You can play activities on an iPad using the free app but not create them on it, and you can’t use Boardmaker Online to either create or play activities on an Android or Windows-based tablet. One limitation is that you can only create activities on a Windows PC or Mac. You can also track staff and student usage.

The results of students’ work can be tracked against IEP or educational goals which then helps you decide what activities would be suitable to assign next. For example, you could create an activity and assign it to a student who uses eye gaze and to a student who uses switches and that activity will show up on their device in the format that’s accessible for them. You (and the other instructors in your district if you have a district licence) can also assign the same activity to many students and by having different accessibility options set up for different students, the activity is automatically accessible for their individual needs. You no longer need to have a user’s device in your possession to update their activities and they don’t need to have a period without their device while you do this. Because it’s web-based, you have access to previously created activities via the online community and you can upload activities you create yourself to that community and share them with other people in your district or all over the world.īecause it’s no longer tied to one device, you can create activities on your PC and assign them to your “students” who can use them either in school and/or at home. You get all the symbols that have been available in past versions, as well as some new symbol sets and any new ones that are created in the future will also be given to you. You can also get a discount for any old Boardmaker disks that you want to trade in. You can purchase a Personal, Professional or District account and the amount you pay depends on the type of account, the amount of “instructors” and how many years you want to sign up for. It has all the functionalities of previous versions of Boardmaker, except now that it’s web-based you don’t need any disks and multiple users can access it from any PC. Tobii Dynavox have recently launched their new Boardmaker Online product in Ireland through SafeCare Technologies.

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