Transcript Book Port DT: Active Listening - FIMC-VI

INTRODUCTION:
Active listening is one of the primary keys to
success when using the Book Port Desktop
(BPDT) as an educational study tool. In this unit
you will learn what active listening is and how
the Digital Accessible Information System
(DAISY) file format promotes active listening by
providing powerful navigational tools which
make it easy to find and review specific
information within both audio and text-based
documents. You will learn how to navigate within
a DAISY-formatted file, how to use the GO TO
function as well as how to set and remove
bookmarks which can further enhance
navigation.
Note: In this unit, it is
assumed that the BPDT’s
mask has been removed,
exposing all of the keys on
the front face of the BPDT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
It is estimated that 80% of what
you know is gained through
listening
From “Effective Listening and Note-taking”
by Student Support Center North Shore
Community College
http://www.northshore.edu/support_center/pdf
/listen_notes.pdf
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HEAR IT;
STUDENTS HAVE TO ACTIVELY
LISTEN.
“When you practice active listening you focus on,
attend to, and think about what is being said. You
think about what the instructor is saying and you
try to understand the information in your own
words. In this way, you are engaged in the learning
process.”
“Note-Taking & Listening” from website:
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aacc/sites/utsc.utoronto.ca.
aacc/files/tipsheets/Academic_Advising_Tipsheets/not
etakinglistening.pdf
ACTIVE LISTENING LOOKS LIKE:
Head nodding
Eye Contact
Sitting still
Facing the speaker
Leaning forward
Taking notes
ACTIVE LISTENING WITH THE BPDT (CONTINUED
ON THE NEXT SLIDE):
The BPDT provides the user many powerful features
that make active listening easy. These include:
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The ability to easily start, stop and restart the
reading of documents
The ability to skip backward (rewind) through a
document so that particularly difficult or important
passages can be listened to multiple times for the
purpose of taking notes or to gain a better
understanding of the material
Skip forward (fast-forward) through a document to
search for a particular section or skim the material
ACTIVE LISTENING WITH THE BPDT
(CONTINUED):
• Bookmark important sections so that they
can easily be found again at a later time
• In text-based documents, move
backward and forward through the
material line-by-line, word-by-word or
even character-by-character
ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEW OF NAVIGATION
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE)
Review basic file navigation by performing the following:
1. Turn on the device by pressing and holding the Power key
for approximately two seconds. The player will announce
the current time, sound the busy tones while it scans its
memory and announce the last title accessed.
2. Using the Previous and Next Title keys, select a text
document from the title list and press Play/Stop to begin
playback.
3. Use the 1, 3, 4 and 6 keys on the numeric keypad as well
as the Rewind and Fast-Forward keys to skip backward
and forward through the document and re-familiarize
yourself with their functions.
ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEW OF NAVIGATION
(CONTINUED)
4. Press Play/Stop and repeat step three on the previous
slide, noticing the differences in behavior.
5. Using the Previous and Next Title keys, select the DAISY
audio book, “History in the Making” from the title list and
press Play/Stop to begin audio playback.
6. Repeat steps three and four on the previous slide and
above to review the navigational functions in an audio file.
7. If necessary, press Play/Stop to stop audio playback.
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
The Digital Accessible Information System or DAISY
standard is a special file format which allows both
audio and text-based files to be indexed in a way
that makes it quick and easy to find and navigate to
chapters, sections, subsections, pages, etc.
The mechanics of how this is done is beyond the
scope of this module, but the resulting
enhancements to the navigability of documents,
particularly large documents following this indexing
standard, greatly improves the usability of these
materials, especially when they are serving as study
aids.
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD (CONTINUED):
The DAISY indexing structure is very simple
and easy to understand.
It is based on a series of navigation levels.
(There are a maximum of eight levels
specified in the current standard.)
Typically, the higher the level, the more
refined the movement within the
document.
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD (CONTINUED):
For example, a given world history book is divided
into units which consist of several chapters.
Each chapter is divided into a number of sections.
