Guides and How To's
Training Pack Activities
These Activities have been fully upgraded for Writing with Symbols 2000 version 2.6
The WWS2000 Training Pack is available as a comprehensive set of resources for schools and centres, to delivering staff training in using Writing with Symbols 2000.
The Activities from the pack are also available here as PDF files for individual use.
Most people will find these downloadable resources quite adequate for their own purposes. The full Training Pack is designed for schools and centres delivering training, and provide the files conveniently together, along with several other resources and guides.
The Activities provide a comprehensive introduction to all of the main features of the program. Each activity is designed to take between 10 and 20 minutes, although the precise time will depend on your own confidence with Windows.
Activities 1-7 cover the main aspects of using the program to create
materials for students to use.
Activities 8-12 introduce making on-screen grids for student writing.
Activities 13 and 14 are for more experienced users.
Activities 15 and 16 are for people working with switch users.
Download instructionsTo download one of the Activities, click
on the link with the right mouse button and select 'save
link/target as'. Then a dialogue box will appear for you to
choose where you want to download it to. Notes about these downloads: These helpsheets are available for download as PDF files. In order to read these files you will need to download, for free, Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to open the Adobe Acrobat download page in a new window. |
Activities
9) Making a simple environment
10) Making a linked environment
11) Editing an environment and adding commands
12) Environments with irregular grids
16) Creating an environment for switch access
1. Introduction to Writing with Symbols 2000 312KB
This worksheet is designed for people who have not used symbol writing
software. It gives an overview of the main features of the program.
It does not go into great depth on any point, as each aspect of the
program is followed up in other activity sheets.
Click here to download this file (A01.pdf)
2. Making symbol documents 157KB
This activity shows you how to write in symbols, and how to get the symbol you want for a word.
Click here to download this file (A02.pdf)
3. Setting the display 143KB
There are many ways in which you can configure Writing with Symbols.
This will explain toolbars, text formatting, symbol formatting, size,
symbol colour, line thickness, spacing, qualifiers and saving settings.
Click here to download this file (A03.pdf)
4. Using the word processor 136KB
This activity explains why writing in text mode may be useful, changing
modes within a document and using the speech and spell checker.
Click here to download this file (A04.pdf)
5. Adding a photograph 120KB
This activity explains how to use photos within Writing with Symbols
and how to add them to your wordlist
Click here to download this file (A05.pdf)
6. Grids for printing 402KB
This activity will explain how to set up and making grids along with
making a matching activity and using templates.
Click here to download this file (A06.pdf)
7. Wordlists explained 191KB
This activity explains all about wordlists, from what a wordlist is
to editing and merging wordlists.
Click here to download this file (A07.pdf)
8. Grids for writing 166KB
Writing with Symbols 2000 lets you create on-screen grids with symbols,
pictures and words, to meet individual requirements. A set of on-screen
grids with the writing document is called a writing 'environment' because
it contains all the content and settings for that particular user or
purpose. This activity takes you through some examples of environments
included with the program
Click here to download this file (A08.pdf)
9. Making a simple Wizard environment 378KB
This activity is designed to show you how to create a very simple environment
using the wizard.
Click here to download this file (A09.pdf)
10. Making environments with linked grids 374KB
This activity is designed to show you how to create a more complex environment
using the wizard.
Click here to download this file (A10.pdf)
11. Editing an environment and adding commands to a cell 226KB
This activity shows you two ways that you can edit an environment and
then shows you how to add commands to cells.
Click here to download this file (A11.pdf)
12. Environments with irregular grids 580KB
This activity follows on from activity 11 and deals with the scanning
sequence in grids that do not have a regular layout, where you may have
grouped cells.
Click here to download this file (A12.pdf)
13. Modifying wordlists in the Resource
Manager 212KB
This activity assumes that you have version 2.6 of Writing with Symbols
2000, and will explain how to modify wordlists or add symbols from other
wordlists to create your own.
Click here to download this file (A13.pdf)
14. Using sound 162KB
You can attach sound (.wav) files to an entry in a wordlist. This activity
takes you through how to do this, through the Writing with Symbols 2000
program or in the Resource Manager.
Click here to download this file (A14.pdf)
15. Switch access explained 168KB
The first part of this activity will look at the switch menus and then
relate these to two of the example environments. This activity assumes
that you are familiar with switch use and how switches are connected
to a computer.
Click here to download this file (A15.pdf)
16. Creating an environment for switch access 147KB
This activity will show you how to create a switch environment with
certain functions to aid navigation, and assumes that you have already
followed Activities 9 and 10 and are familiar with using the wizard
environment.
Click here to download this file (A16.pdf)
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