{"id":521,"date":"2020-04-06T21:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/?p=521"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:57:34","slug":"digitize-your-learning-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2020\/04\/06\/digitize-your-learning-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitize your learning materials."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking your classroom online in a hurry? Most language instructors we\u2019ve talked to are less worried about taking their class online than they are about taking their learning materials and lesson plans online.<\/p>\n<p>What if you could take your worksheets, textbooks, etc. and quickly digitize them into engaging, interactive online lessons, at scale, in 130 languages? That\u2019s what CL-150 Lesson Authoring makes possible! Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/353817067\">2-minute video<\/a> below to see it in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Lesson Authoring in the CL-150 Platform?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/353817067?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Not your average flashcard lesson<\/h2>\n<p>Vocabulary is central to many lessons, but don\u2019t mistake these lessons as simply virtual flashcards.<\/p>\n<p>Lessons can also be based around a text, such as a news article, book passage, or blog post. Texts can easily be imported from a URL, or you can write your own text right in the platform.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-522\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-1024x568.png\" alt=\"CL-150 Lesson Authoring vocab selection\" width=\"616\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-350x194.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>choose from<\/strong> <strong>25+ learning activities (and growing)<\/strong> that cover listening, speaking, reading, and typing skills. Many activities can be customized and lend themselves to teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2019\/05\/29\/why-focus-on-vocabulary\/\">vocabulary<\/a>, grammar (such as an interactive conjugation chart in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2019\/11\/12\/lesson-authoring-tips-creative-uses-of-table-activity\/\">Table<\/a>) or culture (such as images of common body language in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2019\/09\/19\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-tips-creative-uses-of-slide-show\/\">Slide Show<\/a>). Your learners will enjoy working with real-world, real-time content supported by game-like activities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/COVID19-lesson-GIF-2.gif\" alt=\"CL-150 lesson authoring covid-19 lessons\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Easy to make and assign, even easier to track<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s <em>so<\/em> much you can do with these lessons it could be overwhelming! But authoring was designed with speed and simplicity in mind\u2014our in-house Content team typically authors a powerful new lesson delivering a sequence of 10 or 15 pedagogically effective activities in 2 hours. Lessons can be assigned and re-used with as many classes as you\u2019d like and can even be cloned and shared with your instruction team to reduce duplication. You can also work on lessons collaboratively with your fellow instructors using the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2020\/03\/03\/new-in-lesson-authoring-co-authoring\/\">co-authoring feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, these lessons don\u2019t live in a vacuum. You can easily assign lessons you create to as many classes as you\u2019d like, and all lesson activity is automatically tracked, so you\u2019ll know which learners have completed it, how long it took them, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Class-Activity-Report.png\" alt=\"CL-150 Class Activity Report\" width=\"645\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Class-Activity-Report.png 957w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Class-Activity-Report-350x227.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/Class-Activity-Report-768x498.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Authoring is available to government language instructors in the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/government\/about-cl-150.html#instructors\"><strong>CL-150 Platform<\/strong><\/a><strong>. Want to learn more? Contact us for a demo: usg@transparent.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-350x194.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"CL-150 Lesson Authoring vocab selection\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-350x194.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/04\/vocab-selection.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Taking your classroom online in a hurry? Most language instructors we\u2019ve talked to are less worried about taking their class online than they are about taking their learning materials and lesson plans online. 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