The DAISY indexing allows you to skip backward
and forward by unit at level one (dozens or even
hundreds of pages), by chapter at level two and
by chapter section at level three.
Even more refined navigation, such as by page,
paragraph or even sentence or phrase may also
be available at sequentially higher levels.
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD (CONTINUED):
The complexity of the DAISY indexing is entirely
up to the publisher.
Books intended primarily for leisure reading, for
example, often have very little DAISY indexing.
Navigation by chapter is often the only option in
these types of books.
Text or reference books, on the other hand often
include a far more complex, multilevel indexing
structure which makes it quick and easy to find
specific information within the document.
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD (CONTINUED):
There are three types of DAISY files:
• Audio (recorded narration)
• Text (documents generated by a
computer)
• Audio/Text (a combination of the
above)
THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM
(DAISY) STANDARD (CONTINUED):
DAISY audio files are recordings of a human or computer
text-to-speech program reading a document.
DAISY text files are documents generated by a computer
such as those created by a word-processing program.
DAISY audio/text files are an audio version of a
document synchronized with a text version of the
same document, making it possible to switch back and
forth between the two versions without loosing your
place. These are, by far, the rarest of the three formats
due to the complexity of their creation.
NAVIGATING DAISY FILES WITH THE BPDT:
The BPDT fully supports DAISY navigation. The 7,8 and 9
keys on the numeric keypad are used to navigate DAISY
indexing as follows:
7: Move backward by heading
8: Select navigation level
9: Move forward by heading
To move through a document using DAISY navigation, use
the 8 key to select the desired navigational level.
Repeatedly pressing this key will cycle through all of the
options available within the file.
Then use the 7 key to move backward or the 9 key to move
forward to the next heading or section defined by the
selected level.
ACTIVITY TWO: NAVIGATION OF DAISY TEXT
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE)
1. Press the 0 key or press and hold the Play/Stop key to turn
on Help mode. Playback of the user’s guide will begin.
2. Repeatedly press the 8 key on the numeric keypad until you
hear the player announce “Level one.”
3. Use the 7 and 9 keys on the numeric keypad to skip
backward and forward through the document by major
section headings.
4. Repeatedly press the 8 key until the player announces
“Level two.” Repeat step three above to move backward and
forward through the document by subsections. Notice that
each press of the 7 or 9 key always moves to the beginning
of a section or subsection and begins playback from there.
ACTIVITY TWO: NAVIGATION OF DAISY TEXT
(CONTINUED)
5. Repeatedly press the 8 key until the player announces
“Phrase.” Again use the 7 and 9 keys to move backward and
forward through the document. Note how the movement unit
has changed to very small sections of text (phrases).
6. Continue practicing using the 7, 8 and 9 keys until you are
comfortable with DAISY navigation.
7. When you are finished, press the 0 key or press and hold the
Play/Stop key to turn off help mode.
Note: Although DAISY levels three and four appear in the
options selected by the 8 key, they are not defined in this
document and achieve the same navigation as level two.
ACTIVITY THREE: NAVIGATION OF DAISY AUDIO
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE)
1. Using the Previous and Next Title keys, select the DAISY
audio book, “History in the Making”, from the title list and
press Play/Stop to start playback.
2. Repeatedly press the 8 key on the numeric keypad to cycle
through the available choices for DAISY navigation. Select
level one.
3. Use the 7 and 9 keys to move backward and forward through
this audio book by the movement unit assigned to level one.
Note that this movement unit is by chapter.
ACTIVITY THREE: NAVIGATION OF DAISY AUDIO
(CONTINUED)
4. Using the 8 key, select “phrase” as the navigational level
(this is the only other choice in this book).
5. Use the 7 and 9 keys to move backward and forward at this
navigational level. Note that the results are identical to those
assigned to level one. This is because phrase level
navigation is not defined in this book although the option
appears in the list.
6. Press Play/Stop to stop playback.
Note: This book was primarily intended for leisure reading and,
therefore, has very little DAISY indexing.
