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Starters Help

What are they?

Starters are collections of Scran images, movies and sounds specially packaged and presented in a user-friendly way for use by children of primary school age and younger.

They have simplified text accompanying the images and are presented in an attractactive interface.

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They offer a great interactive experience whereby children can learn from Scran records while honing basic IT skills.


Where do I find them?

If you can't see a link to Starters anywhere on the page, look for the navigation menu on the left of the page and select Resources then Starters.

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How do I use them?

Starters are designed to be easy to use and have an integrated help section. You can find it by clicking on the ? icon in the top right corner of the panel.

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The basic controls are found in the bottom left corner of the panel.

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Their functions are as follows:

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Go back one slide

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Go forward one slide

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Close this Starter and return to the Starters menu

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Download a version of the slide show for printing

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Play the audio clip which goes with this slide

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Play the video clip which goes with this slide

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A white button like this means that this function is not available on this slide.

 

In the top right corner of the panel you will also find these controls:

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Starters Help

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Return to the Starters menu

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Return to the main Scran site

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