3/6/2018
This webinar will look at how to create tactile maps using guidelines for students who are blind and visually impaired. It will include examples of how to represent point features, line features, area features, names with braille characters, map keys and legends, compass rose indicators, etc. Various computer programs such as Microsoft Word and vector graphics programs will also be discussed.
Guidelines and other resources can be found in the LiveBinder at:
http://bit.ly/tactilemap
Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments:
- LiveBinder Resources
- BANA Guidelines
- Sample Map Construction
- Q & A
- Resources
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3/23/2018
11/11/2014
Jeri Cleveland, Curriculum Instructor and Sue Mattson, Braille Production Coordinator at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired introduce viewers to the Unified English Braille (UEB) code and provide tips and resources to help teachers and students make to transition.
Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments:
- What is UEB?
- UEB Principles
- UEB Changes
- UEB Vocabulary
- Implementing UEB
- Questions & Answers
Click the Resources button for a handout (pdf), transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).
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2/10/2015
10/14/2014
Students who are blind or visually impaired face significant challenges in school, but one of those challenges should not have to be deciphering different formatting on school-based tactile graphics. Pat van Geem, Education Consultant for the TSBVI Outreach Department, introduces viewers to the formatting guidelines for tactile graphics, established by the Braille Authority of North America (BANA).
Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments:
- Introduction
- Worksheet Elements
- Production Methods
- Document Elements
- Graphic Components
- Tactile Graphic Order
- Closing Comments
Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).
897
12/3/2014
2 of 4. In Video 2 of this informational series, Susan Osterhaus presents resources for learning the Nemeth code and producing materials in the Nemeth code. The majority of the specific resources mentioned are available both in print and in Braille on federal quota money or are free and available for downloading.
For additional information on the Nemeth Code, visit TSBVI's Distance Learning website and search under the Math category.
Original contributor Susan Osterhaus
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2/11/2014
7 of 7, TETN #20437- Patrick Van Geem discusses how to make computer-generated tactile graphics according to the BANA Tactile Graphic Standards, Part 5 of 5. Review of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) recently released Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011. This completely revised publication that is available in three accessible electronic versions on the BANA website. The new publication is the result of an extensive revision of the previous braille formats publication. The revision was worked on for 10 years by members of BANA’s Braille Formats Technical Committee.
Original contributor Patrick Van Geem
407
1/9/2014
6 of 7, TETN #20437- Patrick Van Geem discusses how to make computer-generated tactile graphics according to the BANA Tactile Graphic Standards, Part 4 of 5. Review of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) recently released Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011. This completely revised publication that is available in three accessible electronic versions on the BANA website. The new publication is the result of an extensive revision of the previous braille formats publication. The revision was worked on for 10 years by members of BANA’s Braille Formats Technical Committee.
Original contributor Patrick Van Geem
410
1/9/2014
5 of 7, TETN #20437- Patrick Van Geem discusses how to make computer-generated tactile graphics according to the BANA Tactile Graphic Standards, Part 3 of 5. Review of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) recently released Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011. This completely revised publication that is available in three accessible electronic versions on the BANA website. The new publication is the result of an extensive revision of the previous braille formats publication. The revision was worked on for 10 years by members of BANA’s Braille Formats Technical Committee.
Original contributor Patrick Van Geem
526
1/8/2014
4 of 7, TETN #20437- Patrick Van Geem discusses how to make computer-generated tactile graphics according to the BANA Tactile Graphic Standards, Part 2 of 5. Review of the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) recently released Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011. This completely revised publication that is available in three accessible electronic versions on the BANA website. The new publication is the result of an extensive revision of the previous braille formats publication. The revision was worked on for 10 years by members of BANA’s Braille Formats Technical Committee.
Original contributor Patrick Van Geem
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1/8/2014