The CSU Office of the Chancellor has negotiated a contract with SoftChalk to provide significantly discounted costs for individual SoftChalk Cloud subscriptions for CSU faculty and staff, as part of a CSU Private SoftChalk Cloud.
About SoftChalk
Cloud
SoftChalk
Cloud’s award-winning, multi-function platform combines learning object
repository, content authoring, hosting and management features with an easy way
to track student score results—and it’s designed to integrate seamlessly with
learning management systems. For further information, download a SoftChalk Cloud pdf.
How is SoftChalk Cloud different than SoftChalk for the desktop?
SoftChalk Cloud is
available whenever you log into your SoftChalk Cloud account. It offers all the
creation features of SoftChalk for the desktop with anywhere, anytime access
and the ability to manage, share and track learning content in one place. You
have a My Content area in the Cloud to save your content and will no longer
have a need for the Library feature that’s present in the desktop version.
There’s also no need to package executable lessons because you can publish
lessons to your SoftChalk Cloud account and give the hyperlink to your
students. With the SoftChalk Cloud, you must have an Internet connection to
create content.
For further details,
choose from the following:
· Explore the SoftChalk Cloud website
· Sign up for a free 30-day trial
· Participate in one of many
SoftChalk Cloud webinars
CSU SoftChalk
Cloud Subscription Information
We have 50
individual subscriptions that we offer until they have all been allocated.
- Individual User Subscription:
- $250
for an individual one-year subscription (vs.
$495 retail price)
- Each
subscription includes:
- 2 GB of storage and access for up to 500
students (total not concurrent)
- Technical
support
- Demonstration
webinars
- Self-paced
video and lesson tutorials
- 2 GB of storage and access for up to 500
students (total not concurrent)
- $250
for an individual one-year subscription (vs.
$495 retail price)
SoftChalk will be happy to demo their tool for
evaluation purposes and will provide training at a negotiated rate.
Purchasing
Discounted Individual SoftChalk Cloud Subscriptions:
Set Up and Purchase Process:
1. Your campus must designate a single “SoftChalk Cloud
Procurement Coordinator” who will be responsible for:
a. Requesting individual licenses from the Chancellor’s
Office SoftChalk Cloud contract coordinator at the CSU Center for Distributed
Learning (CDL).
b. Being the financial contact for the CDL. This
person will be notified when the CDL initiates the CPO for reimbursement of the
cost of the licenses.
c. Providing the distribution and support of the
SoftChalk licenses to campus members. The CO will not be providing any user
support for SoftChalk.
2. Send an email to Softchalk-contract@cdl.edu to request the SoftChalk Cloud subscription keys. In your email you will need to provide the following purchase information:
a. Number of individual SoftChalk Cloud subscription
keys requested.
b. Total amount of funds the CO will request from your
campus through a CPO.
c. The department chartfield string to process the
CPO.
d. Campus name, campus title, phone number, and email address
of your designated SoftChalk Cloud Procurement Coordinator
3. Once the CPO is submitted, the CDL will send your
designated SoftChalk Cloud Procurement Coordinator the activation key(s) for
your distribution and control.
4. The purchasing process is now complete, and you are ready to get started!
Enabling SoftChalk Cloud Subscription Keys
Now that you have completed the purchase process, you are
ready to activate your SoftChalk Cloud subscription(s).
If you DO NOT have a SoftChalk Cloud account, please create an account on the SoftChalk Cloud Join Now page. From the Select Account Type dropdown menu, select CLOUD (I have an Activation Key) and put in the Activation Key that was provided. Then complete the form and click “Join Now” at the bottom of the form.
If you already have a SoftChalk account, log
into your account on the SoftChalk
Cloud website. Then click the Subscribe link found at the top right of any Cloud page. From the Account Type dropdown menu, select Cloud (I have an Activation Key).
Paste in the Activation Key in the third bullet below and then click Upgrade.
Supported
Web Browsers and Information for Firewalls
·
Supported web browsers are: Firefox, Internet
Explorer 9, and Safari.
·
If your institution has a firewall, please see
the FAQ I think my institution has a firewall that
is preventing me from saving content to SoftChalk Cloud. What should I do?
Help Topics and Training
Help Topics
You can access
additional resources from the Help menu in SoftChalk Create or from our SoftChalk
Support Center.
·
Learning Management System (LMS) Guides
Training Programs
Register for our free, one-hour online training
webinars available from the Help menu in Create or on our Short Courses registration page. Topics
include SoftChalk Overview, Embedded Media, SoftChalk Cloud, Quizzes, the
SoftChalk ScoreCenter, and much more.
Video Tutorials
View our pre-recorded videos. The videos are only a few minutes long, so
they provide a quick way to get up-to-speed on SoftChalk.
Support
If you need additional assistance, please e-mail
us at help@softchalk.com.
We hope this contract provides you with an
opportunity to better serve the needs of your faculty, staff, and students as
they author instructional materials for their teaching, learning, and
instructional support.
If you have questions about this opportunity, please feel free to contact the CDL at 707-664-4340, or by email at info@cdl.edu.