December 2019 Webinars
To wrap up a year of online learning we’re going to celebrate the month of December with five different webinars! We’ll have our usual Formats Friday covering part of the Braille Formats code, and our usual Music Mondays that will cover part of the Music Braille Code. Then we’re adding a Foreign Language webinar, a Tactile Graphics webinar, and a special UEB for Technical Materials webinar.
The first four mentioned above will follow the usual format of our free, shorter-length webinars. They last about fifteen minutes and anyone is welcome to attend without registering in advance. For these, you can just click the links in each of the below descriptions a few minutes before start time. If you can’t join us for the live training, remember that any current NBA member can watch the recordings of those webinars on our website.
That last webinar mentioned above will follow the format of our paid, longer-length webinars. Registration is required in advance for this 90-minute training. To get more information and to register, make sure to check the description below.
Paid Webinars
UEB Math Provisional Guidance
Presenter: Kyle DeJute
Thursday, December 12
1:00p – 2:30p EST
Non-members: $60.00
Members: $30.00
Description: The document Provisional Guidance for Transcribing Mathematics in UEB went up on BANA’s website in November 2019. It addresses common questions about formatting and transcribing math in UEB.
This webinar will walk through that document’s contents, which include guidance on formatting exercises and using grade 1 indicators. This webinar is appropriate for you if you have not studied the document at all. If you have studied the document, then this webinar is an opportunity to give feedback and ask questions that will influence BANA’s next version of guidance for math in UEB.
Note: The document was originally posted in BANA’s UEB Information page; you should be able to find a BRF from there.
Level: Advanced
Free Webinars
Formats Friday: Edited Text
Presenter: Cindi Laurent
Friday, December 6 at 1:00p EST
Description: This month we’ll look into insertions, deletions and crossed out letters. Section 17 covers the basics and we’ll apply those basics to real-life examples.
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Access Code: 196-450-805
Music Mondays: Chord Symbols
Presenter: Patrick Janson
Monday, December 9 at 1:00p EST
Description: We will discuss the numerous symbols used in transcribing chord symbols, especially covering music in popular, jazz, and folk-music idoms.
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Access Code: 359-864-205
Braille Bytes: Basic Scientific Graphics
Presenter: Donald Winiecki
Tuesday, December 17 at 1:00p EST
Description: Across all STEM fields, the most basic and even the most common scientific graphics are those that appear on an X-Y coordinate system (i.e., the Cartesian coordinate graph). In this webinar, we will first introduce critical standards that apply to all Cartesian graphs, and then show how those standards apply as the graphs become more complex. We will also explore important design considerations for each tactile graphic based on their end-use and method of production.
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Access Code: 389-957-541
Braille Bytes: Overview of Provisional Guidance for Transcribing Foreign Language Materials in UEB
Please note that this webinar had to be canceled last minute. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will reschedule this one for January. Stay tuned for the upcoming schedule.
Presenter: Patrick Janson
Wednesday, December 18 at 1:00p EST
Description: BANA recommends four general Methods that should be suitable to cover the majority of cases. This webinar will briefly cover each of these methods and indicate circumstances for which they are most appropriate.