Clicker 6 v.1.16 and Clicker Sentences(iPad)
Exporting Clicker 6 Sentence Building Activities to the Clicker
Sentences App
Introduction
For teams whose students are using both Clicker 6 and the Clicker Sentences App on the iPad,
there is now a way to export sentence writing activities to the iPad using Dropbox.
This tutorial assumes…
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You have installed the Clicker Sentences App on your iPad.
You have updated Clicker 6 to at least version 1.16.
You have a Dropbox account and you have installed the Dropbox app on your iPad
and computer.
You know how to create a Sentence Building activity in Clicker 6 using the Quick
Wizard.
Your computer and your iPad are connected to the Internet.
Learning Objectives
Completion of this tutorial will give you experience with the following:
 Exporting Clicker 6 Sentence Building Activities to Dropbox.
 Setting up the Clicker Sentences App to link with Dropbox.
 Opening the Sentence Building activity on the iPad.
 Locating the Dropbox Downloads folder of exported activities.
Case Study
Frank teaches a grade 2 class in which he is supporting 3 students who are using Clicker 6 on
the computer and 2 students who are using the iPad app, Clicker Sentences. All students are
working on writing and he daily creates a new writing theme for his students using the Clicker 6
Quick Wizard for Sentence Building. He wishes he could find a way to quickly use the same
sentence building activities that he creates in Clicker 6 with the students using the iPad.
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Linking the Clicker Sentences App to Dropbox
The steps in this tutorial rely on both
devices to be connected to the Internet
and that you have a Dropbox account.
On your iPad:
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Sign in to Dropbox (if you aren’t
already signed in.)
On your computer:
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Install the appropriate Dropbox
app on your computer if you
don’t already have it.
(www.dropbox.com to sign up
for Dropbox and to install the
computer app.)
On your iPad:
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Open the Clicker Sentences
App.
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Click on the folder icon to
open the folder view from the
top left menu bar.
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Here you will find links to:
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Click the folder icon
iPad
LearningGrids
Dropbox
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From the left list:
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Click on Dropbox.
Look to the bottom of this left panel. A
linking button will become active.
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Link to Dropbox
Click on Link to Dropbox.
This links the Clicker Sentences App to
Dropbox and allows you to see any
Clicker 6 activities you have exported to
Dropbox.
Exporting a Clicker 6 Sentence Building Activity
On your computer, open Clicker 6.
If you haven’t already done so, create a
sentence building activity using the
Quick Grid Wizards, Sentence Building
Wizard. (Save the activity.)
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In Clicker 6:
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Open the activity that you wish
to export. (In this example I will
be exporting the activity, Things
We Like in Winter Sentence
Building.)
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Click on Clicker Set from the
top menu.
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Click on Clicker Set.
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A Clicker Set menu appears.
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Select Export Clicker Set for
App ... Clicker
Sentences...from the list.
An Export for App Clicker Sentences
editing window appears.
If you are exporting a Sentence
Building activity created using the Quick
Wizard, your activity is ready to be
exported without changes.
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If desired, edit the activity (Notice you
can:
 reduce the number of
sentences,
 add sentences,
 add images,
 change background colour,
 change the way the model
sentence appears and
 change the word order.
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Click on Export to begin the
export process.
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Click Export.
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Opening the Activity on the iPad
To open the activity on the iPad:
 Open the Clicker Sentences
app. (If it is not open.)
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Open the folder view again (see
step 2 of Linking the Clicker
Sentences App to Dropbox for a
reminder.)
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Click on the Dropbox location
link from the list.
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Click Dropbox.
You will be able to see any exported
Clicker 6 activities that are in your
Dropbox in a list on the right.
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Click the activity name to open
it from within Dropbox. In this
example, I have clicked on
Things We Like in Winter
Sentence Building. Wait a few
seconds as the app is
unpacked.
The activity will automatically
open when it is ready.
You are done!
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The Dropbox Downloads Folder
Once you open a Clicker 6 exported
activity from the Dropbox folder in
Clicker Sentences, a version of the
activity will be saved on the iPad in a
folder named, “Dropbox Downloads.”
From there, these activities can be
used even when there is not Internet
connection.
Understanding the folder structure:
 Return to the folder view. The
top status bar informs you of
where you are in the app.
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In this example, the iPad
location is highlighted
(green)...that indicates that you
are viewing the contents of the
Clicker Sentences iPad folder.
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The status bar indicates that a
folder Dropbox Downloads is
open. The contents of the
Dropbox Downloads folder is
listed.
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To move to the top level of the
iPad folder, click on the iPad
arrow icon to the left of the
folder title.
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Click on any folder title to open
that folder and view the
activities. *Note that the
Dropbox Downloads folder
appears at the top of the list.
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Click on any activity title to
open the activity. (The
Examples folder has some
activities that come pre-loaded.)
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