Kurzweil 3000/firefly Information and Procedures Kurzweil 3000/firefly is web-based Kurzweil 3000/firefly is part of the new image- if you do not have the icon on your desktop you can: Have the computer re-imaged Open a ticket with the help desk to have it installed

Sign up procedures Check and see if users are already available within the school log in School should email me (Kama Dwyer) that they want access for their students if they don’t already have it Kama Dwyer will run a report with needed information and send it in for students to be enrolled. All schools have been set up with a user name/password for staff Questions: email Kama Dwyer (kdwyer@bcps.org) or call the Assistive Technology office: x2299

To find user names/passwords for students or schools All schools have an established user name/password for the school/teachers. To check if students have been subscribed: Log into Kurzweil using the school log in information. Select “File” Select “My Account” Log in again when prompted Pull down to select “Users” User names/passwords will load for the school if they are subscribed. To see the passwords, select “show” underneath the password tab

To open a teacher created document in Kurzweil 1. Select “File” 2. Select “Open” 3. Browse to the document location (desktop, drive, documents) 4. Select the document. It will take a few seconds to load 5. If you don’t already have Kurzweil open, it will prompt you to log in. 6. The document will open and can be read in Kurzweil.

Open a file/Kurzweil document 1. Log in to Kurzweil 3000 2. Select “File” 3. Select “Open from library” 4. Open the Baltimore County Schools folder 5. Open the “Public” folder 6. Browse to the folder that you want: Elementary, Middle or High school. There are novels located in the Middle schools folder under “additional materials” and under the high school folder in the ELA folder Select the document or book that you want and open it

To Save a book/materials To save to another location: select “Save as”- choose location: desktop, drive, flashdrive, etc To save to the cloud: Select “Save to library”- so they could access from home. They can save to their folder

How to access from home Parents can install the full version of Kurzweil at home PC: www.kurzweiledu.com/k3win Mac: www.kurzweiledu.com/k3mac Firefly app for ipads- free in the app store. It is only a reader- no writing or study skills supports available in this format www.fireflybykurzweil.com also provides the reader functions- firefly reader Tech support available from Envision for staff and families: 1-800-582-5051 *students will need internet at home to access firefly or Kurzweil materials from the cloud. They can save materials to the desktop or flashdrive to read at home.

Read the Web Select “Tools” Select “Options” Select “Reading” in the left hand column Select Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox from the right hand side Select “Apply” You will be able to alt +tab between screens