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Hello Don,
Yes, the signs on the CDs are "animated."
The CDs each contain a "Windows Media File" that plays in the standard Windows Media Player. The file is a video of me signing the vocabulary and sentences from the lessons at the website. For example, the Unit 1 video is set up as a test with 321 separately numbered questions in which approximately half are individual vocabulary and half are sentences from the lessons. The other CDs also each have a couple hundred questions. They are not perfect but they really quite functional.
Bill

In a message dated 3/25/2003 4:36:47 PM Central Standard Time, jgphipps@ writes:
Hi Bill
I have received my order and I am absolutely thrilled it is a perfect addition to my class. Thanks so much for being there. As you complete your cd 's if you could I would love to be notified if that is a possibility.
--Jennifer

Hi Jennifer,
I'll post new offerings at the bookstore and announce them in my newsletter.
Bill

In a message dated 5/12/2003 7:42:24 AM Central Daylight Time, mpkgirl@ggwoafrica.org writes:

Hello Bill!
I just found your website and I had some questions. I am a teenager and have been studying sign language for several years. The past year I have used the program Signing Naturally from Dawn Sign Press. I am living in Ghana, West Africa so I am unable to have a tutor. I was looking for some clarification on your lessons. Here are my questions: Do I need to buy your [Unit] CD's to complete your courses online?
If I buy the CD's do I still need to use your webpage in completing the course or are the CD's all inclusive?
Thanks for your help!! I really like your website it has a lot of good information!!
Sari H.

Sari,
Hi. The Unit CD's are simply me, in front of a video recorder, signing hundreds of sentences and vocabulary words. (About 1,300 in the first five CDs). The CDs allow you to test yourself on the practice sentences that you see listed in the lessons. You don't "need" the CD's if you are just learning for fun. In addition to the video test file, Each CD also contains a file that lists the answers so you can check your progress. If you want to use the website "offline" might I suggest you invest in the CD called "ASL University on CD."
Best wishes in your endeavors.
Bill Vicars
Lifeprint.com

Question: Do you have a physical address?
Answer: No. I am a spirit and I exist in-between dimensions.
(Heh) Oh alright...YES, I have an address. Visit the "contact" page for my address information. ASL University has literally thousands of pages. I put my contact information on that one page so it is easy to keep it current.

Question: Is there an office?
Answer: Does a home office count? If so, then yes. I reckon you could visit if you want, but let me know ahead of time so we can clean up.
Note: My cat thinks it is his office (so you may have to play along).

Question: How secure is your site?
Answer: My site isn't very secure. I probably wouldn't order from my site.
BUT...I don't actually sell from my site. It only looks like it. Instead I use a Merchant Shopping Cart service based at CCNOW.com. Their site is extremely secure. When you click on one of my "buy" links it takes you to their website. They use 128 bit encryption and Scanalert "Hacker Safe" technology. I also accept payments via "PayPal.com" or check/money order.

Question: Where are the materials being shipped from?
Answer: From our mailbox about a foot-and-a-half to the left of the front door. (If you want a specific address...again...check the contact page. If the postman, er...I mean postal dude...er...I mean postal carrier has already come and Belinda is running errands then she ships them from the post office that is closest to our home. I don't know the address of the post office...I just know how to get there.

Question: How soon will the items be shipped out after payment is made?
Answer: Generally within 48 hours. If we missed the postal guy and Belinda isn't running errands then it's going to be 72 hours. Note: Belinda is my wife, not a postal employee; sometimes she does "go postal"--but that is a different story. What happens is: people place an order. It shows up in my email box. I forward it to my "shipping department," (um, that's my wife folks), and the shipping department, (Belinda) packs it up and sticks it in the mail box for the next pickup. Books and CDs go out very quick. I tell people if they don't have their order within 10 days, email me so I can check into it. If I've screwed up (very rare since it doesn't take much brain power to hit the forward button) I tend to make it up to people in nice ways.