DETERMINING DAISY INDEXING STRUCTURE:
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
It is extremely important to understand the
indexing structure within a DAISY file,
particularly if the document is being used
in an educational setting.
This knowledge allows you to quickly and
easily navigate the document and locate
required information without having to read
it from beginning to end.
DETERMINING DAISY INDEXING STRUCTURE:
(CONTINUED):
Some DAISY publishers put a brief note at or near the
beginning of the document which clearly defines the
available navigational options, e.g., “Navigation by
unit is available at level one, chapter at level two
and chapter section at level three. Navigation by
page is also available.”
Other publishers choose not to include this
information. In this case it is left to the user to
determine the indexing structure. This is usually very
straight forward, but can be a little tricky with more
complex indexing.
DETERMINING DAISY INDEXING STRUCTURE:
(CONTINUED):
A good strategy is as follows:
• Repeatedly press the navigational level selection key
(the 8 key on the Book Port) to determine all of the
available options.
• Select level one from the list and use the backward and
forward movement keys (the 7 and 9 keys on the Book
Port) to skip backward and forward through the
document.
• Listen to the first few words spoken after each press of a
movement key. This should give some indication of the
movement unit, e.g., “Chapter One, Chapter Two, …”;
“Part One, Part Two, …”; “Unit One, Unit Two, …” etc.
DETERMINING DAISY INDEXING STRUCTURE:
(CONTINUED):
• Repeat this process for all available options in the list in
numerical order (level one, level two, level three, etc.).
Note if and when sequentially higher navigational levels
produce identical results. This often indicates that these
levels are undefined in the document although they
appear in the list.
• Examination of a hard copy of the document, if
available, may also be very helpful in determining the
DAISY indexing structure.
THE GO TO KEY (CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE):
In addition to DAISY navigation, the BPDT offers two
additional features which make navigation of both DAISY and
non-DAISY files quick and convenient. One of those features
is “Go To” which is accessed through the use of the Go To
key.
Within DAISY files, repeatedly
pressing this key cycles through
the following three options:
• Go To Page
• Go To Heading
• Go To Percent
THE GO TO KEY (CONTINUED):
In non-DAISY text documents, the
only option is go to percent.
In non-DAISY audio files, the two
options are:
• Go To Track
• Go To Album
When in the title selection list, the
Go To key allows you to select a title
by number.
GO TO NAVIGATION IN DAISY FILES OPTION ONE:
Go To Page: Selecting the Go To Page option allows you to
enter a page number on the numeric keypad, followed by
pressing either the Enter key (Pound [#]) or Play/Stop.
• If page-level navigation is defined in the DAISY
indexing, the reading point will be moved to the
beginning of the specified page.
• If Play/Stop was pressed instead of the Enter key, the
reading point will be moved to the beginning of the
specified page and playback will begin at that location.
• If page-level navigation is not defined in the document
or the number entered is outside the valid range of
page numbers, the player will announce “Number ##
does not exist” where ## represents the page number
entered.
GO TO NAVIGATION IN DAISY FILES OPTION TWO:
Go To Heading: The Go To Heading option functions
similarly.
• Select this option and enter the number of a desired
heading followed by pressing either the Enter or
Play/Stop key.
• The reading point will move to the specified heading
and, if Play/Stop was pressed, begin playback from
that location.
• Pressing Enter or Play/Stop without entering a number
will move the reading point to the beginning of the
document.
• Entering zero as the heading number will move the
reading point to the end of the document.
GO TO NAVIGATION IN DAISY FILES OPTION THREE:
Go To Percent: This function allows you to enter a
percentage of a document to which to move the reading
point, e.g., a value of 50 will move the reading point to the
center of the document and a value of 75 will move the
reading point to a position three-quarters of the way through
the document.
• This is an absolute move, so playback may resume in
the middle of a section, page or even sentence.
• Entering a value of zero will move to the beginning of
the title
• Entering a value of one hundred will move to the end
A NOTE ABOUT HEADING NUMBERS
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDE):
While going to pages or percentages is rather
straight-forward, going to a heading by its number is
a little more tricky.
