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[kamiakin]

Does anyone have experience with the Softchalk web lesson software?

My employer (The Washington State Archives) wants to create an online certificate program in records management and we are looking for a way to put some simple lessons online. The requirements are that the system be fairly low-bandwidth (we have a lot of rural users), easy to use, that we host it ourselves, and that it be fairly cheap. There needs to be a system to administer online tests as well.

The person who would actually be creating the lessons has downloaded the Softchalk demo and really likes it, and has received permission to spend the $995 one-time fee to buy the software. I have been asked to see if there is something else she should consider before we pull the trigger. I have told her to check out Moodle.

Has anyone used Softchalk, or a similar system that we should consider?

[bone_gal]

I might be wrong here (the demo I saw of Soft Chalk was a while ago), but I think Soft Chalk is a program for building interactive learning activities... like drag and drop, etc. I don't think it's a whole online system.  So in that sense, you could use Soft Chalk for building your lessons, but they would need to be hosted in some sort of online course management system. Especially if you need online exams, you will probably need something else. So you could look into Moodle for that. You might be able to get by with only Moodle and not need Soft Chalk.