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Making Clicker grids - 4

Judith Adelsberg, St Crispin's Infant School, Westgate

Children in this class sit at tables which are named after a colour. These grids help the children to find their own name by first clicking on a cell that has their table colour in it. The children then see a grid with the names of all the children on that table. They find their own name and click to write it.

How to make this grid yourself

In the example, the teacher has created a main grid with four coloured cells. Each coloured cell is linked to another grid. The 'back' button enables children to return to the colour grid.

All Clicker grids have this back button on the grid toolbar. However, you may want to convert a cell in the grid into a button so that it's larger and easier to click.

First, create all the grids you need before adding links. Click here for details on creating basic grids.

You may change the background colour of a grid using the Grid Properties dialogue box. This appears when you create a new grid. If you are already working on a grid, click Grid > Grid Properties from the Clicker Writer toolbar.

You may change the background colour of an individual cell from the Cell Properties menu. Hold down the shift key and click the right mouse button over a cell.

Save each grid in the appropriate folder. Once the grids have been saved, you can add the links to other grids.

Adding links between grids

Right click the cell where you want to place the link to another grid. Select the 'Open grid' tab.

Click the 'Open this Grid' button and then click 'Browse'. Select the grid you want to open when the link cell is clicked.

Important Note: You must remember to save each grid again after you have added a link.

Adding a large 'Back' button

To turn a cell into a 'back' button, you can insert a picture of a 'back' arrow into the cell.

From Cell Properties, click the 'Appearance' tab and the 'Graphic' button. You will see a list of all the folders of clip art that are part of Clicker 4. In the 'Icons' folder there are a number of button graphics to choose from.

You must also tell Clicker to return the user to the colour grid. Right click the button cell, select the 'Open grid' tab and click the 'Previous grid' option.

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