• Headings are numbered sequentially from
beginning to end, regardless of their assigned
navigational level.
• For example, Unit One (at level one) may
be heading one, Chapter One (at level two)
may be heading 2 and Introduction (a
section heading within chapter one at level
three) may be heading three. The trick is,
how to determine a heading’s number.
A NOTE ABOUT HEADING NUMBERS (CONTINUED):
The only practical way to determine the assigned number of
a given heading is to use other navigational options to locate
the desired heading.
Then, with the reading point just
beyond the heading, stop playback
and repeatedly press the Info key
(approximately five times) until the
player announces the number of
the current heading followed by its
title. This information can then be
written down in study notes or
elsewhere for future reference.
GO TO NAVIGATION WITHIN NON-DAISY TEXT
DOCUMENTS:
In non-DAISY text documents, the only option
available when you press the Go To key is Go To
Percent.
This function is identical to that available within
DAISY documents, i.e., it allows you to enter a
percentage of the document to which to move the
reading point.
Again, a value of zero moves the reading point to
the beginning and a value of one hundred moves it
to the end.
GO TO NAVIGATION WITH NON-DAISY AUDIO FILES:
• While working with non-DAISY audio files, there are two
Go To options, Go To Track and Go To Album.
• An album is a folder containing one or more audio files
and a track is an audio file within an album (folder).
Albums are sequentially numbered as are tracks within
albums. The utility of the Go To key while working with
these types of files is largely dependent on how the file
structure has been set up, a topic beyond the scope of this
unit.
• To use the Go To function while working with non-DAISY
audio files, press the Go To key once to select Track or
twice to select Album. Enter the desired number on the
numeric keypad followed by the Enter or Play/Stop key to
move to the specified track or album.
ACTIVITY FOUR: USING THE GO TO KEY
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES)
1. Press the 0 key on the numeric key pad or press and hold
the Play/Stop key to turn on Help mode. Playback of the
user’s guide will begin.
2. Press the Go To key twice to select “Go To Heading.” Press
three on the numeric keypad followed by the Enter
(Pound/Hashtag) key. The player will announce “Heading
three.” Press Play/Stop to begin playback at heading 3. The
player will read the heading title, “About This Guide,”
followed by the text of the section.
3. Repeat step 2 above, substituting the Play/Stop key for the
Enter key. Note that the reading point returns to the
beginning of the section and begins playback immediately.
ACTIVITY FOUR: USING THE GO TO KEY
(CONTINUED):
4. Repeat steps two and three on the previous slide,
substituting different heading numbers until you are
comfortable with the Go To Heading function. Note the error
message if you happen to enter a heading number that is not
within the valid range.
5. Press the Go To key three times to select “Go To Percent.”
Enter twenty-four followed by the Play/Stop key. The User’s
Guide will begin playback twenty-four percent of the way
through the document. Briefly listening to the playback will
reveal that this portion of the guide is discussing the
Previous and Next Title keys. Press Play/Stop to stop
playback.
ACTIVITY FOUR: USING THE GO TO KEY
(CONTINUED):
6. Press the Information key (oval button on the right side of the
device between the numeric keypad and sleep timer key)
five times. The player will announce that you are within
heading thirty-nine of one hundred and eighty headings and
that its title is “Select Title.” Press Play/Stop to stop playback
of the remaining file and status information.
7. Press the Go To key twice to select “Go To Heading.” Enter
thirty-nine followed by the Play/Stop key. Playback will start
at the beginning of the “Select Title” heading. Listening to the
playback briefly should result in you hearing the same text
that was read in step five because twenty-four percent of the
document is only four or five sentences into this section.
.
ACTIVITY FOUR: USING THE GO TO KEY
(CONTINUED):
8. Repeat steps five through seven, substituting different
percentages until you are comfortable with the Go To
functions as well as determining the number of a particular
heading.
9. Press Zero or press and hold Play/Stop to turn off Help
Mode.
