VOVI 0303: Uncontracted Unified English Braille (UEB) Part 3

Description

This course is designed for students who are blind or visually impaired to expand their Braille skills from VOVI 0301 and VOVI 0302. Students will learn how to recognize common punctuation in Braille, including commas, question marks and exclamation marks. They will continue to develop their fluency with reading and writing simple sentences and apply a variety of punctuation.

Credits

0.0

Year of study

Below Grade 10 Equivalency

Prerequisites

VOVI 0302 or department permission.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify and write the uppercase passage indicator.
Identify and write the comma and apostrophe.
Identify and write the question mark.
Identify and write the hyphen and dash.
Identify and write the exclamation mark.
Identify and write the semicolon and colon.
Use new punctuation signs while reading and writing simple sentences.

Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)

None

Hours

Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 48
Total Hours: 48

Instructional Strategies

Self paced, individualized instruction.

Grading System

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Passing grade

70% - Student must get an S on each item in the evaluation plan to receive an S for the course.

Evaluation Plan

Type	Percentage	Assessment activity
Assignments	S/U	6-12 formative assessments of writing uncontracted Braille.
Assignments	S/U	6-12 reading drills.

Course topics

Introduction to the uppercase passage indicator.
Introduction to comma and apostrophe.
Introduction to question mark.
Introduction to hyphen and dash.
Introduction to exclamation mark.
Introduction to semicolon and colon.
Practice reading and writing sentences with new punctuation signs.
Optional: Practice reading and writing paragraphs.

Notes:

Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.