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Clicker 6 (Win/Mac)
Creating a Forced Order Grid in Clicker 6
Introduction
For students who require a very high level of support forming simple sentences, Clicker 6 features forced order
writing templates. These templates require a user to follow a specific sentence structure. They must choose a
cell from the first column, then the second, and so on.
This tutorial assumes…
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The user knows how to open Clicker 6
Learning Objectives
Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following:
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Navigating to the Templates area
Configuring a template
Enabling Instant Pictures feature
Editing contents of a cell in Edit Mode
Case Study
Mr. Smith teaches a grade 3 class in which he has students with a variety of learning needs. One student,
Ashton, has received a laptop computer and Clicker 6 as assistive technology. Ashton has a moderate to
profound intellectual disability and is functioning at a pre-literacy level and relies on picture and auditory/oral
support to complete written tasks. Verbally he uses one word utterances and requires a great deal of support
forming simple sentences. The class daily works on journal writing and Mr. Smith would like to find a way to
meaningfully include Ashton in this class activity. The vision is that a forced order grid will provide him with
practice following a set sentence structure (i.e. “noun verb noun”), using nouns and objects that Ashton is
familiar with and that he likes.
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Create the Grid using the Templates Area
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Plan out on paper, what you want
your grid to look like. This tutorial
will create the following grid:
Now we know that we will need
four columns and two rows.
The
boy
likes
chocolate
The girl
hates
broccoli
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From the Clicker 6 Quick Start
menu choose “Make a Clicker
Set.”
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Highlight “Templates” then click
“Sentence Building.”
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Double-click “5. Forced Order” to
expand the list.
Click “Forced Order 1” to show
the preview.
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Change the number of Rows and
Columns that you will need for
your forced order grid.
Our example will need four
columns and two rows.
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Click “Create” and the grid will
appear at the bottom of the page.
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Save your work by clicking the
“ClickerSet” drop down menu,
choosing “Save Clicker Set As…“
and give your file a meaningful
name.
Enable Instant Pictures
The next step requires going into
Edit Mode where we will be able
to enable instant pictures.
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At the very bottom of the page,
click the “Edit Clicker Set” button.
Click the “Clicker Set” drop down
menu and choose “Clicker Set
Properties.”
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Under the "Media" tab, enable the
checkboxes for "Use Instant
Pictures in cells" as well as "When
this Clicker Set is in use, use
Instant Pictures in the Document."
Add Text and Images to Cells using Instant Pictures
Now that Instant Pictures in cells
has been enabled. . .
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Hold down the shift key and click
one of the cells.
Type "The boy" or similar text that
you want to appear in that cell.
Press the Tab key on your
keyboard.
Pressing the 'Tab' key will do two
things:
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An instant picture will be
found and inserted into the
cell.
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Your cursor will move to
the next cell in the grid.
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Add Text and Images to Cells using the Picture button
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It may be that you do not like the
image chosen by Instant Pictures,
or you would like to use your own
photos.
Click the cell you want to change
so that it becomes highlighted.
In the Editing Toolbar, click the
"Pictures" button in the
Appearance tab.
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Note: The "Pictures" button will
only appear when a cell is
selected.
Click "Browse."
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Note: There are other options
including painting your own image
or using a webcam.
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To search for an image, type a
search term into the field on the
top of the window and press enter.
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You may double-click the image
you want to use.
Or, you may want to navigate to a
file you have saved in your
Documents folder and doubleclick it.
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Note: Depending on your selected
options in User Preferences, it
may not be possible to navigate to
your "My Pictures" folder nor to an
external drive like an SD Card.
However, you can always simply
drag and drop an image right
onto a cell
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Continue to add more text and
images using Shift-Click, Instant
Pictures, or browsing for specific
images.
When you have finished, click the
"Edit Clicker Set" button again and
save your Clicker Set file again.
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Tip…
Sometimes there is an instant picture for a word in only one verb tense, for example: there is a picture for
‘like’ but not for ‘likes.’ In this case, type the word, such as ‘like’ and use the Tab key for instant pictures.
Next, shift-click in the cell and type in your new word, such as ‘likes.’
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