BOOKMARKS (CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
Another convenient feature of the BPDT is the ability to
bookmark documents, i.e., mark a spot within a file to which
you would like to return in the future.
• For example, a bookmark could be set at the beginning
of the chapter review in a text book or at the beginning
of a particular scene in a play or novel.
Up to one thousand bookmarks can be set per title and will
remain until they are purposefully deleted, even if the
associated document has been removed from the device.
BOOKMARKS (CONTINUED):
There are two types of bookmarks that can be set: regular
and voice.
• A regular bookmark is simply a numbered location
within a file to which you can return through the use of
the Bookmark or DAISY navigation keys.
• A voice bookmark is similar with the addition of being
able to record a voice annotation or memo which will
be associated with the book mark and location within
the document.
• “This information will be on the test.” or “I want to
quote this passage in my term paper.” Are good
examples of the use of a voice bookmark. These
annotations should be kept brief, however, because
there is only thirty minutes of recording time
available for all voice bookmarks.
BOOKMARKS (CONTINUED):
• By default, the BPDT is set to automatically play voice
annotations when voice bookmarks are reached while
playing a title, i.e., playback will pause, the annotation will
be played and playback will resume.
• This behavior can be changed from within the Bookmark
menu in the menu system.
• Regular bookmarks are not identified during playback.
• Bookmarks are numbered sequentially starting with one
within each title. It is important to note, however, that if a
bookmark is removed, its number will be reused. This
means that bookmarks will not necessarily stay in
numerical order throughout the text, e.g., bookmark two
could be pages or even chapters ahead of bookmark five.
THE BOOKMARK KEY
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
Repeatedly pressing this key
cycles through the following
three options:
• Go to bookmark
• Set bookmark
• Remove bookmark
THE BOOKMARK KEY (CONTINUED):
Go To Bookmark is similar to the Go To Heading
and Go To Page functions.
Once you have selected Go To Bookmark using
the Bookmark key, you can enter a bookmark’s
number on the numeric keypad followed by
pressing the Enter or Play/Stop key.
This will move the reading point to the specified
book mark and, if Play/Stop was pressed, begin
playback from that point.
THE BOOKMARK KEY (CONTINUED):
Pressing the Bookmark key twice selects Set
Bookmark.
Pressing the Enter or Play/Stop key will set a
regular bookmark at that location within the
document and announce “Setting bookmark ### …
completed” where ### is the number assigned to
the new bookmark.
THE BOOKMARK KEY (CONTINUED):
To set a voice book mark, press the
Bookmark key twice to select set
bookmark.
Instead of pressing Enter or Play/Stop,
press the Record key. This places the
device in record pause.
To record the annotation, press and hold
the Record key and speak normally.
When you are finished, release the record
key. The player will announce “Setting
bookmark ### … completed.”
Record Key
THE BOOKMARK KEY (CONTINUED):
To remove a bookmark, press the Bookmark key
three times and enter the number of the bookmark
to be removed.
Pressing the Enter or Play/Stop key will erase the
bookmark and the player will announce “Remove
bookmark ### … completed.”
ACTIVITY FIVE: SETTING A REGULAR BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES)
1. Using the Previous and Next Title Keys, locate “Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland” and press Play/Stop to select it
and start playback.
2. Press the Go To key. The player will announce, “Go to
percent” which is the only option in this non-DAISY text file.
3. Press the number seven followed by the Enter key. (Do not
use Play/Stop in this instance.) The reading point will be
moved to seven percent of the document but playback
should not begin.
ACTIVITY FIVE: SETTING A REGULAR BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
4. Use the navigation keys to move backward through the file
until you find the line that says “Chapter One.” This can be
accomplished quickly by pressing the four key approximately
nine times.
5. Use the one and three keys to verify your position,
navigating back to the word “chapter” when you are satisfied.
6. Press the Bookmark key twice. The player will announce
“Set bookmark. Press Enter key to set bookmark or Record
key to set voice bookmark.”
