SoftChalk™
Agilix Buzz Integration Guide
Updated December 20, 2019 Contents
Introduction
Links to SoftChalk FAQs, System Specs and Guides
SoftChalk Cloud
Volume Purchase or Purchase Order
Private SoftChalk Cloud
Individual Purchase on the SoftChalk Cloud Website
Trial SoftChalk Cloud Account
SoftChalk Lessons in Agilix Buzz
SoftChalk Cloud Users
Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
ScoreCenter Overview
Basic Procedures
Copy the LTI Link for a Lesson in SoftChalk Cloud
Paste the LTI Link into Agilix Buzz
Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts
Preview the Lesson
View or Change Scores
Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson
Essays
View Grades from LTI Lessons in the Agilix Buzz Gradebook
Non Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
Print or Email Scores
Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson
Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons
Agilix Buzz Administrator
Help
Copyright Information

Introduction

This guide covers linking to or uploading your SoftChalk lessons into the Agilix Buzz learning management system.
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Links to SoftChalk FAQs, System Specs and Guides

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.

SoftChalk Cloud

As mentioned in the previous table, SoftChal k C loud is an award-winning, multi-function platform that combines a learning object repository, content authoring and hosting and management features.
With a SoftCh alk C loud account, you can:

• Create and update your content in one place by logging into your SoftChalk Cloud account whether you are at work or at home. (SoftChal k Create is part of your Cloud account.)
• Link to your content in many places.
• Search for content in SoftChalk Share (SoftChalk Cloud's public content repository) and add it directly to your lessons. You can modify the content you find with a SoftChalk Cloud account.
• Collaborate with other instructors on SoftChalk lessons. For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide.
• Collect scores using the SoftChalk ScoreCenter Feature. Grades from your SoftChalk lessons can appear within the gradebook of your learning management system.

Volume Purchase or Purchase Order

To take advantage of volume purchasing (or if you plan to purchase a SoftChalk Cloud account with a purchase order), please contact sal es@softchalk.com.

Private SoftChalk Cloud

Your institution also has the option to purchase an Enterprise SoftChalk Cloud. Please contact sales@s oftchalk.com

Individual Purchase on the SoftChalk Cloud Website

A SoftChalk Cloud account is available as a yearly subscription. You can purchase a SoftChalk Cloud account on our Buy Now page. Fill out the information and submit your credit card information.

Trial SoftChalk Cloud Account

Try out a SoftChalk Cloud account for 30 days. Click the Free Trial button (see above below) and fill out the information.

SoftChalk Lessons in Agilix Buzz

If you are a SoftChalk Cloud user, see the section SoftChalk Cloud Users.
If you don't have a SoftChalk Cloud account and you are using the desktop version of SoftChalk, see the section Desktop Users.
If you are a Agilix Buzz administrator, see the section Agilix Buzz Administrator for instructions on enabling your LTI feature to work with SoftChalk Cloud. (The LTI feature allows an instructor to copy and paste an LTI link for his/her SoftChalk Cloud lesson and have the student scores for that lesson go directly into the Agilix Buzz gradebook.)

SoftChalk Cloud Users

Use a SoftChalk C loud account to save your lesson in the Cloud (see the section SoftChalk Cloud). Then you will paste a link to this lesson in Agilix Buzz. You can update your content in SoftChalk Cloud and all your link(s) will reflect your changes. (You can link to the same lesson in multiple sections or courses.)
Before pasting a link to your lesson into Agilix Buzz, you will want to decide if you want to collect scores from your students or if you want your lessons to be "practice" lessons and you don't need to collect scores. (For each lesson you can decide whether or not to collect scores. Many instructors use both "scored" and "practice" lessons within a course.) For details on:

• 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).

Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)

ScoreCenter Overview

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.

Basic Procedures

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.

Copy the LTI Link for a Lesson in SoftChalk Cloud

See the section Copy the LTI Link for Your Lesson in the SoftChalk Clo ud G uide. IMPORTANT: As mentioned previously, be sure to copy the LTI Link and NOT the Hyperlink for the lesson.

Paste the LTI Link into Agilix Buzz

1. 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).

1. Click the triple bar Menu dropdown in the upper left to select the Editor (see below).

1. Click the Add to Course Name link (see below).

1. Select Assignment (see below).

1. Enter an activity Title for your lesson. Select Website and paste the LTI link under Web-site URL.
2. Select Digitally sign the request for LTI (see below).

1. Click on the Settings tab.
2. 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).

1. Click Save in the upper right corner to complete set up.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to see the next section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts.

Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts

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.

1. Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
2. At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).

1. The SoftChalk ScoreCenter screen appears. Use the Actions drop-down menu to select Change Scoring Method.

1. Select a scoring method from the drop-down menu and be sure to click Save changes (see below).

1. At the SoftChalk ScoreCenter screen, use the Actions drop-down menu to select Change Maximum Attempts.

1. Select the number of maximum attempts from the drop-down menu and be sure to click Save changes (see below).

Preview the Lesson

To test the lesson, you need to be logged into your course as a student.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to LOG OUT of your SoftCh alk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. (If you are logged into your SoftChalk Cloud account while logged into Agilix Buzz and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)

View or Change Scores

1. Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
2. At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).

