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This information has been updated for version 2.0.0, released April 2018.

Overview Examples Sample Files Features of the Tool Buttons Features of Updates Videos Keyboard Shortcuts Links 
 * Representing
 * Model Operations
 * Patterning
 * Measurement and Geometry
 * Creating Nets
 * Beading

Overview
Use the Colour Tiles Tool to represent numbers, ratios and percents. Explore patterns and measurement. Create geometric designs. Users can change colours, shapes, create mirror images, rotate, and clone selections. Three shapes are available: squares, circles, and rounded squares. Three sets of colours combine to give almost 100 choices. Use the underlying grid, with or without number labels, to help position and count tiles.

Take a screenshot of your work to share with your teacher or add to a portfolio. You can access a wide variety of Annotation tools using the button to communicate your thinking. You can insert pictures into the Tool using thebutton.

As of V2.0.0, it is possible to save and open files. This feature allows students to save their work and return at a later time to complete it. It also facilitates sharing of completed work with a peer or teachers. See the sample files provided below.

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Representing
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 * [[image:ColourTilesiPadSS1.png width="800" height="600" align="center" caption="On desktop, click to open this file." link="@http://mathclips.ca/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools/ColourTiles1.swf&title=ColourTiles&openFilePath=https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_Ex1.xml"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FLdAVOQnVAh1GQxwAc9VHDwMMQhtrDibbwk2g3vavmFB_wrUSLXsdvQ-7LlAKKEo_aON-mseLkjUG_OXzusgqKkTaMsxp4EPahO0AB9OjADj1ZK8LV8K0WEhjY3B6AEjpKdIk9_V width="372" height="253" align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FLdAVOQnVAh1GQxwAc9VHDwMMQhtrDibbwk2g3vavmFB_wrUSLXsdvQ-7LlAKKEo_aON-mseLkjUG_OXzusgqKkTaMsxp4EPahO0AB9OjADj1ZK8LV8K0WEhjY3B6AEjpKdIk9_V width="372" height="253" align="center"]] ||
 * ===**Model Operations**===



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Patterning
|| || || || See Engaging Math's Visual Patterns Cards which uses the Colour Tiles app.
 * [[image:CT_Android_10in_SS3.png width="800" height="500" caption="On desktop, click to open this file." link="@http://mathclips.ca/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools/ColourTiles1.swf&title=ColourTiles&openFilePath=https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS3.xml"]] ||
 * = Linear Growing Patterns ||
 * [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kpbw2hhgYZSmKGTO6VZhU-hS7sZn2sCZkIdjjKKS8woSOQEiXm0zJ5f0lGFjHbt3LwxMUEFj3gDIrwjmpINwwUZSKK6uno9sYgSaicKLAltMtR5_OWaj-akGFQDJ4tLPGLFUj3FQ width="571" height="175" align="center"]]
 * AB Pattern ||
 * [[image:TablesChairsPattern.gif align="center"]]
 * Tables and Chairs

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 * ===Measurement and Geometry=== ||
 * [[image:CT_iPad_SS4.PNG width="800" height="600" caption="On desktop, click to open file." link="@http://mathclips.ca/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools/ColourTiles1.swf&title=ColourTiles&openFilePath=https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS4.xml"]] ||
 * [[image:CT_iPad_SS2.PNG width="800" height="600" caption="On desktop, click to open file." link="@http://mathclips.ca/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools/ColourTiles1.swf&title=ColourTiles&openFilePath=https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS2.xml"]] ||
 * The following is a nice exercise to get new users familiarized with the tool and some of the useful buttons. ||
 * [[image:ColourTilesSymmetry25Steps.gif width="806" height="436" caption="Symmetry and Transformations"]] ||
 * Here is a video demonstration of one possible solution:
 * [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wniVhYDEFl_mkyZV0aUIVbgXzxv8tcmyeZz-cOLxZMQDB8gO7PtKbikZqXehOu_Hprw1XT5X5uXBjQXgkFg4zDBkhw-ThKVUGzoim_oXoaUiYrZuTJpkTpJJmDZg_jenRU8DOR2- width="367" height="365" align="center"]] ||
 * = Symmetry ||
 * Creating Nets.** These could be printed out and constructed.

