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Programs in the SwitchIt! Series each have many options that allow
you to tailor the activities to suit your students’ needs. You
can even save the settings for each user to save time later.
Click here for options you can configure (screenshots taken from
SwitchIt! Weather Extra).
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Subject
Choose the images or story lines you would like to be included
in your activities. This means that you can concentrate on a
favorite subject if required. You can also have the different
story lines appear in a random order.
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Number of Steps
Select the number of steps it takes to complete the Picture
Build activities. This option could be used to gradually build
up the effort required to see the final reward. For some
learners, it requires a great effort to press a switch and it
may be appropriate to provide the completed picture after a
single press.
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Switch Access
The software is accessible using a mouse, keyboard, IntelliKeys,
touch monitor, or one or two switches. There are options for one
or two switch scanning, which allow learners to choose the
activity they would like to play using a picture menu. When
using two switches, the activities will work in various ways:
Pictures of the switches can appear alternately on the left or
right of the screen. Only the correct switch will operate the
activity. This could be used for learning about turn-taking,
where two children each operate one of the switches.
Pictures of the switches can appear randomly on the left or
right of the screen. The learner needs to observe this and use
the switch indicated.
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Delay
SwitchIt! programs include a ‘pre-acceptance delay’ function.
This is useful for those students who make brief involuntary
switch presses which you don’t want the program to recognize. If
you set the delay to 0.4 seconds, then the program will only
accept switch presses that last longer than 0.4 seconds.
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Switch Colors
From time to time a switch will appear on the screen to prompt
the user to press their switch. There is an option to change the
color of the on-screen switch to match the one they are using.
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