Hi Julia,
Generally within 10 days.
Often in 5 days.
Two weeks at the outside.
Sometimes as quick as three days.
Once it took 21 days.
If it takes over 21 days please email us so we can check into it.
Dr. Bill
Lifeprint.com

p.s. The "postal service" is often not very precise in their shipping times and thus we cannot control that. More precision and definitiveness of orders would necessitate more work and effort. Thus if you want precision in shipping you generally have to pay much more in fees (consider how much more things cost if you send them "overnight delivery" via Federal Express). Thus your flexibility regarding shipping times translates to lower shipping charges for you.
But that isn't the reason why I don't strive to promise any particular or "quick" shipping time. The reason is I care about my wife. She handles the shipping. Trying to "precise and definite" creates stress.
So I ask her only to get them out within a reasonably decent period of time.
In the old days mail order companies used to always say: 6 to 8 weeks or 10 to 12 weeks.
Then things became more competitive and companies started adding fees and trying to outdo each other with faster and faster shipping times.
I'm not interested in competing. I'm not interested in the stress of trying to provide ultra fast shipping. If someone doesn't like my shipping times they are welcome (encouraged actually) to go elsewhere. I strive to get them out within a decent time frame and that is good enough for me. We've been doing this for 10 years and are still in business with 1,000's of satisfied customers. (But I'm more interested in having a satisfied wife. What can I say?)
-- Bill

In a message dated 9/14/2006 1:26:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rmcoop@ writes:

Hello Dr. Vicars,

My name is Roxanna Cooprider. I am a home school mom who's knowledge and experience of sign language is suitable for conversing with Deaf who are patient with me.

I am part of a home school teaching coop where I am the most knowledgeable in ASL of any of the other mothers. As a result, I am
the one they ask to teach the course. In the past I have always taught younger students, so my slow skills were still better than anything I could expect from them for our 10 week session. (We meet for 10 weeks each semester, and each class is 55minutes long.) Last spring they asked me to teach a high school class this fall. I agreed, and then spent the summer searching for materials, I could afford, that would help me make the class worth the students' time.

That is when I came across your website, and became very excited. There are six in the class, and we went together and ordered your ASLU Units 1-8 cd-roms that have the testing on them. Your course is helping me so much. It helps me know for sure that what we cover each week is on target. Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into it.

I have distributed your Website disks to the class, and they are expected to do a lesson prior to each class. We met for our 1st class
this past Monday, and tried to review the info and do the quiz for the lesson, but we ran out of time. I wanted to ask you if I could have
permission to make testing disks that would have only the quiz and blank answer sheets on them that I could send home with the students so they could complete the test at home. They would then email me their answers, and I would collect the disks after they had completed the testing. I'm asking to do this because I don't see us having enough time to get through the lesson quizzes each week. Three of the six students have never taken any sign language courses at all, so they need extra time and attention during class. Fifty-five minutes a week with them isn't going to stretch far enough.

Thank you for taking time to consider my request.

