About Chalk Titles

Overview

Chalk Titles are Course Cartridges that are integrated with external applications and content from publishers. Chalk Titles include both content and tools. Tools included in a Chalk Title connect to an outside source to run each tool.

Chalk Titles are installed in the same way as other Course Cartridges. Like other Course Cartridges, Chalk Titles require a download key and Student access keys.

Important features in Chalk Titles include:

• Integration with the Course: Chalk Titles link Courses to applications running on the publisher's servers. These applications are often popular tools that are familiar to Instructors. Please contact the publisher for more information about the applications included with a Chalk Title.
• Single Sign-on: Users that are logged into the Course are logged into the publisher applications linked to the Course. Users pass between the Course and the publisher application seamlessly.
• Roster synchronization: Users enrolled in the Course are automatically enrolled in the publisher application.
• Grade passing:Grades from the publisher application are passed to the Course.

Chalk Title tools appear in the Tools area of the Control Panel after a Chalk Title is added to a Course. Instructors can restrict availability to Chalk Title tools in the same way that they can restrict availability to other tools.

The System Administrator may restrict the availability of Chalk Title tools in all Courses. By default, Instructors can use Chalk Title tools in Courses.

Chalk Title Tools can synch with the Grade Center in a Course to report Student performance. Note that Student attempts are stored on the server that runs the tool, not within the Course. Therefore, Student attempts are not included when the Course is archived. The reported Grade is the only recorded information about a Student attempt.

Chalk Title tools will not work if a Course that contains Chalk Title tools is exported or archived and later added to system that does not support Chalk Titles.

Troubleshooting

It is important to remember when reporting problems with a Chalk Title that Chalk Title tools and content are linked to outside servers hosted by publishers. In many cases, the problem may be with the publisher server. Make sure to let the System Administrator know that a problem is related to Chalk Title tool.

Privacy Settings

To fully use links added to a Course by a Chalk Title, the user's browser settings must be set to Accept All Cookies or to be set to accept cookies from Chalk provider’s server.

If the browser privacy settings are set on Medium or High, cookies from third party content, including Chalk applications, are silently blocked. Users will receive an error message when attempting to access some of the links for a Chalk Title.

The privacy settings can be maintained at Medium or High if the user specifically sets the browser to accept cookies from the Chalk provider’s server. Contact the Chalk Title publisher for additional information.