Visual Instructions
Follow visible instructions, one step at a time.
Let’s get started
Choose a pupil profile with a supporting adult.
Adult controls use your existing toolkit PIN. No sound or speech is used.
Profiles and records stay in this browser on this device. Use initials or a nickname. Keep a Visual Instructions backup as well as your usual toolkit backup.
The three activities
How to use Visual Instructions
Choose by description, find a position or follow steps in order. Instructions stay on screen. Select the required shapes or grid places, then Check my answer. Undo last changes an unfinished answer.
Start at level 1. Practise together to teach shape, size, filled/outlined and position vocabulary. Older pupils can use these age-neutral tasks too. Independent work requires the pupil to understand the written instruction; reading or explaining it aloud counts as support. No audio is built in.
Two complete independent checks with at least five of six instructions correct, without help or interruption, can move up one level. Adults can set levels individually. Compare only like-for-like activities and levels; use fresh everyday examples to check transfer.
This practises following visible instructions. Scores depend on reading, visual discrimination and familiarity with the vocabulary as well as following directions. It is not a test of listening comprehension, working memory or general ability.
Printable support
Size and shape cards, a position grid and guidance for following visible directions.
Instruction cards & guide - 4-page A4 PDF ↓ · All free printables
One step at a time
Add a pupil → Choose an activity → Practise → See progress
Adult controls are unlocked. They lock when you enter pupil view.
2. Choose an activity
Start at level 1, teach the task together and check independent work when ready.
Ready for pupil view?
Adult controls will lock. You’ll need your PIN to return.
Adult settings
Choose starting levels or check independent work.
Levels 1-6 add descriptive detail or ordered steps. Start at level 1. Teaching and independent results are shown separately.
3. See progress
Compare whole-instruction accuracy at the same activity and level. Response time also reflects reading, movement and device use; interrupted trials are excluded.
Back up or restore pupil records
Keep a safe copy
Visual Instructions records are separate from other app backups. Download this pupil’s JSON backup after important changes and keep it in your school’s approved secure storage. A download request does not confirm that a file was saved.
Copy or paste a backup instead
After requesting a backup, you can copy the JSON below into a text file and save it with a .json extension in approved secure storage.
Restore merges sessions into the selected pupil without deleting existing sessions or changing their plan. Check the pupil before merging. No PIN or other-tool data is exported.
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Take your time.