Crick Software blog
An explanation of the purchasing and licensing options available with our Clicker Apps for Chromebook, for individual users and for all of the users in an entire school.
Following on from the success of Clicker 7 in 2018, DocsPlus has won the Special Educational Needs Solutions Award at Bett 2019!
Recently, we spoke to Rachel Hinds, Head of Inclusion at Al Bateen Academy in Abu Dhabi. When she moved from teaching primary to teaching secondary, Rachel was looking for a more ‘grown up’ version of Clicker to support students with special needs and provide more affordable exam access arrangements.
I recently joined the Crick Software team as an Education Consultant, and now knowing all the products inside out, I’ve realised just how useful Clicker and DocsPlus would have been during my time in education!
For writers with low vision, you can configure DocsPlus so that the following items are displayed in the same colour scheme...
Victoria Crivelli, who has been a specialist Dyslexia teacher for over 30 years, explores the support our new secondary writing tool, DocsPlus, offers learners with dyslexia:
Here are some handy tips about things you can do in DocsPlus!
When demonstrating DocsPlus to a group of teachers recently, we started to explore the many LearningGrids resources that could be used in lessons for a range of different activities...
As the current school year ends, it’s a good time to audit your software licenses and consider whether they need to be moved around.
Recently, while training a school on DocsPlus, the teachers and I were discussing strategies for supporting learners on the structure of their writing - as well as the content.
Over the past few weeks we have had numerous letters and emails from schools asking about our GDPR compliance. Our internal processes are documented and in place and our staff have been trained in readiness for the implementation of the regulations.
The Support section of our website hosts a wealth of helpful information about our products and how to use them. Recently, we’ve added new content for the DocsPlus App for iPad.
Following the recent release of DocsPlus for iPad, it’s worth talking about Apple’s Volume Purchase Programme (VPP) and why most schools should be using it.
When I visit schools and demonstrate speech support, I’m occasionally asked whether Crick Software products also support speech to text. Therefore, in our brand new DocsPlus iPad App we have captured the power of Apple’s Siri to enable this!
Working out how to implement the exam access arrangement regulations can be a real minefield. That’s why we thought it would be useful to host a free one-hour webinar to shed some light on this area!