Sincerely,
Roxanna Cooprider

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		Hello ASL Heroes! Yes, this bookstore is still open and active. ASLU is supported by sales from this little bookstore (and donations.) Many of these items are "*homemade" in my little studio. They are not fancy, but I use them with my own students and have great results. --Thank you* for your purchase. - Dr. Bill p.s. The links below transfer to a *secure* shopping cart service (128 bit encryption). Level 1 Course Pack (5 CDs) $60 Includes Units 1, 2, and 3, the ASLU CD and the fingerspelling CD. Level 2 Course-pack (3 CDs) $60 Includes Units 4, 5, and 6. (PC format) ASLU Value Pack $99.95 (ten CDs) (plus shipping) Includes Units 1 through 6, the "Instant Immersion 2-CD set", the ASLU CD, the Fingerspelling CD, AND the 62 page e-report (via email). For details on the individual items, see below. (PC format) ASL University on CD $20 I took the ASL University Website and placed it on a CD for you. That way you can use the website without an internet connection. Great for people who have slow connections, who are on the go, or who want to study during their lunch-hour at work. NOW ON SALE for $10! Click here: ►ASLU CD SALE!◄ for details. Special Item: Dr. Bill's Fingerspelling CD Order separately using the asl.ms website: Click here: ►Fingerspelling CD◄ for details. Signs of Hope CD $20 A CD for Human Service Workers: This uses an HTML format (web page) with javascript that lets you click on a link to the sign and then see it open and play in a window while another window opens with a written description of the sign and notes regarding usage. This is one of the first courses I ever put together. It is for people who work in human services fields and contains vocabulary for that field. (More DETAILS) "How to Succeed" instructions for People that Want to earn money teaching ASL: "How to Make a Decent Living Teaching ASL" $10 A 62-page e-report as an attached document emailed to you in "rich text format" that will open in your word processor. Did you ever wish you could pick the brain of an experienced, self-employed ASL teacher? Jennifer G. originally paid me $100 to type up this report. (She loved it!) Check out the "more info" page for the rest of her reaction to the finished product. I'll send you an electronic copy of the same report at a 90% discount! If, after reading your report, you aren't absolutely satisfied that you will more than triple your money invested just by applying a few of the hundreds of ideas and tips I'll share with you--I'll refund your money! (More info...) Has ASLU been of help to you in some way? Would you like to help keep this site going? It takes countless hours to build and create these resources. Would you like to help ASLU expand and serve more parents of Deaf Children? Your donation of $20 to ASLU goes a long way to helping pay for bandwidth and hosting. Your donations are not tax deductible, but they are very much appreciated. $20 Since I believe in "dreaming big," just to let you know I could use a new high resolution camcorder to make better videos for ASLU. If you are in a position to donate more than $20, please do visit my donation page ►►► Instant Immersion ASL (2-CD package) $7.95 No, that isn't a misprint. We really do sell these for $7.95 plus shipping. We order in massive bulk. This is our "giveaway" product that we use to get people to order. Features 500 ASL signs, arranged alphabetically in 20 categories Signs are shown pictorially and used in sentences. All signs fully demonstrated by the onscreen guide. Get an overview of ASL history. Over 300 video demonstrations of fingerspelling, phrases and numbers System Requirements for the Instant Immersion CDs: PC: Windows® 95 or higher, 64 MB RAM, 256 colors at 640x480 pixels or better, CD-ROM drive. ASL HYMNS DVD SET $20 "Selected Hymns (American Sign Language)" Hymns from the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This is a 2-DVD set containing 127 hymns (yes, you read that right: one-hundred and twenty-seven hymns). Each hymn includes American Sign Language, vocal singing, musical accompaniment, and English subtitles. Wow. More details about the ASLU Unit Testing CDs: I recorded a series of videos to test my ASL University distance education students. Later I converted the videos into files and placed the files on CDs. Each video contains hundreds of questions and are great for checking your progress. Versions of the practice sentences and vocabulary from the website are presented in full motion as numbered questions. Each video covers a whole unit (five lessons) so the tests are somewhat long. For example, the first video has 321 questions! [Level 1 Series] The Unit 1 CD corresponds to lessons 1-5 The Unit 2 CD corresponds to lessons 6-10 The Unit 3 CD corresponds to lessons 11-15 The Unit 4 CD corresponds to lessons 16-20 [Level 2 Series] The Unit 5 CD corresponds to lessons 21-25 The Unit 6 CD corresponds to lessons 26-30 The Unit 7 CD corresponds to lessons 31-35 The Unit 8 CD corresponds to lessons 36-40 Note: These CDs are in PC format. The video files are in Windows Media Format. When you click on the link they play using your Windows Media Player (which is already installed in most computers with Windows operating systems) or "Real Player." While you are waiting for them to arrive, I recommend you install the latest version of Windows Media Player (FREE). The instructor's answer sheets are included on the CD. The system requirements to run the CDs are: * Windows 95 or newer operating system. (Think you can manage that? Heh.) (95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista/etc.) * The latest version of Windows Media Player or a similar video player. (Modern Windows Systems already have this installed. Or you can download one for free from Microsoft.com/mediaplayer) * Internet Explorer (Any recent version) More instructions on how to use the ASLU Testing CDs (Coursepack and/or Valuepack) to test your own progress at this website... Most people like to pay with a credit card. If you'd rather pay by check, money order, or PayPal account-- that's okay too. To order by check or PayPal, to my alternate ordering page (link below).


