| LESSON CONTENT |
| Shape Library |
Shape Type Choices |
| Block Letters |
Individual letters A to Z listed alphabetically, upper case then lower case |
| Block Numbers |
Individual numerals 0 to 9 |
| Diagnostic Shapes |
Eleven individual pre-writing shapes |
| Sequences |
Built-in alphabetical sequence of all lower case letters
Built-in alphabetical sequence of all upper case letters
Built-in sequence of all numerals in order
Built-in sequence of diagnostic shapes
Built-in sequence of all upper and lowercase letters, and the numbers 0 through 9
(ABC123)
Any sequences you have created |
| User Created |
Any user created shapes you have created |
| COLORS |
Colors |
- Select colors for background screen, color of shape, ink color of line created on screen and centerline of letter.
- PointScribe will not allow color combinations that conflict with visibility of features.
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| THEME |
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| Category |
- A general area of interest such as sports, animals, or vehicles from which to select more specific graphics.
- You may disable this option.
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| Graphic |
- The intuitive animated pairs that appear during the lesson, for example, a mouse and cheese, or baseball and glove.
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| SOUND |
| Negative Sound |
- Played when a student writes outside of the shape.
- This option allows you to choose one consistent sound, or a random variation of sounds.
- You may disable this option.
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| Positive Sound |
- Played when a student succeeds in completing the shape.
- This option allows you to choose one consistent sound, or a random variation of sounds.
- You may disable this option.
- This option is NOT available when "post" Cues are enabled.
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| Background Music |
- Played when a student is in the process of successfully completing a stroke.
- This option allows you to choose one consistent song, or a random variation of songs.
- You may disable this option.
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| Voice Cues & Gender |
- Auditory cues announce letters, shapes and numbers from the built-in libraries.
- You can choose a male or female voice.
- You can choose to have the cues before and/or after the letter is created by the student.
- You may disable this option.
- This option is NOT available when Positive Sounds are enabled.
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| TUTOR OPTIONS |
Tutor |
- When the Tutor feature is enabled, PointScribe captures and analyze handwriting data.
- When the Tutor is disabled, no data is recorded.
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| Auto Correction |
- When Auto Correction is enabled, students are moved back to the beginning of a stroke when they go outside of the shape boundary.
- When Auto Correction is disabled, students are not corrected and work uninterrupted as they form letters.
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| Accuracy Goal |
- The target percent accuracy for the shapes in the lesson.
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| Achievement Goal |
- The number of times the accuracy goal must be met before a student is advanced a level for any given shape.
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| Repeat Lesson |
- The number of times lesson content is repeated.
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| Visual Cues |
- Three levels:
- Beginner = animations, crumb trail and center line
- Intermediate = crumb trail and center line.
- Advanced = center line only
- Can select one level, or opt have PointScribe automatically remove visual cues as levels advance.
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| Scoring Display |
- Show percent accuracy numerically.
- Show progress toward advancement graphically.
- Option to show both or neither.
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