User’s Guide to Online ISL Course

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You can enrol in Online ISL Courses by purchasing or subscribing to one of our courses or alternatively using the Contact Us form.

A simple guide to watching sign video clips

When opening a course unit with video clips in it, please wait a minute or two until all the video clips are loaded. This really depends on your internet connection.

Play – Although we have a ‘Play’ button on all our videos, you can click anywhere on the video screen to start playing. Once the video is finished, you can play it again as often as you want to see the sign.
Audio – Most of our videos do not have audio except for Kids Basic ISL courses, as it is not needed for learning sign language. Therefore, the video’s’ Audio’ button cannot be used.
Fullscreen – If you want to take a closer look at one of the signs – you can either click on the fullscreen button at the bottom-right of the clip screen or double-click anywhere on the video screen.
When you want to exit the full screen, you can press the ESC key on your keyboard, click the same button to return to the page or double-click anywhere on the video screen.
Subtitles – Click on the crossed-out ‘CC’ icon to enable the subtitles; the subtitles are available on many conversation videos between two persons throughout the courses. The rest of the videos (e.g. single signing clip) do not have subtitles.
If you see crossed-out ‘CC’ icon appears next to audio icon then this video has the subtitles, click on it and then select ‘English’ to turn on the subtitles.(Note: An example screenshot of the video above does not have a crossed-out ‘CC’ icon, which means it does not have subtitles available).

Don’t forget to click Mark as Completed or Mark Complete to show that you have finished reading each unit/topic of the course.

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For students of Basic ISL:

You have three months of access to the Basic ISL course (Please note: Basic ISL – Subscription does not expire).
Even if you have completed this course, you can still go back and start again or select one of the topics to revise or practice your sign language skills.

For students of ISL Level 1 Continuing and Level 2:

There is no time limit with ISL Level 1 Continuing or ISL Level 2 courses as these are subscription-based. Even if you have completed this course, you can still go back and start again or select one of the course topics to revise or practice your sign language skills.

This is an online course for ISL if you are interested in attending ISL basic or ISL level 1 in person, visit our Sign Language Classes page for more details.

Enjoy your online ISL course! 🙂