Sorting Activity

With the Sorting Activity, students place items into different categories. Students click the card deck to view a card, consisting of either text and/or images, then drag the card into its corresponding category.

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)

Category:

Maximum 5 category piles.

Unlimited cards can be created in each category pile.

Category Text:

Up to 30 characters fit on two lines (unlimited)

15 characters or less look best (1 line).

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.

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 pixel width x134 height pixel.

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.

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.

Activity Image

Tip

Learners can scroll to view all of the text, if needed.

Sorting Scroll1.mp4

Create a Sorting Activity

Build the Activity

Enter up to 5 category titles.
Click on the + icon on the right
to add a Local image file, SoftChalk Cloud image file or URL image file location to display on the card backs (optional).
Click the icon to add the Card for the category.
Click Select File to insert your local image file, SoftChalk Cloud image file or URL image file location (optional).
Add Alt Text for each image
(required if image is added).
Enter text into the editor card in
the center (optional).
Use the text toolbar to change
font size, format, and color.

To the right is a preview of the card
as it will appear in the activity.
You can click Back to return to
the Category list and add or edit
a category.
You can also choose an image for
the stockpile card back (optional).
Click on the icon on the bottom left to add a Local image file, SoftChalk Cloud image file or URL image file location to display on the card backs (optional).
When finished, click OK.
The Connections Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.
Preview the lesson changes.

Sorting Activity video

Sorting.mp4

Sorting Activity Mobile Views

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