Clicker 5

Clicker software has two parts:

• Clicker Writer is a talking word processor with picture support
• Clicker Grids are grids that display at the bottom of the screen allowing students to click on words or pictures and have them inserted into Clicker Writer (the word processor part of the software). Clicker Grids can be used to create word banks, sentence starters, and even e-books incorporating pictures, sound, and video.

Roadmaps (what are roadmaps?)

• Clicker in the classroom (148K pdf)

Printable Quick Guides

• Using Pictures in Clicker 5 (310K pdf) Review of the various ways to import graphics into Clicker5
• Word Banks Quick Guide (341K pdf) Word banks support struggling students in their writing in a variety of ways
• Using Clicker 5 as a Talking Word Processor (11K pdf)
• Making eBooks Quick Guide (490K pdf) Go beyond word-processing and use Clicker5 as a reading support with writing activities incorporated
• Using Audio in Clicker 5 (80K pdf)
• Using Video in Clicker 5 (110K pdf)
• Adding Cells to Forced Order Grids (155K pdf)
• Clicker Tutorial (303K pdf) Focuses mainly on grids and electronic books
• Cheat Sheet (75K pdf)
• Clicker5 Guide from Cricksoft (2.7MB pdf) Explains the main features of Clicker5
• LearningGrids.com Overview (2.7MB pdf) LearningGrids.com is a free repository of Clicker Grids
• Reducing the file size of photos using IrfanView (308K pdf) If you are using photos from a digital camera in your Clicker files, you may need to reduce the file size of your photos first so that your Clicker grid does not become too big
• Converting Video using Zamar (216K pdf) If Clicker doesn't support the video format you have, then you can use Zamzar to convert to WMV format

Clicker 5 on the UDL Share Space

• Downloading Clicker 5 Files from the UDL Share Space (55K pdf)
• Searching for Clicker 5 Files on the UDL Share Space (169K pdf)

See more tips for Clicker 5 at the HIAT Help Archive

Video Tutorials

• Introduction to Using Clicker5 as a Talking Word Processor (3:22)
• Managing Clicker Writer Word Processing Documents (2:29)
• Clicker Word Processing Speech and Picture Settings (2:30)
• Creating Talking Word Banks (4:56)
• Linking Multiple Grids (0:56)
• Adding Pictures to Grids (5:46)
• Saving and Opening Grids (2:28)
• Printing Grids (1:37)

After watching any of these segments, please give us your feedback.

Other Clicker 5 Resources:

• Crick Software website
• Clicker Learning Grids - Many Clicker 5 resources online for you to download and adapt for your own needs. Create a free login to access this site.
• Clicker 5 Frequently Asked Questions from Spectronics
• Video tutorials and quick guides from SETT BC
• Collection of Clicker5 resources (search "Clicker5")

Home Use privileges for MCPS Staff

This software allows home-use rights for MCPS staff of elementary schools. See Home Use Summary (45K pdf).