The hear and click setup executes in a data panel on the right side of the ACORNS window application
frame. Use this panel to set up your lesson. On the top of the panel, there is a secondary toolbar.
Click here for a detailed description.
 | When you click the help button, this page displays.
The title you gave to this lesson when it was created appears to the right of the help button |
 | All ACORNS lessons can have multiple layers; each
Hear and Click lesson layer has an entirely separate story and pictures. This
feature can be useful to create lessons with multiple dialects. By switching between
layers, the student can learn each dialects using the same lesson. This option can also be used to
assign more difficult lessons to the higher layers. The slider
on the control bar enables you to set up a lesson with multiple layers. Simply click
on the slider to move to the desired layer. The layer numbers are numbered as shown on the picture
to the left. |
 | This control enables you to
insert a background picture to the lesson. This gives you more control as to how the lesson looks when
it executes. |
 | The rotate button allows
you to rotate the selected picture in ninety degree increments. This feature accommodates
pictures taken with the camera rotated. Click to select the picture, and then click the rotate
button. |
 | These controls allow you to control
background and text colors that are used when the lesson executes. If you click either of the two left buttons,
you will see a color palette display; simply click the color you want and then click OK. The button with the
capital A is for the text color and the one with the three boxes and hand is for the background color. |
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The link button allows you to connect this lesson with another lesson in the file. Clicking on
this button causes a dialog window to appear.
Enter the name of the lesson you want to link to. The name field is one of the header fields
that you fill in when you create a lesson. (You can modify it later if you didn't.) It shows in the lesson display
area on the left of the ACORNS application frame. After you click OK to the link dialog, the name of the
linked lesson will show in blue on the secondary toolbar. |