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The Pairs activity lets you put matching text and/or image items in pairs (unlimited).
The following screens show how to set up the activity in SoftChalk Create and how
students will view the activity. See an online example.

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:

Up to 4 cards look best (12 max).

A vertical scrollbar appears at the left after 4 cards.

Activity image best practice:

Square 1:1 Aspect Ratio images work best.

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.

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.

Tip

  1. Learners can click the magnifying glass icon to enlarge the image.

  2. Images with little or no text work best.

Activity Image

Accessibility

Screen readers will also read out loud:

  • Activity Title

  • Activity Instructions

  • Activity Keyboard Command List

  • Activity Prompt

  • Image alt text

Keyboard Command list for Activity

Create an Pairs Activity

Build the Activity

  1. Add a prompt for students to
    identify matching pairs out of a
    group of items.

  2. Click on the icon to add a Local
    image file, SoftChalk Cloud image file
    or URL image file location to display
    on the card backs. (Optional.)
    Toggle Fill Image: On if the image
    should be responsive and stretch to fill the card back.
    Toggle Fill Image: Off if the image
    should maintain the image ratio.
    To remove the card back image, click
    the icon.

  3. Click the ‘Add Matching’ + icon to create an matching pair.

  4. Click Select File to add
    a local image file,
    SoftChalk Cloud image file or
    URL image file location to the matching image. (optional)

  5. Add alt text for any images added.
    (required)

  6. Enter text in the center for each item
    (optional). You can format using the
    toolbar.
    A preview of the item with
    image and/or text is available at the right.

  7. Click Back when finished with this
    matched pair.

  8. Repeat process until all matching pairs
    have been created.
    In the activity editor, you will see the
    paired items that have been created.

  9. Add points to the activity,
    enable Retry, Show Answers
    or Feedback sounds
    (optional).

  10. When finished, click OK.
    The Pairs Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.

  11. Preview the lesson changes.

Pairs Activity video

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