[senit] CiM choice making upgrade

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I would like to make a plea for there to be a choice possible between whether the scan box starts to run only after a switch has been pressed  to set it off (as at present) or whether it starts by itself. some people will want one and some the other,  and it is really important to those that it is important to...

also, one of the most common mistakes I make (and I am not alone) is to forget to 'un-tick' selected exercises  (which may be invisible as in another group or out of sight on a long list) before ticking some new ones. Could there be  a neat  way of asking if you want to 'reset' the exercise list, before you start ticking new exercises?

I am not too keen on the idea of video clips as reward - extra hassle factor. I suppose it's OK so long as its just an option but I would be REALLY REALLY upset if it undid the lovely easy wizard style editing  - that would be a disaster. ChooseiTMaker is just about the ONLY program left that is easy to use  - do not over-feature it and destroy its ease of use, please! -  there are plenty other programs out there that do all the fancy video stuff!
Possible half-way house - could the 'correct' picture animate in some way (flashing or enlarging and shrinking or suchlike)?
cheers, Sally Millar

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>It is interesting that this should come up as we are planning on an
>upgrade of Choose It Maker 2 this spring.  One of the changes will be
>the ability to have the choice boxes at the bottom of the screen.
>
>Another idea we are toying with is to have video clips as a reward
>rather than just a still picture. 
>This sounds great but the downside is the resulting complication of the
>editing and moving away from the current linear 'wizard' style of
>editing (importing each video clip and also a picture to associate with
>it). 
>As David said CIM2 is easy to use and we are committed to creating
>products do not require a high "geek factor"!
>
>Any further suggestions and discussion on this (on or off forum) will be
>welcome.
>
>Fil McIntyre
>Information and Training Officer
>Inclusive Technology
>www.inclusive.co.uk
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
>[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of david fettes
>Sent: 08 January 2008 22:11
>To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
>Subject: [senit] choice making programs
>
>hi is there anything like the fantastic chooseit maker but with the
>cells at the bottom of the screen for use on the white board with
>students in wheelchairs or short students? even reaching to a height on
>the touchscreen is an effort for some students. of course you can make
>it in powerpoint/clicker etc but chooseitmaker is great in its speed and
>adaptability except for this point.
>david
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