What is Icon Tutor and How do I Use It?

The Icon Tutor helps you to learn the sequences where specific words are stored.

For example, suppose you want to know where the word “Watch” is stored. 

Search Icon Tutor

1.   Open the REVIEW VOCABULARY MENU.

2.   Select the Search Icon Tutor option. 

3.   You see your spelling page.  Type in the word you want to search for, in this case, “Watch”. 

4.   The Icon Tutor searches its database and shows you all the sequences where the word “watch” is used.  You can write down the sequences for later use (or memorize them).  The word “Watch” is used in two different sequences.  Some words will be used in more sequences; some in less or none.

This example shows the Watch sequences in Unity 45 Sequenced

 This shows the watch sequences in Unity 45 sequences.

About the “Tutor Auto-Update” Option

Your device automatically sets this option to On or Off according to the vocabulary you are using (Unity, Word Power, etc.). In most cases there will be no reason to change this setting.  However, if you find that updating your icon tutor is taking a very long time, you can turn this option to OFF.

REMEMBER!   If you turn Auto-Tutor-Update to Off and then make changes to your vocabulary you must select Update Icon Tutor first to save your changes. Any new searches will now include the updated changes.

 

Icon Tutor Advanced Settings

This option is a way to streamline an Icon Tutor update by excluding those pages and activities that don’t generate vocabulary. Check here if you know a word is in your vocabulary but it isn’t showing up in Icon Tutor (or Vocabulary Builder or Write with Icons). It may have been excluded.  This option is for the use of MAP developers.

 

About the ICON TUTOR Key in your Activity Row

All of the Unity overlays have an ICON TUTOR key This is the Icon Tutor Key. in the Activity Row. 

In some overlays it is in the DEVICE This shows the device icon in the activity row.Activity .  When you select this key, you can search the Icon Tutor from your overly without having to go to the Toolbox and the REVIEW VOCABULAY MENU.  Just type in the word you are looking for and select OK.