[[image:mathclips/Net.gif width="800" height="302"]]
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The Beading set of tiles grew out of the "Connecting Indigenous and Western Mathematical Ways of Knowing" research project that Dr. Ruth Beatty, Lakehead University, and Danielle Blair, Provincial Math Lead, have been doing in partnership with select First Nations, Métis, Inuit communities and Ontario school boards. Students can use the tool to design their loom bead work and engage in mathematical discourse around pattern, number, symmetry and transformations.
 * Beading**

Below is an example of a 3 colour, 1 bead chevron pattern. This type of pattern has a 3 column core. Notice the colour of some of the cloners in the selection panel has been changed to facilitate the creation of this pattern,.



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Sample Files (for V2.0.0 and beyond)
The following sample files are supplied. Click the link on desktop or alternatively, use the Open WWW button in the Settings dialog and the URL supplied below, or download the file (right-click and save locally on desktop) and use the Open button in the tool. More details about File Operations.

//Note:// These files were designed on a desktop computer and may not open exactly as shown on other devices. top
 * ===**Image**=== || sp || ===**Sample**=== || sp || ===**URL**=== ||
 * ||  || (click on the link on Desktop) ||   || (type or copy into Open WWW text box, or right-click and save locally) ||
 * [[image:ColourTilesiPadSS1.png width="240" height="180"]] ||  || Represent Numbers ||   || https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_Ex1.xml ||
 * [[image:mathclips/CT_Ex2.PNG width="240" height="180"]] ||  || Chevron Beading Pattern ||   || https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_Ex2.xml ||
 * [[image:mathclips/CT_iPad_SS2.PNG width="240" height="180"]] ||  || Transformations ||   || https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS2.xml ||
 * [[image:CT_Android_10in_SS3.png width="240" height="180"]] ||  || Patterning ||   || https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS3.xml ||
 * [[image:CT_iPad_SS4.PNG width="240" height="180"]] ||  || Area and Perimeter ||   || https://mathies.ca/files/examples/CT_SS4.xml ||



Features of the Tool
Colour Tiles opens with a choice of three sets of tiles. It is also possible to switch languages and open a file from your device from this opening screen. (as of V2.0.0)


 * ===**Buttons**=== ||  ||
 * [[image:Button_Annotation.png align="center"]] || === Annotation Tool ===

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 * [[image:mathclips/importPicture.PNG width="97" height="90" align="center"]] || === Insert Image Button ===

You can insert images into the tool. More details.
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 * [[image:mathclips/Button-UndoRedo.png align="center"]] || === Undo/Redo ===

Step backward or forward through your actions with the tool. This feature is not only useful for backtracking when a misstep is made, it enables a student to demonstrate their work from the start to the finish. They press Undo until they are at the start of their solution and then press Redo repeatedly, explaining each step. ||
 * [[image:mathclips/Button_Reset.png align="center"]] || === Reset ===

Delete all your work and return the tool to its starting state.
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 * [[image:mathclips/Button_Info.png align="center"]] || === Information ===

Opens a dialog with a link to this wiki, a feedback form as well as copyright details and version number.
|| Shows the settings dialog which opens with the Tiles tab showing by default. Click on Grid to access configurable properties for the background grid. Click on File to access open, import and save file operations.
 * [[image:mathclips/Button_Settings.png align="center"]] || === Settings ===



The //Apply to workspace// setting allows the user to determine whether changes to tile shape are applied only to the cloner tiles in the selection panel or also to the tiles in the workspace. The //Auto Size Annotation// setting is selected by default. This means that if the tile size is changed, any annotation in the workspace will be scaled to match. Deselect if you do not want this to happen. ||
 * [[image:Button_Recycle.png align="center"]] || === Recycle ===

