In SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6, a common authoring tool for digital learning objects, there is a feature that enables adding of metadata (information about information) details about that learning object that align with accessibility, academic, and Dublin Core metadata standards. Metadata improves the usability of a digital learning object by identifying its contents for potential users.
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(SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 is a commercial authoring tool.)
Many types of relational and statistical information are expressed using visual images. SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 has a new type of activity that can express chart information creatively. The two available shapes of the charts are circles and pyramids. Both types of forms will be described here.
The following is a simplified version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
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(SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 is a commercial authoring tool that helps create learning modules and digital learning objects.)
A new feature in SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 involves the ability to create tabbed information. Tabbed information is a way of making related information available in a tabbed structure. The information may be related in various ways — sequentially (chronologies or phases), categorically (types), or in other ways. The tabbing is a way to structure information.
Below is a screen capture of a finished “tabbed information” structure created using SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6.
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(SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 is a commercial authoring tool that helps create learning modules and digital learning objects.)
Another feature in the most recent version of SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6 is the DidYouKnow activity. This activity helps an instructor highlight some review points in a learning context or sequence. It draws learner attention to a particular point phrased as a question-and-answer. A DidYouKnow activity challenges learners to think, formulate, and articulate their own answers before considering what their instructors would suggest as a more formal answer.
To create this activity, open SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6. In the menu bar, go to the Insert menu and select Activity and then click DidYouKnow.
The following DidYouKnow Activity window will open.
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Digital jigsaw puzzles are a new activity that can be designed in the most recent version of SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6. A visual jigsaw has the potential to achieve several educational aims, including:
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