Bloom

By the end of the course, you will be able to,

1. Make a simple book

2. Get a book from the Bloom Library website and adapt it to your language

3. Make a book with text in two or three languages

4. Make a decodable or leveled reader from a template someone else has made

5. Share your book with others through the Bloom Library website

Instructions:

Read LTUB, Pages 2-9 Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/141561934

• https://vimeo.com/114043219

Assignment:

In just a few sentences, please tell us: What sorts of books do you want to create using Bloom? Who will read them? What excites you about Bloom? Of the type of users defined in the video, which type are you?

Instructions:

Read LTUB, Pages 10-23 Learning to Use Bloom

Assignment:

Download the Bloom installer from the Bloom Library website (https://bloomlibrary.org/page/create/downloads ). Choose the version of Bloom for your circumstances and download it. For most people that will be the "Release Version." After you have downloaded the installer, install Bloom on your computer.

The Art of Reading is a collection of black and white line drawings from SIL International that you may use without cost. To download the Art of Reading illustration collection, click this link. Once you have downloaded the appropriate version, install the collection on your computer.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, pages 24-34 Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Videos:

• https://vimeo.com/121688803

Assignment:

1. Create a new Local Language collection in Bloom.

2. Choose English as the language for the collection.

3. Choose My English Books as the collection name. This is the collection where you will practice.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, Pages 35-95 Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/112825489

Assignment:

In the collection, you created in the previous lesson, create a new book using the Basic Book template. Your book should contain at least 8 pages.

1. Add a title, an author, and copyright information to the book.

2. When you add pages, choose different page layouts. Add text to the pages that have a text frame.

3. Add images to the cover page and all other pages that have an image frame. You can get images from the Art of reading, from copying and pasting or from a file on your computer.

4. Practice reordering pages.

5. Practice deleting pages.

When you are done you should see the new book in your collection.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, Pages 96-113 Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/117820891

Assignment:

On one of the pages of your book, change the format of the page using the buttons or keyboard shortcuts.

1. Change the format of the Normal Style.

2. Be sure to practice changing the font, the font size, line spacing, word spacing, and emphasis in the Character tab.

3. Be sure to practice changing the indent, the alignment, and paragraph spacing in The Paragraph tab.

Note that any changes you make to the Normal Style will be seen on every page that has a text box that uses the Normal Style.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, pages 114-129 Learning to Use Bloom

Assignment:

Bloom can create three different types of PDF files for your book. Create each one of them. The three are:

1. A "Simple" PDF

2. A "Booklet Cover" PDF

3. A "Booklet Insides" PDF

Create the three types of PDFs for the book you created in Lesson 4, then save them to your computer. Then submit them to your mentor/instructor.

Instructions:

In this lesson, you will apply all that you have learned by creating the book Agama Lizard. The data for creating the book can be found in the curriculum. Please click on Agama Lizard Book Resources to access the pictures and text for your book.

Resources:

• Agama Lizard Book Resources.

Assignment:

1. Create a new book in your collection using the story in the document "Agama Lizard." (PDF format)

2. Give the book the title "Agama Lizard." Choose the illustration, Pic Cover.jpg for the cover. Fill out the relevant information on the Credits Page.

3. Create pages for the text and choose an illustration for each page. Include the copyright information for the illustrations.

4. Add each group of two or three sentences to each page.

5. Choose any page layout with an image placeholder. Format the Normal Style with font size 28, 2.0 line spacing, and wide word spacing.

6. Create the three types of PDFs for the Agama Lizard book, then save them to your computer. Then submit them to your mentor/instructor.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, Pages 166-175 Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/129005683

Assignment:

1. Create a new collection for a language, other than English or French, that you know.

2. Create a book for this collection from one of the templates under Sample Shells (e.g. The Moon and the Cap) story..

3. Translate the book into the language of the collection.

4. Produce a pdf of the book and share it with your mentor/instructor.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, pages 176-187. Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/130218714

Assignment:

Get a book from the Bloom library and create a story in Bloom from it in another language.

Instructions:

Read and follow the instructions in Lesson for Bilingual Books.

Assignment:

Do the exercises given in Lesson for Bilingual Books.

Instructions:

Read LTUB, pages 188-197. Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/191719634

Assignment:

Describe the process to upload a book to the Bloom Library to your mentor/instructor.

Instructions:

1. Read LTUB, pages 198-209 (Talking Books)

2. Read LTUB, pages 228-243 (Bloom Reader) Learning to Use Bloom

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/181840473

Assignment:

Make the Agama book you created in lesson 6 a talking book. Then upload the talking book to the Bloom reader on an Android device and play it there.

Instructions:

1. Read LTUB, pages 131-140 Learning to Use Bloom

2. Read and follow the instructions in Lesson for Level Readers

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/122998694

• https://vimeo.com/123325405

Assignment:

1. Create a Level 1 reader of four pages

2. Create a Level 2 reader of six pages.

3. Create a Level 3 reader of eight pages.

Instructions:

1. Read LTUB, pages 141-150 Learning to Use Bloom

2. Read and follow the instructions in Lesson for Decodable Readers

Watch Video(s):

• https://vimeo.com/123106160

Assignment:

1. Create a stage 1 decodable reader of four pages

2. Create a stage 2 decodable reader of four pages.

3. Create a stage 3 decodable reader of eight pages.