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Product Description:
Boardmaker is a series of software programs and an online community that enables users to create symbol-adapted accessible curriculum materials for students of all abilities.
Boardmaker
Enables users to create printed materials such as communication boards, sequences, and schedules that are suitable for all students.
Boardmaker Plus!
Converts paper activities into interactive programs for use on the computer with sound, animation, and video.
Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro
Gives students challenged by speech high-quality voices, word prediction, and abbreviation expansion.
Boardmaker Studio
Enables users to create professional-looking boards and activities using pre-programmed tools and hundreds of pre-made templates in every instructional area.
Boardmaker Online
Provides access to a community of more than 450,000 teachers, therapists, and parents who have already shared more than 56,000 ready-made print and interactive materials.
Main Features:
These features are common to all versions:
- Graphics database containing over 4,500 Picture Communication Symbols and over 100 templates such as schedules and calendars.
- Users can edit the size and spacing of the symbols.
- Users can import scanned or custom-drawn pictures, make worksheets, picture instruction sheets, reading books, journals, or posters.
- Each symbol can be found and printed in multiple languages.
- Additional languages may be added by typing over existing languages.
- Create printed materials such as communication boards, sequences, and schedules that are suitable for all students.
Boardmaker includes these additional features:
- Functions for designing custom materials, with symbols supported in 44 languages, and the ability to choose the topics, symbols, labels, colors borders, and languages.
Boardmaker Plus! includes these additional features:
- Converts paper activities into interactive programs for use on the computer with sound, animation, and video.
Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro includes these additional features:
- Gives students challenged by speech high-quality voices, word prediction, and abbreviation expansion.
Boardmaker Studio includes these additional features:
- Enables users to create professional-looking boards and activities using pre-programmed tools and hundreds of pre-made templates in every instructional area.
- Access to more than 30,000 Picture Communication Symbols.
- Ability to work offline or connect to Boardmaker Online account.
- Over 150 Studio Starter Templates, on-screen activities with preprogrammed actions.
- Over 100 Gadgets, pre-programmed buttons, and objects that users can drag onto the page of any activity.
Boardmaker Online includes these additional features:
- Cloud-based solution.
- Boardmaker for Mac support.
- Enables users to create engaging print and interactive materials, like communication boards, behavior supports, sequences, and visual schedules.
- Access to a community of over 450,000 teachers, therapists, and parents who have already shared more than 56,000 ready-made print and interactive materials.
Primary Specifications:
These specifications are common to all software versions:
- CD/DVD drive required to run the software.
- Compatible with Windows 7, 8, and 10.
Boardmaker Online includes these additional specifications:
- Requires online account.
Options & Accessories:
Accessories are available for purchase. These include but are not limited to:
- PCS Symbols(link is external)
- Activities-to-Go(link is external)
- Boardmaker Add-ons(link is external)
- PCS Animations(link is external)
- PCS High Contrast(link is external)
More Information:
See Manufacturer's website(link is external) about Boardmaker.
See Manufacturer's website(link is external) about Boardmaker Plus!.
See Manufacturer's website(link is external) about Boardmaker with Speaking Dynamically Pro.
See Manufacturer's website(link is external) about Boardmaker Studio.
See Manufacturer's website(link is external) about Boardmaker Online.