Textease Resources and Downloads

There are thousands of FREE resources available to help you get going with your Textease tools.

Listed below are a variety of Getting Started Guides, Video Demos, Top Tips, Step Throughs and much more for each of the tools in the collection.

STUDIO CT  |  PUBLISHER CT  |  DRAW CT  |  SPREADSHEET CT  |  MOVIES CT  |  DATABASE CT
PAINT CT  | PRESENTER CT  |  TURTLE CT  |  BRANCH CT  |  TIMELINE  |  IDEASMAP  |  @HOME
STUDIO PLUS  |  OTHER

Textease Studio CT

Software

• Textease Studio CT (Version 6.6)
  
• Textease Studio CT Cymraeg (Version 6.6)
  
• Textease Studio CT @Home (Version 6.6)
• Textease Studio CT (Mac)  (Contains Publisher CT and Spreadsheet CT only)
• Textease Viewer

Stepthroughs

• Working with shapes stepthrough

Examples

• London Olympic examples
  
• Primary National Strategy Examples
• Welsh Textease Studio CT Mathematics Examples
• Scottish Numeracy Resources - Curriculum for Excellence

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Studio CT Installation Instructions
• Textease Studio CT Getting Going Guide

Top Tips

• Textease Studio CT Top Tips

Espresso

• Espresso video 1. Combine text, graphics and sound to create your own
• Espresso video 2. Add hyperlinks to other pages and selected websites
• Espresso video 3. Create and annotate your own video presentation
• Espresso video 4. Create your own key questions and branching database
• Espresso video 5. Create a talking newspaper using ready-made templates in Textease CT
• Espresso video 6. Create a video storyboard to support narrative development

Other

• World Cup Resources
• Collage people by Year 2 at Stretton Handley Primary School
• Textease Studio CT Additional Information V 6.007 (May 06)
• Textease Studio CT Additional Information V6.0036.006 (Dec 05)
• Using Textease to Promote Inclusion and Accessibility
• QCA scheme of work for ICT
• Why upgrade to Textease Studio CT
  

Textease Publisher CT

Video Demos

• Introduction Video Demo
• Textease Publisher CT Video Demo
• Resource Bank Video Demo
• Animation Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Publisher CT guide

Step Throughs

• Animation in Textease - Orbit
• Animation in Textease CT 1
• Animation in Textease CT 2
• Journey to school
• Kinetic Calligrams
• Multi-modal Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty

Examples

• Pictogram example
• Coordinates example
• DT evaluation example
• Fantasy creature example
• Farmyard fowl run example
• Heating water example
• Izzy mega puzzle example
• Snake example
• Unit 1B Using a word bank - Maths
  

Textease Draw CT

Video Demos

• Textease Triangles Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Draw CT guide

Step Throughs

• Building a Pictogram
• Designing a Classroom (QCA ICT 5A)
• Working with shapes

Top Tips

• Changing the grid background
• Editing a polygon
• Measuring reflex angles
• Using the angle measuring tool
• Using the calliper tool

Examples

• Shared area designs example
• Draw a 7 piece tangram
  

Textease Spreadsheet CT

Video Demos

• Textease Spreadsheet CT Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Spreadsheet CT guide

Step Throughs

• Building a 'Tables Tester'
• From data collection to data representation

Top Tips

• Moving or resizing a table
• Replicating a formula
• Selecting more than one column
• Using percentages in spreadsheets
• Using pre-written formulae 
• Using the formula builder 
• What lists does your spreadsheet know?  

Examples

• Spreadsheet example
  

Textease Movies CT

Video Demos

• Textease Movies CT Video Demo
• Stop frame Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Movies CT guide

Step Throughs

• Working with Textease Movies CT

Top Tips

• Adding directly to the timeline
• Adding videos and pictures
• Exporting a Movie
• Stop frame animation

Examples

• Head and shoulders example
  

Textease Database CT

Video Demos

• Textease Database CT Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Database CT guide

Top Tips

• Converting Database files from V5 to V6
• Creating colour and picture fields
• Customising a page
  

Textease Paint CT

Video Demos

• Textease Paint CT Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Paint CT guide

Step Throughs

• Working in Textease Paint CT

Examples

• Indian carpet designs example
• Flowers by age example
• Stacey's paint example
• Marilyn Monroe example
  

Textease Presenter CT

Video Demos

• Textease Presenter CT Video Demo
• Textease Presenter CT (Instant slide show) Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Presenter CT guide

Step Throughs

• Literacy - Year 5 Unit 5 Film Narrative

Top Tips

• Dealing with bullet settings
• Selecting a backdrop
• Sound throughout the presentation
• Using fades
• Using photos as backgrounds

Examples

• My local area example
  

Textease Turtle CT

Video Demos

• Textease Turtle CT Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Turtle CT guide
• Turtle Commands guide

Step Throughs

• Rotating the Earth
• Using a repeat procedure to create a flower

Top Tips

• Creating a fence on the page to restrict the boundaries of a turtle
• Make a turtle  
• Pen upPen down
• Removing the turtle's direction
• Setting the home position
• Using the command line 
• Writing a procedure on a Textease page 

Examples

• Examples - Unit 4E
  

Textease Branch CT

Video Demos

• Textease Branch CT Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Branch CT guide

Examples

• Oxford reading tree example
  

Textease Timeline

Video Demos

• Textease Timeline Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Timeline guide

Textease IdeasMap

Video Demos

• Textease IdeasMap Video Demo

Getting Started Guides

• Textease IdeasMap guide
  

@home

Software

• Textease Studio CT @Home (Version 6.6)
• Textease Studio Plus @Home (Version 5.98)

Getting Started Guides

• Textease Studio CT @Home Installation Instructions

Other

• Info for parents (Word doc) - At Home
• Info for parents (Textease doc) - At Home
• Template letter to parents (Word doc) -At Home
• Template letter to parents (Textease doc) - At Home
  

Textease Studio Plus

Software

• Textease Studio Plus (Version 5.98)
• Textease Studio Plus @Home (Version 5.98)
• Textease Viewer
  

Other