Hi Roger,
The Australian Training Manual is a knock-off of the RNIB Braille Primer. I
haven't checked but I believe there are learning tables for that.
Matthew
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Roger Newell
Sent: 09 November 2018 01:51
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Combining grade 1 with grade 2 as contractions are
learned?
I was surprised to see that neither the UEB Australian Training Manual nor
Ozzie Dots nor Building on Patterns were available whilst there are other
courses that no longer seem to be available. I'm not asking for these, just
commenting.
On 11/8/18, George Bell <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Kathy,* * *
Hopefully there is an acceptable solution already built into DBT,
explained in "Help"
I.e. Help: The Menus: Document: Learning Tables.
These follow existing braille courses which have been developed for
teaching braille.
In DBT all you need to do is open an existing document, create a new
one, or even import one from the likes of Word.
From the Document menu, select Learning Tables, the course you decide
to follow, and the level the student is up to. Translate, and only
contractions up to and including that level with be applied.
Everything else will be in uncontracted or grade 1.
Let me say two things here.
First, if you are already following an approved, popular course, not
included in DBT, please let Duxbury know. I will not make any cast
iron guarantees on their behalf, but it may be possible to include it
in later releases.
Second, and I speak from 30 years personal experience here; allowing a
user defined type of system where contractions are (randomly)
introduced may seem a good option. However it can be fraught with
issues, not least a change of staff, and/or the pupil moves school.
Far safer to say that he or she is up to a specific level of a
specific course. You can even boost the pupil's morale with braille
certificates for each level the achieve?
Hope this helps.
George
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Salerno
Sent: 08 November 2018 00:33
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Combining grade 1 with grade 2 as contractions are
learned?
Hello,
I hope this is the correct audience for my Duxbury question.
In reading through George's Braille Calendar instructions, I noticed
directions for viewing and inserting codes.
Along these lines, as our students learn braille and move slowly on to
contractions, is there a way for our teachers to insert a newly
learned contraction into a page of Grade 1 braille when they are
producing student tailored braille reading passages ? Is it as simple
as highlighting and telling DBT to produce only highlighted text in
Grade 2 braille while non-highlighted text stays in Grade 1?
Enthusiastically hopeful,
Kathy
Kathy Salerno
Vision AIM Center, ESC Building
Kathysa@xxxxxxxx | 484.237.5000