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		In a message dated 12/8/2002 12:38:36 PM Central Standard Time, a student at @i2k.com writes: Could you tell me if on the Unit CDs are the signs all animated ? --Don Hello Don, Yes, the signs on the CDs are "animated." The CDs each contain a "Windows Media File" that plays in the standard Windows Media Player. The file is a video of me signing the vocabulary and sentences from the lessons at the website. For example, the Unit 1 video is set up as a test with 321 separately numbered questions in which approximately half are individual vocabulary and half are sentences from the lessons. The other CDs also each have a couple hundred questions. They are not perfect but they really quite functional. Bill In a message dated 3/25/2003 4:36:47 PM Central Standard Time, jgphipps@ writes: Hi Bill I have received my order and I am absolutely thrilled it is a perfect addition to my class. Thanks so much for being there. As you complete your cd 's if you could I would love to be notified if that is a possibility. --Jennifer Hi Jennifer, I'll post new offerings at the bookstore and announce them in my newsletter. Bill In a message dated 5/12/2003 7:42:24 AM Central Daylight Time, mpkgirl@ggwoafrica.org writes: Hello Bill! I just found your website and I had some questions. I am a teenager and have been studying sign language for several years. The past year I have used the program Signing Naturally from Dawn Sign Press. I am living in Ghana, West Africa so I am unable to have a tutor. I was looking for some clarification on your lessons. Here are my questions: Do I need to buy your [Unit] CD's to complete your courses online? If I buy the CD's do I still need to use your webpage in completing the course or are the CD's all inclusive? Thanks for your help!! I really like your website it has a lot of good information!! Sari H. Sari, Hi. The Unit CD's are simply me, in front of a video recorder, signing hundreds of sentences and vocabulary words. (About 1,300 in the first five CDs). The CDs allow you to test yourself on the practice sentences that you see listed in the lessons. You don't "need" the CD's if you are just learning for fun. In addition to the video test file, Each CD also contains a file that lists the answers so you can check your progress. If you want to use the website "offline" might I suggest you invest in the CD called "ASL University on CD." Best wishes in your endeavors. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com A customer wrote and asked: Question: Do you have a physical address? Answer: No. I am a spirit and I exist in-between dimensions. (Heh) Oh alright...YES, I have an address. Visit the "contact" page for my address information. ASL University has literally thousands of pages. I put my contact information on that one page so it is easy to keep it current. Question: Is there an office? Answer: Does a home office count? If so, then yes. I reckon you could visit if you want, but let me know ahead of time so we can clean up. Note: My cat thinks it is his office (so you may have to play along). Question: How secure is your site? Answer: My site isn't very secure. I probably wouldn't order from my site. BUT...I don't actually sell from my site. It only looks like it. Instead I use a Merchant Shopping Cart service based at CCNOW.com. Their site is extremely secure. When you click on one of my "buy" links it takes you to their website. They use 128 bit encryption and Scanalert "Hacker Safe" technology. I also accept payments via "PayPal.com" or check/money order. Question: Where are the materials being shipped from? Answer: From our mailbox about a foot-and-a-half to the left of the front door. (If you want a specific address...again...check the contact page. If the postman, er...I mean postal dude...er...I mean postal carrier has already come and Belinda is running errands then she ships them from the post office that is closest to our home. I don't know the address of the post office...I just know how to get there. Question: How soon will the items be shipped out after payment is made? Answer: Generally within 48 hours. If we missed the postal guy and Belinda isn't running errands then it's going to be 72 hours. Note: Belinda is my wife, not a postal employee; sometimes she does "go postal"--but that is a different story. What happens is: people place an order. It shows up in my email box. I forward it to my "shipping department," (um, that's my wife folks), and the shipping department, (Belinda) packs it up and sticks it in the mail box for the next pickup. Books and CDs go out very quick. I tell people if they don't have their order within 10 days, email me so I can check into it. If I've screwed up (very rare since it doesn't take much brain power to hit the forward button) I tend to make it up to people in nice ways. In