Click to clear selected tiles. If nothing is selected, the entire work space will be cleared.
Alternatively, drag items to the recycle bin to remove them. ||
 * [[image:ColourTiles-TileSizeButtons.png align="center"]] || ===** Tile Size **===

Increase / decrease tile size.
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 * [[image:ColourPaletteButton.gif width="77" height="75" align="center"]] || ===** Change Selected Tiles **===

Show the moveable Change Selected dialog to change the colour or shape of selected tiles.
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 * [[image:ExtendSelectionButton.gif width="82" height="73" align="center"]] || ===** Extend Selection **===

All tiles that have the same colour as the currently selected ones are added to the selection. If no tiles are selected, all tiles become selected.
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 * [[image:ColourTiles-TileCount.png align="center"]] || ===** Tile Count **===

Show the moveable dialog with a count of each colour of tile.
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Other Functionality
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 * [[image:Multiple-Selection.gif width="232" height="227" align="center"]] || === ===

Draw a marquee rectangle around a tile, or group of tiles to select it. Hold down the SHIFT key to add to the previous selection. If tiles overlap, only the tile at the top will be selected (unless you hold down the ALT key).

Click a tile to add to or remove from selection.

Selected tiles can be moved, copied, rotated, reflected vertically or horizontally, or recycled as a group.

The grey button at the top right will compact these controls into a moveable dialog.



Simply close the Controls dialog to bring the controls back around the selection. The controls are only visible when tiles are selected.

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 * [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Aza965Z0nJvRtuIoRNueWFgYcVCJ5WU-jcolWkBhooM8qBo6e2l9_Hk13E_b5YKYRNvCNzEBBq-gNVffjMme6GVb20_flXTutH_2Kn8T13mcLI5gDtQ-V6V6ivSlqSUzJZ8dW49q width="264" height="313"]] || ===**Configure the Selection Panel**===

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Features of the Updates Videos
View a movie about the new **features in v.2.0.2**. (Save and Load Files, New Annotation Objects, Annotation Feature Tip Sheet, and the French localization) media type="custom" key="29653879"

View a movie about the new **features in v.1.1.1**. (Changes in v1.1 brought to mobile, changes and performance improvements to undo/redo, compact Controls dialog, and multiplier keyboard shortcuts). media type="youtube" key="IplgmTLxhQw" width="560" height="315" Not working? Try

View a movie about the new **features in v1.1**. (Opening Dialog, new shapes and colours, new Change Selected dialog, new Settings dialog, new Extend Selection by Colour button, new Count dialog, changing cloner tile colour, and top layer selection). As of V2.0.0 the Settings dialog now looks different. The functionality described in this video is now found spread across the Tile and Grid tabs. media type="youtube" key="wDrll-BAua4" width="560" height="315" Not working? Try

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Keyboard Shortcuts
On the desktop version of this tool, all of the standard @Keyboard Shortcuts have been implemented as well as the special movement, rotation and reflection keyboard shortcuts.

//Note: If the CTRL key does not work try the SPACE key.//

To change the multiplier use 1, 2, 5, 0 (for 10), SHIFT+0 (for 100). CTRL + 1 through CTRL + 6 adds a tile matching cloner 1 through 6. CTRL + SHIFT + 1 through CTRL + SHIFT + 6 changes the selected tiles to the colour of cloner 1 through 6. CTRL + ALT + 1 through CTRL + ALT + 3 changes the selected tiles to squares, circles and rounded squares, respectively. CTRL + E extends selection to match the selected colours (just like the button). C shows/hides the compact controls.



Links
mathies Colour Tiles Learning Tool Tip Sheet EduGAINS one pager on Colour Tiles EduGAINS video: Colour Tiles - Multiplication of Fractions EduGAINS video: Two Coloured Counters - Zero Principle

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