[senit] CiM choice making upgrade

I would like to make a plea for there to be a choice possible

Hear hear - I agree with Sally!!!!!!

Please don't over-complicate it!!!!

Gillian

At 16:54 14/01/2008, sally millar wrote:
>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...
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>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?
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>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.
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> >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"!
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> >Any further suggestions and discussion on this (on or off forum) will be
> >welcome.
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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
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> >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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