Clicker Paint and Accessible Activities 2
You do not need to use Xara to make accessible activities for Clicker Paint.
You can do it in Clicker paint itself, and it’s a lot quicker. Here is brief set of instructions for making this Maths worksheet;
- Open a new template – (Landscape is probably best)
- Select the colour of lines and draw your picture, or use the shapes tool (outlines of course)
- Remember that the background is still transparent at this stage. You fill the background with a light colour to protect this area when the pupil finally uses it. You can use white but it might get confusing!
- Save the image as a .png file (this is important!)
- Create a new document – again probably landscape format
- Go to File > Settings > Activity Details. There is a bit of a time delay here.
- Click ‘Choose Picture’ and load your .png file
- Click the button next to ‘On top of painting’ and press OK
- Save this Clicker Paint Document Document.
You have an accessible activity with the background protected. It is possible to add ‘Sticky Points’ for switch users using scanning, but I have not worked out how to do that!
Give it a try. This method is much easier than using Xara, especially if you can draw well using Clicker Paint itself!
