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Destiny Textbook Manager By Arlene Passalacqua with Jackie Breidenbach Phyllis Gardner & Chris Lombardi
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Welcome - P O Introductions O Why are we here?
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Table of Contents - Ch O Part 1: Textbook Manager Responsibilities O Part 2: Login to Destiny O Part 3: Navigating in Destiny / Setting Loan Period O Part 4: Accessing Help in Destiny O Part 5: Printing Student /Teacher Barcodes O Part 6: Barcoding and Adding Textbook Copies O Part 7: Checking out Textbooks O Part 8: Weeding Obsolete Textbooks O Part 9: Checking in Textbooks O Part 10: Inventory and Google Drive
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Textbook Manager Responsabilities O maintaining the inventory of all textbooks and non-consumables assigned to your schools. O maintaining a record of distribution to teachers and students (if applicable) O maintaining a record of storage at the end of the school year O maintaining an up-to-date inventory of textbooks assigned to the school and maintaining the inventory in Destiny.
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Let’s talk “Stuff” Barcodes Scanner or wand Destiny Software
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Part 2 Login to Destiny – A
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To find DESTINY go to https://destiny.richmond.k12.va.us or 1) Click “STAFF” tab then “MY RPS” STAFF TAB MY RPS
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2)Click on “ONLINE SYSTEMS” ONLINE SYSTEMS
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3)Click on “DESTINY LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” DESTINY LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
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4)Find and click on your school ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL
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5) Click on “LOGIN” LOGIN
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6) Sign in using your regular RPS computer ID “USER NAME” ( everything before the @ in your RPS email address ) & “PASSWORD” ( AD password ) SIGN IN
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7) Verify your name and school 8) Change the drop down menu to “Textbook View” YOUR NAME YOUR SCHOOL TEXTBOOK VIEW
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Part 3 Navigating in Destiny / Setting Loan Period - J
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Tabs, Options and Subtabs. Tabs contain the main categories we will be using in Destiny. Subtabs take you to specifics areas & groups.
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Catalog tab
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Circulation Tab
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Back Office Tab TEXTBOOK POLICIES
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Adding a New Loan Period 1. LOAN PERIODS 2. + LOAN PERIOD
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Adding a New Loan Period Fill in all all fields. Check default box. Save Check Default Box Save
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Report Tab
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Breadcrumbs help you navigate to another part of Destiny without losing the information previously worked on. To save time and avoid errors, Breadcrumbs should be used instead of the back button.
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Part 4 Accessing Help - P
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Access Help by clicking the Help icon in the upper right corner of screen. Click on help to see options offered by Destiny. Destiny provides two ways to get help: On-page Help and Online Help Click on Help
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The “How do I” icon shows help information specifically for the page you are on. 1) Click on the Catalog tab 2)Textbook Search option 3) How do I option. 1. Catalog 2. Textbook Search 3. How do I?
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Follett Community https://www.follettcommunity.com/ Sign up for your own account, follow the blog to stay up-to-date, use forum to ask questions
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Follett Community
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Part 5 Printing Student and Teacher Barcodes – A & J
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1)Click on “REPORTS” tab 2)Click on “PATRON REPORT” 3)Choose “BARCODE LABELS” REPORTS PATRON REPORTS BARCODE LABELS
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4) “Select by” Patron Name. “Sorted by” Grade Level 5) Deselect “Restrictive”, “Inactive” status 6) Deselect “Barcode number” (if using student barcode in the textbook) 7) Click on “UPDATE” GRADE LEVEL ACTIVE UPDATE PATRON NAME
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8) Under “Select Patron Type” select “Students” only (or “Faculty” only for teacher barcodes) 9) Click “OK” STUDENT ONLY OK (TEACHERS ONLY)
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10) Click on “RUN REPORT” RUN REPORT
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REFRESH LIST 10) You will be redirected to the “Report Manager” Screen Wait a few seconds. Click “REFRESH LIST” VIEW 11) Once the report is complete click on “VIEW”
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12) Barcodes are printed from left to right, and by grade level. You can download the pages or 13) Print on labels sheets or plain paper. 14) Identify the top of each page by grade level. Staple and keep for future use.
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Q&A
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Part 6 Barcoding and Adding Textbooks Copies A & C
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1)Click on Catalog tab 2)Drop down “Find” by ISBN 3)“Look in:” Richmond Public Schools 4)Scan ISBN number 5)Click “GO” CATALOG FIND ISBN LOOK IN RPS ISBN GO
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6) Click “Add Copies” ADD COPIES Note: The copy availability information will show the titles available at your school and off site
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7) Type the “Number of Copies” to be added 8) Scan or type in “Starting Barcode” 9) Choose the “Condition” of the book(s) 10) Click on “Save copies” 11) Place barcodes on book. QUANTITY BARCODE SAVE Copies that are not in sequence must be scanned or inputted individually. CONDITION
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Barcodes come in sheets of 28. The numbers run in numerical order from left to right.
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Textbook barcode labels have two parts: 1.Large barcoded label for exterior back cover. 2.Small number label for interior back cover. Exterior back cover Interior back cover
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Where do both stickers go? The large sticker should be affixed in the upper right hand corner of the back cover as shown. back cover
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The small sticker should be affixed on the book’s inside back cover near the binding as shown. Back cover
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What’s wrong with this barcode label?
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What’s wrong?
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Q&A
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Part 7 Checking Out Textbooks to Students/Teachers - A
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1)Click “Circulation” tab 2)Click “Check Out Text” 3)Plug in scanner base & connect to computer. 1. CIRCULATION 2. CHECK OUT TEXT
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4)Checking out to students: choose “TO PATRON” tab. (To teachers choose “TO TEACHER” tab.) 5) In the “FIND” box, type the student’s (teacher’s) name or scan student’s (teacher’s) barcode number ( make sure box is selected for scanner to work ) 6) Click on student’s (teacher’s) name. TO PATRON INPUT NAME CLICK ON NAME (TO TEACHER)
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7) In the “FIND” box, either scan or input the textbook RPS barcode number. RPS BARCODE
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8) The textbook should appear under the “Checked out” heading. CHECK OUT TEXT
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Q&A
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Part 8 Weeding Obsolete Textbooks - C
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1) Catalog tab, 2) Update Copies, 3)check Track as weeded, 4) Scan or input barcode 1. Catalog 2. Update Copies 4. Scan barcode 3. Check Track
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Part 9 Checking in Textbooks - J
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1)Choose “Circulation” tab 2)Click on “Check in” text CIRCULATION CHECK IN TEXT
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3)Scan or type in the textbook barcode. 4) The book is now checked in. Continue scanning additional textbooks. RPS BARCODE
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Session Break 15 minute break
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Part 10: What about Inventory? See Google Drive Shared Folder Textbook Managers Info 2016-17 for full powerpoint on Inventory.
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Inventory discussions
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The Shared Folder - P All go to Gmail Go into Google Drive Shared With Me Textbook Managers Info 16-17
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Reports - J What reports might you need/ use for Textbook side of the house on a regular basis?
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Dashboard - P
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Independent Work on Destiny Time permitting
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Arlene Passalacqua M-F 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 804-780-5016 apassala@richmond.k12.va.us Jackie Breidenbach jbreiden@richmond.k12.va.us E. Redd Elementary Phyllis Gardner 780-7816 pgardner@richmond.k12.va.us Follett Support Number: 1-800-323-3397 #4576242 Chris Lombardi 780-6267 clombard@richmond.k12.va.us Mary Munford Elementary
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Follett: 1-800-323-3397 #4576242
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Grab your scanner, Sign out. Good luck.
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