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AIM higher with Bookshare! Part 2 1 Welcome! CTEBVI Attendees March 11, 2011
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Donna McNear, M.A. Independent Educational Consultant Bookshare Trainer Advisory Board Chair Career Teacher for Students with Visual Impairments, Retired Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist Other involvement in AIM activities Humanware Professional Development CAST AIM Center Projects CIMAP Initiative 2 Presenter Bookshare.org is a project of Benetech - www.benetech.orgwww.benetech.org Benetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity
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Learning Objectives Participants will learn how to… get Bookshare memberships for their students with print disabilities. find and download books from the Bookshare library. use Bookshare’s free reader software for Members. 3
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books& read Use with portable devices 4
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5 About You Fist to Five… How would you rate your knowledge about Bookshare as a solution for accessible instructional materials? Do you currently use Bookshare in your work or in your life?
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices 6
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Create Your Account Online www.bookshare.org, select “Sign up” www.bookshare.org Select “Organizational” Complete information on your organization Complete information on Primary Contact Watch for “Welcome” Email 7
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www.bookshare.orgwww.bookshare.org, select “Sign up” 8
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Select “Organizational” 9
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Complete Info on Organization 10
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Next Steps After organizational information… Enter primary contact information Complete membership agreement Watch for “Welcome” email 11
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Assign a Primary Contact Responsible for overall account management Point of contact for the organization Agree to terms Primary Contacts: Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist
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Assign One or More Sponsors Sponsors download books for students An account can have many Sponsors Primary Contacts can also download books Sponsors agree to terms Sponsors examples: Teacher, VI teacher, Special Education teacher, Special Education Director, Itinerant teacher, AT Specialist, Resource Specialist, Librarian, Counselor, Administrative Assistant
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Adding Sponsors 14
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Complete Sponsor Form 15
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 16
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First Log in, then Go to My Organization 17
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Go to Members 18
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Go to Add a Member 19
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Complete Student Information 20
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 21
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Searching for Books in Bookshare Bookshare’s Full Text Search Bookshare searches the full text of all of the books in the collection Great tool when conducting research Find what you are looking for, even if you don’t know the exact title Ways to search for books: Standard Search Author matches will come first Advanced Search Allows searching by specific field 22
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Home Screen: Search Options 23
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Search Function 24
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Advanced Search 25
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Filter by Category 26
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Browsing for Books in Bookshare Select “Browse” at www.bookshare.org Select a category Author Category Most Popular Downloads NIMAC Books Special Collections General Collections, Children’s Collections, Genre Collections 27
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Browsing 28
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 29
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Finding, Downloading and Reading Books is Easy! Download Software Victor Reader Soft READ:OutLoud, Windows and Macintosh Acapela Voices Unarchiver (for Mac OS only) 30
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Reading Tools Go to Getting Started On drop down menu, go to ReadingTools Scroll down 31
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Read: Outloud Read:OutLoud Version 6 Bookshare Edition by Don Johnston (PC and Mac) System requirements: Windows XP, Windows Vista or higher (PC); Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 Download Read:OutLoud (for PC) Download Read:OutLoud (for PC) Download Read:OutLoud (for Mac) Download Read:OutLoud (for Mac) Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition 30-Minute Tutorial Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition 30-Minute Tutorial Read:OutLoud User Manual Read:OutLoud User Manual Read:OutLoud Release Notes Read:OutLoud Release Notes 32
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Victor Reader Soft Victor Reader Soft Bookshare Edition by HumanWare (PC only) System requirements: Windows 98 and higher. If you experience issues using Victor Reader Soft with Windows Vista or Windows 7, please contact support.contact support. Download Victor Reader Soft (for PC) Download Victor Reader Soft (for PC) Victor Reader Soft User Manual Victor Reader Soft User Manual 33
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Acapela TTS Voices by Acapela Group System requirements: Windows XP or higher Download Acapela TTS voices (for PC) Download Acapela TTS voices (for PC) Download Acapela TTS voices (for Mac) Download Acapela TTS voices (for Mac) 34
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 35
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Finding, Downloading and Reading Books is Easy! Find Book Select Member Download and Unzip Book Read Book with Reading Tools 36
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Anne of Green Gables Select file format DAISY BRF HTML Text 37
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Downloading Select Member Download and Unzip Book 38
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Organize and Locate Downloads 39
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Extract Files I “right click” on zipped file, and select extract 40
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Extracted Files 41
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Read Book with Reading Tools Launch Read Outloud or Launch Victor Reader Soft Open downloaded text 42
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Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices 43
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Transfer Files Insert SD card and transfer files to card and then to device Transfer all files, the device will figure out which ones to use 44
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45 For More Information Many free resources available at www.bookshare.org, under “Help,” “Training” www.bookshare.org Resources Include: Online Learning Guides (5- to 17-minute “how to” videos”) Upcoming live webinars Pre-recorded webinars Quick Guides and brochures to print Go to: http://www.bookshare.org/contactUshttp://www.bookshare.org/contactUs
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Thank You!! Donna McNear donna.mcnear@gmail.com
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