SoftChalk™
Sakai Integration Guide
Updated May 24, 2010
Contents
Introduction
Types of Packaging Formats
Collect Scores from Your Students
Publish Method
In SoftChalk: Enter the Server Information
In SoftChalk: Publish a Lesson
View a Published Lesson
In SoftChalk: Replace a Lesson
In SoftChalk: Download a Lesson from the Server
In SoftChalk: Open a Lesson from the Server to Edit It
In Sakai: Rename a Lesson Shortcut
In Sakai: Remove a Lesson and a Lesson Shortcut
Students Accessing Your Lesson
WebDAV Method
Set Up the WebDAV Client
Copy a SoftChalk Lesson Folder into the Client Folder
Create a Link to the SoftChalk Lesson
In Sakai: Change the Name of the Link
Sakai Administrator
Install lbgateway
Troubleshooting
Test the Installation
Help
Copyright Information

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Introduction
This guide will cover how to upload your SoftChalk lessons into the Sakai learning management system. (If you are a Sakai administrator, please see the section Sakai Administrator.)
If you don't have SoftChalk already, you can download a free trial version at: http://www.softchalk.c

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b_trial.html. This is a fully functional version. Once you purchase SoftChalk, you can enter your license information and continue working without having to re-install SoftChalk.

Types of Packaging Formats

This guide will cover the steps for publishing and uploading your lesson in a standard zip format. There are two ways to do upload your lesson:

• A shortcut way using the Publish Lesson feature within SoftChalk (see the section Publish Method)

• WebDAV way – creating a WebDAV network folder on your computer (see the section WebDAV Method)

Collect Scores from Your Students

SoftChalk supports the formatting of lessons in a SCORM 1.2 format and a SCORM 2004 format. SCORM is a format that allows for collecting scores. If your Sakai learning management system supports one of those SCORM formats, then you may be able to upload your lesson as SCORM and have the grades appear in the SCORM Reports area of your Sakai system. For additional information about whether your Sakai system supports SCORM, we suggest you contact your Sakai system administrator.
IMPORTANT: There are other ways to collect scores from your students other than SCORM.

• SoftChalk has a ScoreTracker system that allows the collecting of scores in a format that can be downloaded and opened in a spreadsheet program like Excel. SoftChalk allows you to create a free account in our ScoreTracker system. The ScoreTracker allows you to download student scores from a lesson or a course. For details, see the SoftChalk User Guide (within SoftChalk, choose Help/Help Topics/User Guide). Search on ScoreTracker for details.

• You can have scores emailed to you. For details, search in the User Guide on Lesson Reporting.

• Your students can print certificates. For details, search in the User Guide on Lesson Reporting.

Publish Method

 

In SoftChalk: Enter the Server Information

IMPORTANT: Your Sakai administrator must configure your Sakai server to support this method of publishing SoftChalk lessons to Sakai.
(If you have trouble publishing your SoftChalk lessons to Sakai using the following instructions, please contact your Sakai administrator to make sure your Sakai server has been configured. Tell your Sakai administrator to see the section in this guide Sakai Administrator.)
You only have to enter the server information once for each computer you use.

1. Start SoftChalk. Choose File/Publish Lesson.

2. If you haven't entered any server information, then the window should open to the Servers tab. (If you don't see the Servers tab, then click the Servers tab at the top of your window.) Click New (see below).

1. From the dropdown menu for the server type, select Sakai (see below). Click OK.

1. Enter a Descriptive name such as Sakai.

2. For your Sakai Server address, enter the web address you use to log into your Sakai server (see below). (The www.myserver.edu shown below is just an example.) Enter your Username (user id in Sakai) and Password for your Sakai account. Click OK.

1. Click the Publish tab to begin the publish process (see below). Follow the steps in the next section for publishing a standard zip file.

In SoftChalk: Publish a Lesson

1. Start SoftChalk if it is not already open. Open a lesson you want to publish (File/Open Recent or File/Open) or start a new lesson (File/New) and save this lesson.

2. If your publish window is not already open, choose File/Publish Lesson. The Publish tab at the top should be selected if you have entered server information. (If you have NOT entered server information, see the previous section In SoftChalk: Enter the Server Information.)

3. If you have more than one server, you may need to select your server from the dropdown menu at the top. Then click Connect (see below).