7. Press Enter or Play/Stop to set a regular bookmark. The
player will announce “Setting bookmark one … completed.”
ACTIVITY FIVE: SETTING A REGULAR BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
8. Press the Go To key, 0 key and Enter or Play/Stop to go to
the beginning of the document.
9. Press the Bookmark key. The player will announce “Go to
Bookmark.” Press the 1 key followed by Play/Stop. The
player will announce “Bookmark one,” and begin playback
from the beginning of chapter one.
10. Press Play/Stop to stop playback.
ACTIVITY FIVE: SETTING A REGULAR BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
Note: In this activity, you not only learned the proper method
for setting a regular bookmark, you also discovered a
valuable use for a bookmark. Many E-texts and similar
documents, particularly those retrieved from the internet,
contain a significant amount of front matter. This material
typically includes standard title page information such as the
title, author, copyright information, publisher, etc. as well as
information about the organization that produced the
electronic version of the document. Although this information
has its place, it can make locating the beginning of the actual
document difficult and frustrating. Once this has been done,
setting a bookmark at that location will make it quick and
easy to return to it in the future.
ACTIVITY SIX: SETTING A VOICE BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
1. If necessary, locate and select “Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland.”
2. Press Go To, enter 14 followed by the Enter (#) key.
3. Use the navigation keys to skip forward through the
document until you locate the beginning of Chapter Two.
(Hint: press the Six key approximately eleven times.)
4. Use the One and Three keys to explore the text word by
word to verify that you have found the correct location. When
you are satisfied, navigate back to the word “Chapter.”
ACTIVITY SIX: SETTING A VOICE BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
5. Press the Bookmark key twice to select Set Bookmark.
Press the record key to place the unit in record pause.
6. Press and hold the Record key. You should hear a brief tone.
Continuing to hold the Record key, speak a brief annotation
such as: “End of chapter one,” or “This is the beginning of
chapter two.” When you have finished, release the Record
key. The player will announce that it is setting bookmark two.
7. Press the Go To key, enter 14 and press Play/Stop. Playback
will begin near the end of chapter one. Note that when the
location at which you just set a voice bookmark is reached,
playback pauses, your voice annotation is played and
playback resumes.
ACTIVITY SIX: SETTING A VOICE BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
8. Select another random location in the document and set
either a regular or voice bookmark. Continue practicing
setting and moving to bookmarks until you are comfortable
with these procedures.
9. Press the Bookmark key three times. The player will
announce “Remove bookmark.” Enter a valid bookmark
number followed by the Enter or Play/Stop key. The player
will announce “Removing bookmark ### … completed.”
ACTIVITY SIX: SETTING A VOICE BOOKMARK
(CONTINUED):
Note: For this activity to be successfully completed by a
subsequent student, all bookmarks must be removed from
this document. This can be accomplished by repeating step
nine on the previous slide for all set bookmarks or through
use of the “Clear All Bookmarks In Current Title” option in the
bookmark menu within the menu system.
ACTIVITY SEVEN: PLACING BOOKMARKS OUT OF ORDER
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
1. Using the Previous and Next Title keys, select the DAISY
audio book, “History in the Making” from the title list and
press Play/Stop to start playback.
2. Use the 8 key on the numeric keypad to select level one
DAISY navigation. Use the 7 and 9 keys to move to chapter
one. Press Play/Stop to stop playback. Set either a regular
or voice bookmark at this location.
3. Use the 9 key to move to chapter 4. Press Play/Stop to stop
playback. Set either a regular or voice bookmark at this
location.
4. Use the 7 key to move back to Chapter 2. Press Play/Stop to
stop playback. Set either a regular or voice bookmark at this
location.
ACTIVITY SEVEN: PLACING BOOKMARKS OUT OF ORDER
(CONTINUED):
5. Repeatedly press the 8 key until the player announces,
“Bookmark.” Press the 7 and 9 keys until you hear
“Bookmark one.” Press Play/Stop to begin playback at this
location, which should be at the beginning of chapter one.
6. Press the 9 key. The player should announce “Bookmark
two” and begin playback at the beginning of chapter four.