a message dated 4/26/ 8:38:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Julia writes: Love your web site. I ordered the CD 4/25/06. When can I expect delivery? Thanks Julia Hi Julia, Generally within 10 days. Often in 5 days. Two weeks at the outside. Sometimes as quick as three days. Once it took 21 days. If it takes over 21 days please email us so we can check into it. Dr. Bill Lifeprint.com p.s. The "postal service" is often not very precise in their shipping times and thus we cannot control that. More precision and definitiveness of orders would necessitate more work and effort. Thus if you want precision in shipping you generally have to pay much more in fees (consider how much more things cost if you send them "overnight delivery" via Federal Express). Thus your flexibility regarding shipping times translates to lower shipping charges for you. But that isn't the reason why I don't strive to promise any particular or "quick" shipping time. The reason is I care about my wife. She handles the shipping. Trying to "precise and definite" creates stress. So I ask her only to get them out within a reasonably decent period of time. In the old days mail order companies used to always say: 6 to 8 weeks or 10 to 12 weeks. Then things became more competitive and companies started adding fees and trying to outdo each other with faster and faster shipping times. I'm not interested in competing. I'm not interested in the stress of trying to provide ultra fast shipping. If someone doesn't like my shipping times they are welcome (encouraged actually) to go elsewhere. I strive to get them out within a decent time frame and that is good enough for me. We've been doing this for 10 years and are still in business with 1,000's of satisfied customers. (But I'm more interested in having a satisfied wife. What can I say?) -- Bill In a message dated 9/14/2006 1:26:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rmcoop@ writes: Hello Dr. Vicars, My name is Roxanna Cooprider. I am a home school mom who's knowledge and experience of sign language is suitable for conversing with Deaf who are patient with me. I am part of a home school teaching coop where I am the most knowledgeable in ASL of any of the other mothers. As a result, I am the one they ask to teach the course. In the past I have always taught younger students, so my slow skills were still better than anything I could expect from them for our 10 week session. (We meet for 10 weeks each semester, and each class is 55minutes long.) Last spring they asked me to teach a high school class this fall. I agreed, and then spent the summer searching for materials, I could afford, that would help me make the class worth the students' time. That is when I came across your website, and became very excited. There are six in the class, and we went together and ordered your ASLU Units 1-8 cd-roms that have the testing on them. Your course is helping me so much. It helps me know for sure that what we cover each week is on target. Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into it. I have distributed your Website disks to the class, and they are expected to do a lesson prior to each class. We met for our 1st class this past Monday, and tried to review the info and do the quiz for the lesson, but we ran out of time. I wanted to ask you if I could have permission to make testing disks that would have only the quiz and blank answer sheets on them that I could send home with the students so they could complete the test at home. They would then email me their answers, and I would collect the disks after they had completed the testing. I'm asking to do this because I don't see us having enough time to get through the lesson quizzes each week. Three of the six students have never taken any sign language courses at all, so they need extra time and attention during class. Fifty-five minutes a week with them isn't going to stretch far enough. Thank you for taking time to consider my request. Sincerely, Roxanna Cooprider Roxanna, Certainly. Feel free to modify the disks however you would like. I have so many dreams for that curriculum, but never enough time. Take care, Bill Alphabetical index of currently available products: Level 1 Course Pack $60 (five CDs) Level 2 Course-pack CDs $60 (four CDs) ASLU Value Pack $99.95 (eleven CDs) ASL University on CD $20 ASL University on CD $20 cd: "Signs of Hope" $20 I would like to donate 10 dollars to ASLU I would like to donate 100 dollars to ASLU I\'d like to donate 20 dollars to ASLU Gospel Hymns in ASL $20 Instant Immersion ASL 2 CD set $7.95 E-REPORT: How to Make a Decent Living Teaching ASL $10 Signs of Hope CD $20 Tuition Level 1 $483 Tuition Level 2 $483 Tuition Levels 1 and 2 combined $966 Unit 1 CD $20 Unit 2 CD $20 Unit 3 CD $20 Unit 4 CD $20 Unit 5 CD $20 Unit 6 CD $20 Unit 7 CD $20 Unit 8 CD $20 Unit 9 CD $20