SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 Mobile Activities
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An Align Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: An Align Activity
Note: The authoring tool used is SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7, a commercially available software package that enables the development of contents delivered via the Web. Mobile devices include smart phones, iPads, tablet PCs, notebook computers, and netbooks). There is a move to make all Web learning objects accessible on mobile devices for greater accessibility.
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Align Activity by clicking on it.
The Align Activity Window will open.
It helps to begin with the Example tab at the far right to understand how the activity works. There is a prompt at the top and then a selection below. The learner is to align the proper related terms by tapping on the selections (for the touch-screen mobile devices). Once the selections are made, he / she may press the rotating arrow button below (in between the arrows) to submit the answers and to see the results of their work.
Within the software, if one clicks on the forward arrow (to the right at the bottom), one can go to an actual live link of the activity for full interactive functionality.
To create this mobile-friendly digital learning object, go to the Setup tab. Click New. A numbered “Click to begin” appears in the working window. Click on that.
Choose a title (and directions) for this exercise in the Title window. Below, you are to place up to six items that users may select from. You need at least two sets, so that there is actually a selection activity. There is a maximum of 25 sets that may be integrated, but with that many, it’s possible to lose coherence for those engaging the interactive learning object.
Once the basic information has been input, go to the Options tab. Generally, these activities work better as “inline” activities, meaning that there is a window that opens with the activity showing. Otherwise, users will have to click on the activity in order to experience it. (This latter option helps save space because the activity does not take up the size of an inline activity.)
Click on “Display inline” to ensure that the activity displays. If the object is a stand-alone objects, it will display fully “inline” when the user lands on the activity’s landing page. (All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
(To enhance the accessibility of this learning object, click on the Metadata link, and fill in the necessary fields.)
Click the OK button at the bottom. Be sure to save the file in SoftChalk LessonBuilder (Menu Bar -> File -> Save).
To enable the easy upload of this object, one can package the lesson into a zipped file. Go to the Menu Bar -> File -> Package Lesson. The following window will open.
Select Standard Zip, and click OK.
To experience what an align activity looks like, go to the link below.
Mobile Activity 1: Align Activity
Computing Devices Align Activity
An Identify Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: An Identify Activity
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Identify Activity by clicking on it.
The Identify Activity window will open.
To understand what an Identify Activity involves, click on the Example tab at the far right.
You will see that there is information above. Then, you need to link the image to the particular name, in this activity. Any sort of image and correlating text may go along with the image.
Now, to build your own, please go to the Setup tab. Click New. Then click the “1. Click to begin” in order to start building your Identify Activity. The contents go in in the general order that the object shows up in the right column. First, there is Title. Then there is an image section for the uploading of an image. And then there are optional captions.
The following screenshot shows an example.
On the front end, the activity looks as follows.
(All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
Please refer to the prior post on mobile SCLB7 activities to see how to add metadata, to set this up as an inline activity, and to save and package this activity for uploading to a server or a learning / course management system.
To experience the activity, please go to the following link below.
Mobile Activity 2: Identify Activity
A Pairs Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: A Pairs Activity
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Pair Activity by clicking on it.
The Pairs Activity Window will open.
Go to the far right tab in order to see a sample of this pair activity. Essentially, it is the work of the participant to match the pairs that have been randomized into the 3 x 4 window below. A total of up to six pairs may be created for people to identify (by touching the screen of first one word and then its pair, or vice versa).
To begin creating this pairs activity, click on New. Then select “1. Click to begin”. The grayed-out areas are left open for filling in.
A total of 25 sets may be created within the one activity. To provide a sense of what this activity may look like, a completed sample one is shown below.
On the user side, this same activity looks as follows. The purpose is to select the matching pairs from the randomized group.
Once this activity has been completed, save your file. Output it in a zipped format by going to the Menu Bar: File -> Package Lesson -> to a zipped format. (All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
Mobile Activity 3: Pair Activity
English-to-Latin Word Pairs Activity
A Presenter Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: A Presenter Activity
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Presenter Activity by clicking on it.
The Presenter Activity Window will open.
To get a sense of how this activity works, go to the Example tab at the far right. There, you will be able to view what a Presenter Activity does.
The presenter activity combines an image with text that pops up when the text icon (the icon between the two arrows at the bottom of the digital learning object) is clicked. This is called a Presenter activity because it offers a way for people to deliver light mobile-friendly information.
To get started, click the New button, and then click on “1. Click to begin” in the window. You will have an opportunity to define an image, a title, and then textual content. Remember that the textual content has to fit comfortably on a small screen.
To see the back-end of a completed Presenter activity, please see the image below. This mock Presenter activity highlights apps made for the iPad 2.
The front-end interactive side of this mobile digital learning object follows.
(All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
Mobile Activity 4: Presenter Activity
A Selection Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: A Selection Activity
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Selection Activity by clicking on it.
The Selection Activity Window should open.
Click on the Example tab at the far right of the tab list in order to see a pre-made sample of this activity.
A Selection Activity allows players to sort words of a kind. Those that do not fit will be marked in red and an X. Those that do fit will be marked with a green background and a check mark.
To set up a Selection Activity, click on the New button at the bottom left. Then in the window, Click “1. Click to begin.” The title and linked items form fields will open and become available for entry. Make sure to check the “correct” boxes to identify which items should be identified together.
To get a sense of what a completed Selection Activity may look like, a completed one follows below, based on Game Theory terminology.
On the front end, this Selection Activity looks like the following screenshot.
Do make sure to have this display as an inline object if this is part of a web page or a multiple object sequence. If this is a stand-alone mobile-friendly digital learning object, then this change will not need to be made in the Options tab.
Metadata may be added in the Metadata tab in order to meet accessibility requirements.
When you’re done, click OK. Save your object. Output this as a zipped folder for easier upload.
(All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
Mobile Activity 5: Selection Activity
Game Theory Words Selection Activity
A Sequence Activity
Developing a Mobile-Friendly Learning Object: A Sequence Activity
Open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7. Go to the Menu Bar. Go to Insert -> Activity -> Mobile Friendly -> and select the activity that you would like to create. Select Sequence Activity by clicking on it.
The Sequence Activity Window will open.
To get a sense of what this activity does, it helps to go in to see the built-in example. This activity asks the individual to place the words in sentence order: “A dog bit Sally.” The words which are out-of-order are marked red and have an X to mark the mistake.
To start your own Sequence Activity, go to the Setup tab. Click the New button. In the Sets window, click “1. Click to begin.” To the right, the Title and Items sections will be activated. Fill in those blanks. A total of 25 sets of sequences may be defined.
To see what a totally populated activity looks like, a “Planting a Tree” activity is depicted.
On the front end, this activity has all of the original steps randomized. For those experiencing this activity, the Planting a Tree Activity looks like the following:
Make sure to put in the Metadata and to define whether this runs as an in-line object (particularly if it is one of a series), or whether it should be a stand-alone sequence object.
Click on the OK at the bottom to finalize this. Then, zip this for easy upload.
(All mobile-friendly objects created in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 7 deploy well on K-State Online / Axio.)
Mobile Activity 6: Sequence Activity
Planting a Tree Sequence Activity