7. Press the 9 key once more. The player should announce
“Bookmark three” and resume playback, this time at the
beginning of chapter two. Note that the bookmarks are not in
sequential order but rather in the order in which they were
set.
ACTIVITY SEVEN: PLACING BOOKMARKS OUT OF ORDER
(CONTINUED):
8. Press the Bookmark key three times to select Remove
Bookmark. Enter 1 followed by the Enter or Play/Stop key to
remove bookmark one.
9. Use the 8 key to select level one navigation and the 9 key to
move to the beginning of chapter six. Set either a regular or
voice bookmark at this location. Note that the number
assigned to this bookmark is one, which was the lowest
available number.
ACTIVITY SEVEN: PLACING BOOKMARKS OUT OF ORDER
(CONTINUED):
10. Practice using both the DAISY navigation keys as well as
the Go To Bookmark function to select and move to
bookmarks you have set within this DAISY audio file.
Note: For this activity to be successfully completed by a
subsequent student, all bookmarks must be removed from
this document. This can be accomplished by using the
“Remove Bookmark” function for all set bookmarks or
through the use of the “Clear All Bookmarks In Current Title”
option in the Bookmark menu within the menu system.
NOTE-TAKING
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
Note-Taking is vital to retention. “Set down a written
record for each of your classes. This is very
important for studies have shown that forgetting
begins almost immediately. Within two weeks you
will forget 80 percent or more of what you have
heard. In four weeks, you will be fortunate if 5
percent remains!” (Effective Listening and NoteTaking by Johnie H. Scott, Assistant Professor.
Taken from website:
http://www.csun.edu/~hcpas003/effective.html)
NOTE-TAKING (CONTINUED):
When helping students to use the BPDT as a study
aid, it is vitally important that they take complete
and accurate notes.
The following tips are suggestions to help students
develop effective note-taking and study strategies:
Liberally bookmark the material being studied.
After all, you can set up to one thousand
bookmarks per title.
Associate one or more bookmark numbers with
specific notes. This will make it possible to
quickly locate and review all sections of the text
addressing the noted topic.
NOTE-TAKING (CONTINUED):
Remember about DAISY headings. No need to set
a bookmark if a DAISY heading marks a desired
location in the text. Simply associate the heading
number with the appropriate note. Be sure to
identify it as a heading number rather than a
bookmark number, e.g., H15 for heading fifteen or
B21 for bookmark twenty-one.
Use voice bookmarks to add personal messages or
reminders to bookmarked locations within the text.
This can be extremely valuable when traditional
note-taking is not possible for one reason or
another. These audio notes can always be written
down at a later time.
NOTE-TAKING (CONTINUED):
 While studying your notes, use the Go To
Bookmark and Go To Heading functions to
quickly locate and review applicable
portions of the text. This is actually much
quicker and easier than flipping through
the pages of a print book.
SUMMARY
(CONTINUED ON THE NEXT SLIDES):
This unit further demonstrates the power and
flexibility of the BPDT as a study aid within an
educational environment. You should have a
thorough understanding of the importance and
techniques of “active listening” and how these
techniques, along with the BPDT can greatly
enhance audible learning. You have learned
how DAISY file navigation, bookmarking and
effective note-taking can greatly improve study
habits and result in a much higher level of
comprehension.
SUMMARY (CONTINUED):
Upon successful completion of this unit, you should be
able to:
define “active listening” and explain its importance
describe the basic DAISY file format and how to
navigate within it
describe the differences between DAISY
navigational levels and how these different levels
can make it quick and easy to find specific
information within a large document
use the “Go To” key to move to a specific location
within both DAISY and non-DAISY documents
SUMMARY (CONTINUED):
set and clear a regular bookmark on the
BPDT
set and clear a voice bookmark on the BPDT
describe the differences between regular
and voice bookmarks
describe how to use both available methods
to locate and move to bookmarks on the
BPDT
describe the importance of note-taking while
using bookmarks on the BPDT