Teaching · Special Education

Set up the pointer around how the student moves.

Position the device, then tune the settings while the student tries real classroom tasks. The checklist keeps what worked and lists what to try next.

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$5one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Special Education toolkit, $99 for 100 items.

The setup

One record per student and device. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$5 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record of the device, its settings and the tasks the student can do with it, with the next things to try.
Who it is for
Assistive technology specialists, occupational therapists and special education teachers setting up computer access.
Format
Browser checklist. One saved record per student and device; printed to keep with the device, or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Special Education toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
small movements, set to land
Drawn for this page. The device is half the setup; the other half is speed, clicking and dragging tuned to how this student moves.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s code.
  2. Position the device and the student before any settings.
  3. Have the student try a real task, then adjust one setting at a time.
  4. Mark each item done, to try or not needed.
  5. Print the record and keep it with the device.

Start a setup

How to tune a pointer

One change at a time

Change one setting, try the same task again and note the result. Changing speed, acceleration and click method together makes it impossible to tell what helped.

Where the settings live

Pointer speed, size, acceleration and click lock are in the mouse or pointer settings of Windows, macOS and ChromeOS. macOS Pointer Control has dwell options; on iPad a pointing device works through AssistiveTouch. Many devices also come with their own button software.

Dwell clicking

Dwell clicks wherever the pointer rests for the set time, so it can click by accident while a student reads. Start with a longer time, give the student a way to pause it, and shorten it as accuracy improves.

Sources

  1. Apple. iPad User Guide: use AssistiveTouch, and Mac User Guide: Pointer Control accessibility settings.
  2. Microsoft. Windows support: change mouse settings and ClickLock.
  3. Google. Chromebook Help: use a mouse or touchpad and accessibility features.
  4. Cook, A. M., Polgar, J. M., & Encarnação, P. (2019). Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice (5th ed.). Elsevier.

The example setup is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.