Adding Your SoftChalk Lesson to Canvas

There are several ways to add your SoftChalk Lesson to Canvas. The easiest way is to add your lesson as a hyperlink or to use embed code. A hyperlink will open the lesson in a new browser window, while embedding will display the lesson directly in Canvas.

Note: You will want to use these options if you do not need to collect student scores from the lesson into your Canvas gradebook. If you are using Quiz Poppers within SoftChalk and would like to import those grades into Canvas, you will need to use instructions for Canvas and SoftChalk Desktop Integration found on SoftChalk's website.

Put a Hyperlink of Your Lesson into Canvas

Each lesson you create in SoftChalk Cloud has its own unique web link (URL). You can provide this web link if you wish students or colleagues to view your lesson.

1. Login to SoftChalk Cloud.

2. Hover over My Content and then click Lessons.

3. Click on the title of the Lesson you would like to add to Canvas.

4. You will see a lesson preview, scroll down to the Lesson Actions area. At the bottom right, right-click within the Hyperlink field and choose Copy to grab a copy of the lesson link.

5. Navigate to Canvas and choose the course you want to put the lesson into.

6. Open the Modules area where you would like students to view the SoftChalk Lesson.

7. Click the "+" icon on the module and select External Link from the drop down menu.

8. Add the URL that was copied from SoftChalk Cloud into the URL field.

9. Give your page a title in the Page Name field. 

10. Click Add Item.

Embed Your Lesson into Canvas

1. Login to SoftChalk Cloud.

2. Hover over My Content and then click Lessons.

3. Click on the title of the Lesson you would like to add to Canvas.

4. You will see a lesson preview, scroll down to the Lesson Actions area. At the bottom right, right-click within the Embed field and choose Copy to grab a copy of the lesson link.

5. Navigate to Canvas and choose the course you want to put the lesson into.

6. Open the Content area where you would like students to view the SoftChalk Lesson.

7. Click Build Content and select Item from the menu.

8. Add a name for your lesson in the Name field and click the HTML button on the Content Creation box.

9. Use Ctrl +V to paste the embed code that was copied from SoftChalk Cloud into the HTML Code View box.

10. Click Update and then Submit.

 

For additional support, Contact Canvas Support