1. The SoftChalk ScoreCenter screen appears. In the Learners area, click on a specific student's name to display a dropdown menu of the student's attempts.

1. Click on an attempt (see below).

1. Notice you can view detailed information about this attempt at the bottom.

1. If you need to change the score for an attempt, use the Actions menu to select Change Score from the dropdown.

1. Enter a new score and click Change Score (see below). IMPORTANT: An attempt has to be complete before you can change the score.

1. 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.

1. 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.

Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson

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.)

1. Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your course.
2. At the left, click on the lesson name (see below).

1. Click Complete All Attempts and Complete All Attempts (see below).

Essays

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.

1. In SoftChalk C reate, In SoftChalk Create, insert an essay (Insert/QuizPopper/Essay) and assign points to the essay. (Assigning points is optional.)
2. Remind your students to click Finish for each essay (see below).

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.)

View Grades from LTI Lessons in the Agilix Buzz Gradebook

If you go to the Gradebook area in Agilix Buzz, you can see that the scores from your lessons (using the LTI Link and external tool – see the previous sections Paste the LTI Link into Agilix Buzz and Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts) appear in your Agilix Buzz Gradebook. (If you want to view or change scores for individual student attempts, see the section View or Change Scores.)
IMPORTANT: As previously mentioned, be sure to LOG OUT of your Soft C halk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. (If you are logged into your SoftCha lk Cloud account while logged into Agilix Buzz and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)

1. Log into your Agilix Buzz account and select your course (see below).

1. Click the triple bar Menu dropdown in the upper left to select Gradebook (see below).

1. Find the column for your lesson and you should see your students' grades appear. (You may have to scroll). (See below).

Non Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)

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).]

1. Save your SoftChalk lesson to your SoftChalk Cloud account. See the section Save a Lesson or Course to the Cloud in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide.
2. Copy the Hyperlink (NOT the LTI Link) for your lesson. See the section Copy the Hyperlink for Your Lesson in the SoftChalk Clou d Guide.
3. Log into your Agilix Buzz account and choose your (see below).

1. Click the Add to Course Name link (see below).

1. Select Assignment (see below).

1. Enter an activity Title for your lesson. Select Website and paste the hyperlink under Web-site URL (see below).

1. Click Save in the upper right corner to complete set up.

Print or Email Scores

Your students can print certificates of their scores and/or your students can email you within the lesson to send their scores. The basic steps are:

1. Create scored quiz questions and/or activities within your SoftChalk lesson and assign points for each quiz question or activity.
2. Add the email feature within your SoftChalk lesson. Choose Properties/ Lesson Certificates. Make the appropriate selections under Lesson Certificates.
3. 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.)

Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson

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.

1. Log into your SoftChalk Cloud account.
2. Click My Content/My Lessons and Courses.
3. Open the folder that contains your lesson. Click on the name of your lesson.
4. Scroll down to the bottom right under Lesson Actions and click Edit Lesson in SoftChalk Create.
5. Make changes and choose File/Save to SoftChalk Cloud. (If you click the Save icon, you are saving your lesson temporarily to your local computer.)
6. Double-check that you lesson is selected in the file tree at the right. Click Save. Click OK at the screen saying your item will be replaced. Click OK at the screen saying your lesson was saved to SoftChalk Cloud. Click Close. Choose File/Quit if you want to quit SoftChalk Create. (For more details on editing, see the section Edit a Lesson in the SoftChalk Clo ud Guide.)
7. Your lessons will be automatically updated with any changes in all linked instances within Agilix Buzz.

Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons

You can collaborate with other instructors to create your SoftChalk lessons using a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account). Within SoftChalk Create, you can publish your lesson to your SoftChalk Cloud account. Another instructor [also using SoftChalk Create and a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account)] can access and edit the lesson you published.
IMPORTANT: Simultaneous work in the same lesson is not supported. In other words, one person should be working on the lesson at a time. (If two or more people are making changes to the same lesson at the same time and saving the lesson to the Cloud, they may end up overwriting each other's changes.)
For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide.

Agilix Buzz Administrator

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.

1. 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.)
   1. Your institution name
   2. LMS URL
   3. First Name (optional) of the person registering with us
   4. Last Name (optional) of the person registering with us
   5. Email for this registration (the email can be a specific person's email or a generic email such as lmsadmin@myinstitution.edu)
2. After registering, you will receive an email from SoftChalk with information to enter into your Agilix Buzz system (see the steps below).
3. Log into your Agilix Buzz administrator account. Click on Use as an Admin (see below).

1. On the Details page, click the triple dots next to Edit (see below).

1. Select Edit Settings from the menu dropdown.

1. Within the Edit Settings screen, click on the Integrations tab.
2. 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).

1. Click Save to save the integration (see below).

1. Test an LTI Link to see that grades go into the Agilix Buzz gradebook by following the steps in the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users). IMPORTANT: As previously mentioned, be sure to LOG OUT of your SoftCha lk Cloud account when you are taking your lesson as a student to test the ScoreCenter feature. (If you are logged into your SoftCh alk Cloud account while logged into Agilix Buzz and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)

Help

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