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
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Sent: 08 November 2018 00:33
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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
