1. 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

2. Sign up procedures
Check and see if users are already available within the school log in
School should 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: Kama Dwyer or call the Assistive Technology office: x2299

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. How to access from home
Parents can install the full version of Kurzweil at home
PC:
Mac:
Firefly app for ipads- free in the app store. It is only a reader- no writing or study skills supports available in this format
also provides the reader functions- firefly reader
Tech support available from Envision for staff and families:
*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.

8. 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