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 10 cards look best (unlimited).

A vertical scrollbar appears at the left after 10 cards.

Character Limits:

Up to 100 characters fit on a card front without an image.

Activity image best practice:

2:3 Image Aspect Ratio work best for an image only card - minimum: 106 width x 156 height pixels.

4:3 Image Aspect Ratio work best for an image with text (50% image, 50% text) - minimum: 106 pixel x 79 pixel

Activity image best practice:

1:1 Aspect Ratio for vertical images work best.

4:3 Aspect Ratio for horizontal images work best - minimum:
106 pixel x 79 pixel

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.

Screen readers will also read out loud:

• Activity Title

• Activity Instructions

• Activity Keyboard Command List

• Activity Prompt

• Image alt text

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 for images)

6. Enter text in the center for each item
   (optional). You can format the text 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.