Multiple Tabs or Multiple Windows?

So you primarily have two options when working on projects through your web browser. You can either have multiple tabs open like this to do your work in

picture of multiple tabs

 

or you can select file, then new window (Mac) to have multiple browser windows open. In Microsoft Windows just select new window from its appropriate area of your browser. The other way to do this is to left click the tab itself and drag it to a different area, if you have multiple tabs open to begin with.

 

Once you have two windows you can drag them to view them both within the same screen like this

one screen, two windows

 

or, if you have multiple computer screens, drag one window to one screen and the other one to another such as this. This technique allows you to view two windows simultaneously which can be very helpful when doing tasks within systems such as Carmen.

two screens

 

Take time to experiment with these three techniques and decide which one works best for you!

SoftChalk Resources to Explore

About a month ago, I proposed reasons you might want to look at SoftChalk Cloud with a group of campus partners in my blog post titled “Why you should take a (second) look at SoftChalk now.”

Today, I am sharing a few SoftChalk resources with my colleagues in the College of Dentistry.  Explore these sites to see if SoftChalk might be of interest to you, and let me know how I can be helpful if you want to get started!

SoftChalk web site

SoftChalk Cloud

Example of a Drag-and-Drop activity in SoftChalk (not Cloud; note the URL).

FAQs for SoftChalk

SoftChalk Showcase (great place to go to see what’s possible in SoftChalk; original files for some of these lessons can be downloaded and edited for your own use!)

SoftChalk Guides (includes that all-important student user guide to which you can refer your students)

eBook Builder

 

 

 

Images for Free Use

In order to get free use images and avoid copyright infringement, follow these steps!

Note:  This strategy for image searching will not negate the need for responsible citation or a double-check to make sure you aren’t breaking copyright regulations!

1) Google a keyword for what you need, such as nursing. Then click images. 

Screen Shot 2015-01-13 at 12.48.16 PM2) Then click the gear on the right side of the screen and select Advanced search.

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3) Then scroll down and select free to use or share. Finally click Advanced Search. 

Screen Shot 2015-01-13 at 12.49.10 PMNow an image bank should show up filled with images that you can use worry free for your course.