1. Effectively Using SoftChalk to Deliver Today’s Instructional Options in Online and Blended Courses Ms. Darla Runyon Dr. Roger Von Holzen Northwest Missouri State University http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/presentations/

2. Quality Issues with Content Delivery n Poor design of most online and blended course sites n Domination of text-based content n Lack of interactivity within content delivery n Lack of professional design and delivery* 2

3. Instructional Options Instructional Options n Screen recordings –Jing –Captivate –Tegrity n Video recordings –FlipVideo –YouTube –Web conferencing recordings n Audio recordings –Podcasts/vodcasts* 3

4. Instructional Options Instructional Options n Audio recordings –Podcasts/vodcasts n Polling/Surveys –Pollinganywhere.com n Widgets –Calorie counters –Green word dictionary –Mortgage calculators* 4

5. SoftChalk n Build lessons for the web n Easy to use interface n Integrates different interactive learning activities n Stands alone or incorporates into course management system* 5

6. SoftChalk n Demo of activities –http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/tr/softchalkdemo/ http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/tr/softchalkdemo/ n SoftChalk Demos –http://www.softchalk.com/lb_examples.html http://www.softchalk.com/lb_examples.html n SoftChalk Tutorials –http://www.softchalk.com/lb_demo3.html http://www.softchalk.com/lb_demo3.html n SoftChalk within a CMS* 6

7. 7 Darla Runyon drunyon@nwmissouri.edu Roger Von Holzen rvh@nwmissouri.edu Northwest Missouri State University http://cite.nwmissouri.edu/presentations/