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Documentation for Faculty

All documentation and tutorials below are in PDF, SWF or HTML format. You may need to download the free Acrobat Reader for PDF files or free Flash Player for SWF files.

Getting Started
  • Building your Course Site - pdf
  • Design Tips - pdf
  • How to use the Chalk Course Site Request Form - swf - 5:13
Content Areas
  • Posting Course Material
    • How to Add Items (files), such as a Syllabus, to your Chalk Course Site - swf - 3:40
    • How to Batch Upload several files at one time to your Chalk Course Site - html
    • Adaptive Release of Items already added to your Chalk Course Site (for the advanced user) - pdf
  • Announcements - Create an Announcement - swf - 2:30
  • Assignments Manager
    • Creating an Assignment - swf - 2:30
    • Assignment Manager - pdf
  • Audio Files - html
  • iMovie and Chalk - pdf
  • HTML in Chalk (Basic)- pdf
  • Learning Units - Learn How to Build - swf - 6:37
  • Library Course Reserves - html
  • PDF Files and Chalk (coming soon)
  • Supported File Types - pdf
  • Voice Tools - html
Course Tools
  • Digital Drop Box - pdf
  • Discussion Board Features - pdf, swf - 3:36
  • How to Send an Email through Chalk - swf - 2:00
  • Glossary Feature (coming soon)
  • Messages Feature - pdf
  • Office Hours - html
  • Power User Enrollment Feature - swf - 2:25
Course Options
  • Course Design - Adding a course banner - Coming soon.
User Management
  • Groups
    • Creating and Managing - Coming soon.
    • Using Adaptive Release - make course material available to only certain Groups - pdf
  • How to Check your Roster - swf - 1:21
  • Power User Enrollment Feature - swf - 3:00
  • How to Send an Email through Chalk - swf - 2:02
  • Organizations - Batch Enroll Users - html
Assessments
  • Gradebook (Basic Features) - pdf or swf - 4:35
  • Surveys
    • How to create a new Survey - html
    • How to copy questions from an existing Survey to a new Survey - html
  • Testing:
    • Test or Pool, uploading questions from Word Document - pdf
    • Recommendations for Students before taking an online test - html
    • Audio Files as part of a test question - html

 

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Last updated: 11/14/07