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Welcome to Clicker.

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In this video, I'll walk you through the
basics of Clicker's writing support,

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the supportive word processor,
writing grids, and Clicker Boards.

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To start, make sure you're on 
the Document tab.

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Let's get started by typing a sentence.

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When you finish a sentence with
punctuation, Clicker reads it back to you.

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There are thousands of earthquakes across
the world each day.

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This encourages children to review their writing
as they go, and to make their own corrections.

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To hear an individual word, click it.

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To hear a section, highlight it,
and click the speaker icon.

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To use a different voice, or to change any of
the speech options, go to Options, then Speech.

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If a child makes a spelling error,
it's underlined in red.

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Right-click a spelling error to access the
spell check.

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If students need help reading the word,
right-click to hear it read aloud.

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You can use right-click practically
anywhere in Clicker to have a word read aloud.

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Click a suggestion to use it in your
writing.

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You can also access the spell check here.

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Clicker spell check as phonetic, so
it will offer child-friendly suggestions.

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Now, let's take a look at the Predictor.

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This is Clicker's predictive text tool.

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It offers words that may logically come
next in your sentence.

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Turn the Predictor on here, then choose
the words you want as you type.

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Simply click a word to use it in your
sentence.

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The Predictor also has a useful phonetic
element to it.

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These suggestions are speech-supported
too.

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So, right-click to listen to a word read
aloud.

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Next, we'll look at Voice notes.

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Voice notes enable us to add an audio
recording to a document that can be

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listened to throughout the writing
process.

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This could be for a student to rehearse a
sentence or to plan out ideas,

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or a member of staff recording an
instruction or providing verbal feedback.

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Click here to open the sound recorder.

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Use the red button to start recording.

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A tsunami is a series of huge waves.

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Click stop when you've finished.

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You can listen back and
re-record if you need to, but

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choose done when you're
happy with your recording.

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My voice note is stored in the speech
bubble here.

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Click the speech bubble to hear your
recording.

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Voice notes can hold up to
a minute of recording, and

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you can add multiple voice
notes to your document.

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You can add picture support to your
writing here.

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There are several ways to add pictures
into your document, but let's look at Picturize.

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Picturize is clicker's instant visual support,
great for encouraging students' independence.

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From here, choose your picture library.

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You can choose between
CrickPix, Clicker's library

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of artist-drawn realistic
images, or Widget symbols.

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A library of 10,000 Widget symbols is
included in Clicker.

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I'll select Widget symbols and hit
Picturize again.

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Clicker has now added corresponding
symbols into my document.

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For additional picture settings,
go to Options and choose Pictures.

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One of the things you can do here is add
picture or symbol support into the Predictor.

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Another top tip for using
the Predictor is that it will

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also prioritize vocabulary
from any open Clicker sets.

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OK, we'll clear our document and now let's
consider those learners who need more support.

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We're going to look at Clicker sets.

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These are the resources in Clicker.

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There are a range of different Clicker
Sets to support learners of all abilities.

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In this video, we'll be focusing on the
writing resources.

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You can create any Clicker Set from
scratch, but you also have access to a

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bank of thousands of ready-made resources
in LearningGrids.

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Let's navigate there by selecting the File Explorer
icon and choosing Learning Grids Resources.

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This is our bank of ready-made resources.

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I recommend anyone using Clicker spend
some time here in LearningGrids.

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I'll go to the Science section 
and choose Plants.

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We'll start by looking at Sentence Sets.

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So, I'll filter for this resource using
the checkboxes on the left.

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I'll open this About Plants resource using
the green Open button.

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Writing grids sit beneath
your document and provide

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writing support with
various levels of scaffolding.

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Sentence Sets are great for early writers
working on sentence structure.

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We can build a simple sentence 
word by word.

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When you click words in the grid,
they get sent to the document.

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Writing grids are speech-supported,
too.

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So, you can right-click any vocabulary to
hear it read aloud.

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Under.

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Punctuation is offered in 
the grid, too.

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So, we can finish our sentence and listen
to it read aloud.

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The roots grow under the ground.

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Clicking the forward arrow takes you to
the next grid.

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So, you can create another sentence.

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A sentence set typically contains lots of
grids.

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So, you can create a meaningful piece of
writing, one sentence at a time.

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For an extra layer of support, sentence
sets can include a model sentence.

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By clicking here, I can rehearse the
sentence before I attempt it independently.

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All Clicker Sets are editable by going to
Edit view here.

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For example, you might
want to change the word order

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in a Sentence Set, or use
a different model sentence.

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You can also customize the vocabulary,
colors, and image support in any writing grid.

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Watch our other tutorials to learn more
about creating and editing resources.

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OK, now let's open a different kind of
Clicker Set.

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We'll head back to LearningGrids,
but this time, we'll filter by Connect Set.

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This resource sits beneath the document
just like the Sentence Set, and we can

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click the words to add them to the
document.

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Connect Sets provide more open-ended
activities.

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It's still scaffolded writing, but children
have more words and phrases to choose from.

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Choose the words or phrases to create your
sentence.

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Listen to vocabulary read
aloud using right-click-contain

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then move on to the next
grid using the forward arrow.

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Next, we'll clear our document again and
take a look at Word Banks.

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And you can see there are a few different
types to choose from.

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Word Banks provide alphabetical or
topic-based word lists to use alongside

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the keyboard to support writing in any
subject area.

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They're great for providing spelling and
vocabulary support for more independent writers.

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Remember, you can right-click to hear a word read
aloud, and just click it to add to your document.

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In this Word Bank, words are organized
into topic-based tabs.

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You can also organize word banks into
alphabetical tabs, like this one,

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or as a Quick Words, like this one,
for one grid of key vocabulary.

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With any writing grid, you can easily add
picture or symbol support in edit view.

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To add picture or symbol support, select
the picture icon and choose Picturize.

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Choose your settings and your image
library, then hit Picturize again.

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This is such a quick way to add visual
support to a resource.

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There are lots of changes
you can make in edit view,

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and you can learn more about
this in our other tutorials.

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Finally, we'll look at Clicker Board,
a supportive planning tool.

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We have some great ready-made boards in
learning grids, or you can create your own

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by going to the Clicker Set ribbon and
choosing New.

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In the Planning Boards tab, I'll pick a
template.

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Let's create a mind map for this example.

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Now we can collate ideas or plan a piece
of writing.

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Double-click a cell to add text.

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You can add Voice Notes to your board
here.

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Click here to add picture support into a
Clicker Board.

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You can send a Clicker Board
to your document or turn it

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into a Word Bank to continue
providing writing support.

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Watch our Clicker Board tutorial for more
information on this.

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In this video, we've looked at a small
sample of Clicker Sets.

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Your subscription gives you free access to
thousands of ready-made Clicker Sets for a

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whole range of subjects,
including speaking and listening

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activities and on-screen
speech-supported books.

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Remember to visit LearningGrids to
explore the resources.

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Thanks for watching.

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See our other tutorials for more 
Clicker features.