Clicker 5 Quick Start - University of Toronto



Clicker 5 Quick Start

Clicker 5 is a writing support and multimedia tool. It has a talking word processor, called Clicker Writer, into which you can type directly or click on words in the on-screen Clicker Grid. The full screen Clicker grids can also be used for full-screen talking books, multimedia presentations and labeling activities.

Starting Clicker 5

When Clicker 5 starts, it shows Clicker Explorer. This makes it easy to find and edit Clicker 5 files, which are called ‘Grid Sets’.

Double-click on a folder to view its contents, or double-click on a Grid Set to open it. The Quick Tour Grid Set teaches you the basics.

Clicker Writer and the Clicker Grid

When you create a new Grid Set with templates such as the Sentence Building templates, there is a talking word processor - Clicker Writer - at the top of the screen, with the Clicker Grid at the bottom of the screen. You can add words to the Clicker Grid and click on them to write in Clicker Writer. You can also type directly into Clicker Writer. It can automatically capitalize words at the start of sentences and proper nouns.

When you write a sentence in Clicker Writer and end it with a full stop, you can hear the sentence read aloud to you, with the words highlighted as they are spoken. You can hear individual words in Clicker Writer by clicking on them, or you can select some of the text and click Speak Text to hear it spoken. To hear words in the cells before you write, click on a cell with the right-hand mouse button.

Creating a new Grid Set

To get started with Clicker 5, open the File menu in the top left corner and select New Grid Set or click on Create new Grid Set on the left handside of the window.

Creating a Talking Book

Select Create new Grid Set and select book making from the templates menu. Select landscape 12 and create, the title page appears, Go to the edit menu and select edit mode. To enter text into a cell, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and click on the cell. A cursor then starts flashing in the cell, type in the cell to add your title and press the Enter key on your keyboard

when you have finished.

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