How to Translate Children's Books with DawnSignPress
Learn how to translate children's books into ASL. This course covers how to visualize characters and objects, as well as some translation tips. This course is geared for fluent signers.
How to Navigate This Course
About DawnSignPress
About April Jackson-Woodard
About Eric Epstein
How to Contact Your Facilitator
How to Get RID CEU Credit (for interpreters)
How to Get Certificate of Completion
Course Introduction
Introduction
Facial Expression
Placement at end
Placement at start
Emphasis
Introduction
Facial Expression
Placement at end
Emphasis
Introduction
Facial Expression
Placement at end
Introduction
Separate by switching sides
Separate by switching hands
Separate by eyegaze
Separate by blink
Separating multiple items
Separate at the right time
Introduction
Grouping for one thing
Grouping with the other hand
This course is entirely self-paced. You will watch video lessons and take a final exam. You are not required to interact with the instructor or other students. But if you wish, you may post questions or comments in the community page, and I will do my best to respond to any questions within 72 hours on weekdays.
After purchasing this course, you will have access to it for as long as this web platform is used. It is guaranteed that this course will be offered through April 2027. After that date, the instructor may decide to retire this course. If that's the case, there will be an announcement posted in the Signplaying community page, and you will still be able to access the course for one more month after the announcement.
This course offers 0.2 Professional Studies (PS) RID CEU credit at the Some Content Knowledge Level. To obtain the RID CEU, you will have to complete the entire course and pass the Final Exam with a minimum score of 80%. (If you fail the Final Exam, you can retake it for as many times as you need.) Then, you will get a course completion email with a link to the course evaluation. In the course evaluation, you don't need to answer all the questions, but you will need to submit your full name (as recorded in the RID system) and your RID member number. After you have submitted that course evaluation form with these two required information, I will work with the CMP sponsor (Interpretek) to process your CEU within several weeks.
Yes. The course provides specific instructions for how you can get your Certificate of Completion.
This course does NOT have any English voiceover and captions. This course is taught exclusively in ASL, and it's geared for fluent signers who want to sign children's books in ASL.