It's very difficult for human beings to instantaneously comprehend and internalize all the facets of any large conecpt at once. Instead, ideas need to be broken down and introduced in smaller chunks of data which are easier to comprehend.

This lesson will explain how to chunk content in SoftChalk and provide examples of chunked presentations.

In the years before radio, television, and the Internet, the primary source of news and information came from newspapers. In order to get consumers to purchase newspapers, publishers would put important or enticing information toward the top of the page, above where the newspaper was folded.

In the advent of the Internet, the phrase "above the fold" is still in use. On the web, "above the fold" refers to the area of a webpage that is visible when the page loads.

Did you see the picture of a giraffe on the previous page?

If you didn't see it, go back and take a look. I'll wait for you...

The giraffe wasn't obvious because it wasn't "above the fold". If the content you're presenting requires your students to scroll down the page to see it all, then they might be missing some important content!

So, when you're building your lessons in SoftChalk, it's imperative that you break down your content into short, logical, easy to understand chunks of information, and limit vertical scrolling as much as possible.

Image courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/at0069_4s.jpg

To chunk your content in SoftChalk,

1. Position your cursor at the point in the page where you want to put a break
2. Click on "Insert" in the menubar.
3. When the menu drops down, hover your pointer over "Page Break"
4. When the menu pops out, click on "Insert".
5. At the position of your break, you'll see an image similar to this:
6. Repeat the process throughout your document, inserting breaks in logical positions.