{"id":311,"date":"2012-05-09T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T21:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2012-05-09T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T21:22:32","slug":"quizlet-accommodates-aboriginal-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/quizlet-accommodates-aboriginal-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Quizlet Accommodates Aboriginal Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Flashcard website <a title=\"Quizlet\" href=\"http:\/\/Quizlet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Quizlet <\/a>has added &#8220;Dene&#8221; as a language choice on their site and tweaked their display fonts.\u00a0 Now we can create flashcards in any of the Dene languages of the NWT.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s my first set to try out <a title=\"T\u0142\u0131\u0328cho\u0328 Flashcards\" href=\"http:\/\/quizlet.com\/10973784\/tlicho-words-flash-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/quizlet.com\/10973784<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 120%;\"><strong>Challenge to Parents and Educators:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 120%;\"><strong><\/strong><br \/>\nCreate and share flash cards in T\u0142\u0131\u0328cho\u0328 and other NWT Aboriginal Languages.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 120%;\"> Build your own set of flash cards for the words you want to learn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 120%;\"> Share them on Facebook (or email) to let your friends try your flashcard set.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Practice, learn, play games and test yourself online.<br \/>\nCompete for championship status on each other&#8217;s games.<br \/>\nFind <a title=\"mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/quizlet.com\/mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile Apps<\/a> to use your flashcards on the go.<br \/>\nYou can also print flash cards in several different sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you will need to do:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the Unicode keyboard for your language.<br \/>\nSee instructions at <a title=\"Dene Keyboards\" href=\"http:\/\/denefont.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/denefont.blogspot.ca\/<\/a><br \/>\n(Please Note that Quizlet does NOT work with WinMac Dene fonts.<br \/>\nYou cannot copy and paste from the Tlicho on-line dictionary.<br \/>\nYou must type the words using Unicode characters)<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for a <a title=\"sign up\" href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/sign_up\/\" target=\"_blank\">free Quizlet account<\/a> and create your card set.<br \/>\nLinks for easy sharing on FaceBook are on the Quizlet site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" title=\"sharing links\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sharing-links.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sharing-links.png 298w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sharing-links-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some tips<\/strong><br \/>\nSelect &#8220;Dene&#8221; from the language dropdown menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-320\" title=\"Select &quot;Dene&quot; language Choice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-select-Dene-language.png\" alt=\"language = Dene\" width=\"475\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-select-Dene-language.png 475w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-select-Dene-language-125x150.png 125w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-select-Dene-language-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the flip side of the card, type the English translation,<br \/>\nor add images* with the &#8220;Search Images&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-331\" title=\"ff insert image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-insert-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-insert-image.png 728w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-insert-image-150x51.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ff-insert-image-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>*&#8221;Upload image&#8221; is only available with a Pro account.\u00a0 The free account limits your choice to a selection of Flickr non-copyrighted images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This next hint applies only to the TITLE, not to the flashcards themselves.<br \/>\nUse plain vowels in the TITLE you give your flashcard set.\u00a0 The barred \u0142 and the dotless \u0131 are OK, but leave out tone and nasal markers in your set title.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s why I recommend that.\u00a0 The title becomes part of the URL, and special Dene characters like nasals and tones make very complicated and ugly links for sharing.<br \/>\nBelow is an example of what you DON&#8217;T want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343\" title=\"ch paste ugly url\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ch-paste-ugly-url.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ch-paste-ugly-url.png 832w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ch-paste-ugly-url-150x46.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wayupnorth.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ch-paste-ugly-url-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0So far, Quizlet does not support audio in the Dene languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical stuff you can afford to ignore:<\/strong><br \/>\nInitially there were some problems with Dene Language charactes because the Quizlet site used Unicode fonts that were not compatible with the Dene languages.\u00a0 Now however they have made the necessary changes.\u00a0 By specifying &#8220;Dene&#8221; from the language dropdown, the font will be forced to Arial which is on all new operating systems and displays the nasals and other special characters correctly.\u00a0 It is still a good practice not to use Dene Language characters in the title of your flash card set.\u00a0 The title is still displayed in the default font of the website, and may not display correctly in all browsers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flashcard website Quizlet has added &#8220;Dene&#8221; as a language choice on their site and tweaked their display fonts.\u00a0 Now we can create flashcards in any of the Dene languages of the NWT. 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