SoftChalk LessonBuilder is an authoring tool that helps create digital learning objects for e-learning. This will provide an overview of how to create an Ordering Activity, which is where learners will practice the order of steps in a process.
Once you have opened the software program, go to the menu bar and select Insert, then Activity, and then Ordering.
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How can I tell if e-mail is legitimate or a spam or scam?
First, any e-mail asking for a password or other security data is almost certainly a scam. Don’t ever respond to that type of e-mail; just delete it.
Second, go to K-State’s IT security blog at threats.itsecurity.k-state.edu and search for a few keywords from the e-mail’s subject line.
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I liked the K-State-themed PowerPoint templates mentioned in last week’s article. When I download them, where should they be stored?
You can add them to PowerPoint’s Project Gallery so they’re easy to find and available whenever needed.
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SoftChalk LessonBuilder is an authoring tool that helps create web-based digital learning objects for e-learning. This will provide an overview of how to create a labeling activity.
A labeling activity allows learners to drag and drop labels onto an image to label the various parts.
Open this software program. Click Insert, then select Activity and then Labeling.
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SoftChalk LessonBuilder is an authoring tool that helps create digital learning objects for e-learning. This will provide an overview of how to create a “Hot Spot”.
A Hot Spot taps into spatial understandings by having a learner look at an image or a map and learn about different regions.
After you have started the SoftChalk LessonBuilder software, go to Insert -> Activity -> Hot Spot.
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SoftChalk LessonBuilder is an authoring tool that helps create digital learning objects for e-learning. This article provides an overview of how to create a DragNDrop.
A “drag and drop” is an activity that tests a learner’s ability to match related items.
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SoftChalk LessonBuilder is an authoring tool that helps create digital learning objects for e-learning. This article provides an overview of how to create a crossword puzzle.
Once this software is open, go to the menu bar and click Insert, then Activity, then Crossword.
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Have you ever had a bunch of RSS feeds that were very similar and that you wished were just one aggregate feed? For instance, many sites publish a number of feeds for different parts of their content, and it would often be more useful to have all that content in one feed so you don’t have to check multiple sources for the content.
Or, have you ever had a bunch of feeds that share a certain topic and that you’d rather be in one feed rather than separated?
Yahoo Pipes offers a simple way to aggregate feeds. Yahoo Pipes is a service that has a wide range of applications and can be used for some fairly complex tasks. For this example, we will use it to easily perform three tasks:
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Clicking one tiny button will allow greatly improved screen shots printed from iSIS. At the top of the left-hand menu sidebar, click the minimize [-] button to hide the sidebar and allow more information to be displayed and printed.
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