Braille Bits

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Braille Bits is a fun and flexible way to dive into the world of braille! Offered by the Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, this course lets you learn at your own pace, online or by mail, with the support of a Certified Braillist from the Library of Congress. You’ll explore the braille system, and master contractions, and pick up the rules of braille in an engaging and interactive way!

Course Content

Braille Bits Lesson 1: Letters A – J 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 2: Letters K – T 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 3: Letters U – Z 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 4: Capitalization 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 5: Hyphens and Alphabetic Wordsigns 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 6: Punctuation (period or decimal, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon) 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 7: Contractions – and, for, of, the, with 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 8: Strong Wordsigns (child, shall, this, which, out, still) and Strong Groupsigns (ch, sh, th, wh, ou, st) 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 9: Strong Groupsigns (ar, ed, er, gh, ow, ing) and a Summary of Previous Lessons 2 Topics
Braille Bits Lesson 10: Lower Wordsigns (in, enough, be, his, was, were) and Lower Groupsigns (in, en, be, con, dis) 2 Topics
Lesson 11: Rules for Compound Words, Lower-Sign and Lower Groupsign
Lesson 12: Lower Groupsigns (bb, cc, ff, gg, ea)
Lesson 13: More Shortforms
Lesson 14: Dot 5 Initial Letter Contractions
Lesson 15: Rules for Initial Letter Contractions
Lesson 16: More Shortforms
Lesson 17: Final Letter Groupsigns
Lesson 18: More Shortforms
Lesson 19: Grade 1 Indicators
Lesson 20: Typeform Inidcators
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