter) and evaluate the essay and modify the score. You may want to provide feedback to the student on the essay by clicking the Feedback button within the attempt.
(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.)
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- Log into your Agilix Buzz account and select your course (see below).
- Click the triple bar Menu dropdown in the upper left to select Gradebook (see below).
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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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- Click the Add to Course Name link (see below).
- Select Assignment (see below).
- Enter an activity Title for your lesson. Select Website and paste the hyperlink under Web-site URL (see below).
- Click Save in the upper right corner to complete set up.
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- Create scored quiz questions and/or activities within your SoftChalk lesson and assign points for each quiz question or activity.
- Add the email feature within your SoftChalk lesson. Choose Properties/ Lesson Certificates. Make the appropriate selections under Lesson Certificates.
- On the last page of your lesson within the web browser, is an area for students to type their name or identifier and then click Email Score, Print Certificate and/or Print Score Summary. (You can preview your lesson on your local computer to see how this works.)
With the email option, you will get an email from each student for each attempt the student made for the lesson. (As mentioned previously, we recommend the use of the ScoreCenter feature with SoftChalk Cloud as you won't have to manage individual emails. With the ScoreCenter feature, students can click the Finish button on the last page of an LTI linked lesson and have the option to print or email the score to themselves.)
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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 Agilix Buzz, we recommend the scoring for your lesson remain the same if students have started taking this lesson.
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The steps below are for your Agilix Buzz administrator to enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for your Agilix Buzz server. For details on the LTI/ScoreCenter feature, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).
As a Agilix Buzz administrator to use the ScoreCenter feature, you need to register with SoftChalk and configure the ScoreCenter for your system.
- Please contact help@softchalk.com and provide the following information to register with SoftChalk and receive authentication credentials (i.e. an OAuth Consumer Key and an OAuth Consumer Secret).If you have a test server and a production server, you may send us two LMS URLs and we will register both of them. (You will receive a separate email with a unique key and secret for each registered URL.)
- Your institution name
- LMS URL
- First Name (optional) of the person registering with us
- Last Name (optional) of the person registering with us
- Email for this registration (the email can be a specific person's email or a generic email such as lmsadmin@myinstitution.edu)
- After registering, you will receive an email from SoftChalk with information to enter into your Agilix Buzz system (see the steps below).
- Log into your Agilix Buzz administrator account. Click on Use as an Admin (see below).
- On the Details page, click the triple dots next to Edit (see below).
- Select Edit Settings from the menu dropdown.
- Within the Edit Settings screen, click on the Integrations tab.
- Beneath the LTI Credentials, enter www.softchalkcloud.com as the Hostname and paste the OAuth Consumer Key and Secret you received from SoftChalk after registering your server (see below).
- Click Save to save the integration (see below).
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