SoftChalk Releases New Integrated Solution For Online Content Creation

SoftChalk has released version 5 of its e-Learning software.  The latest version of SoftChalk includes updates that make it a true integrated suite of of products to create online learning content.

“The release of SoftChalk V5 offers a solution for institutions that want to maximize their investment in eLearning, create an environment of shared ideas and information, and lower their costs,” said Sue Evans, CEO of SoftChalk. “The new features of V5 that really speak to these issues are the ability to embed widgets into a lesson and the digital repository search and eCourse builder tools.”

Some new features include:

• With the digital repository users have the ability to perform keyword searches across multiple media repositories at a time, including media from open sources (YouTube, Flicker), fee-based premium services (Intelecom), or library repositories available through the organization itself.

• The embedding of widgets offers the option of including Web 2.0 features. Blogs, polls, surveys, widgets, wikis, and videos can now easily be inserted to create dynamic lessons.

• The eCourseBuilder tool combines multiple lessons into larger eCourse modules with automatic calculation and tracking of score information between and within lessons.

The new features work to decrease the total cost of education (TCE) by lessening time spent creating lessons. Educators without a technological background can create professional looking content faster, which is both time efficient and productive because skilled technologists can be repurposed to do things that require their skills rather than creating content for faculty.

Other features and enhancements within the new release include an option that will allow lessons to directly publish to Blackboard, as well as, a new photo album activity, quiz group function, table of contents, and accessibility options.

For more information on SoftChalk’s latest version visit their WEBSITE.