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Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments Resource |
All the WIDE widgets with download and access information can be found here. Each widget includes a description of the user scenario on which its creation was based and a summary of its use in practice. If you need help with the download process, this can be found on the Tutorials page.
You are invited to leave comments on any of the widgets, but to do so you must first register in the Members Area. Some widgets require the input of user information, which also requires registration.
| Icon | Name![]() ![]() |
Description | Type: Category | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transparent Coloured Overlay | A re-sizeable widget with a colour selector that can be placed over text in a window to make it more readable. | Tools: Assistive Technology | Download Preview | |
| One Click Timer | A simple countdown started in one click with the possibility of setting the current and next task. | Tools: Time Management | Download Preview | |
| Community Activism | A widget to enable users to report on the accessibility of venues, services or locations. Requires registration. | Applications: Social Network | unavailable | |
| Independent Living Selection Tool | A widget to support students moving into independent living to plan the home support aids they will need. | Applications: 'Content-free' apps | unavailable | |
| Mouse Button Swapper | A simple Windows Application that allows the user to swap the function of the left and right hand mouse buttons without the need to drill down to the Windows accessibility settings | Tools: Assistive Technology | unavailable | |
| Visual Recipe List | A symbols supported widget to enable students to gather ingredients and follow a recipe. | Applications: Task Management | Download Preview | |
| Touch Screen Timer | The ‘Touch screen timer’ is a widget that allows students to set an alarm for any situation where quick time management is required (up to an hour). The user can select a unit of time up to maximum of 1 hour, by dragging the timer bar slider in increments. | Tools: Time Management | Download Preview | |
| Signing BSL | A widget to learn BSL finger spelling and simple words. | Tools: Independence Tools | Download Preview | |
| Medical Emergency | A widget that allows a user to set up a medical alert to trigger in an emergency situation. | Tools: Independence Tools | Download Preview | |
| Translate It | Simple widget to allow the user to type in a sentence and have it translated to another language. | Tools: Learning Aids | Download Preview | |
| Spell It! | A simple predictive spelling aid | Tools: Learning Aids | Download Preview | |
| 5 Quick Revision Question | A widget to create a short revision test using IMS QTI questions with feedback. | Learning Objects: Learning Objects | Download Preview | |
| Magnifying Glass | The "Magnifying Glass" is a simple widget that magnifies text and images. | Tools: Assistive Technology | unavailable | |
| Sentence Jumbler | A widget to help students to practice correct sentence order. Insert a sentence, jumble it and use drag and drop to select the correct order. | Learning Objects: Learning Objects | Download Preview | |
| Digital Abacus | A simple 'digital abacus' widget that allows students to move the virtual balls of the abacus to calculate maths problems. The abacus has been designed to be semi-transparent and can be easily resized. | Tools: Assistive Technology | Download Preview | |
| I Am Here | This widget allows users to report progress on a journey and for their progress to be monitored. An alert is triggered if they do not report in. This is intended for installation on a mobile device | Tools: Independence Tools | unavailable | |
| Visual Shopping List | A symbols supported shopping list to enable the teacher to create a shopping list for students. | Applications: Task Management | Download Preview | |
| Task Sequencer | This widget allows tutors to create a sequence for everyday tasks to support students with difficulty memorising the order in which they should be done. Requires teacher and student to register in the Members area. | Applications: Task Management | unavailable |