AIM higher with Bookshare! Part 2 1 Welcome! CTEBVI Attendees March 11, 2011
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 - Benetech’s nonprofit motto: Technology Serving Humanity
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
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books& read Use with portable devices 4
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?
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices 6
Create Your Account Online select “Sign up” Select “Organizational” Complete information on your organization Complete information on Primary Contact Watch for “Welcome” 7
select “Sign up” 8
Select “Organizational” 9
Complete Info on Organization 10
Next Steps After organizational information… Enter primary contact information Complete membership agreement Watch for “Welcome” 11
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
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
Adding Sponsors 14
Complete Sponsor Form 15
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 16
First Log in, then Go to My Organization 17
Go to Members 18
Go to Add a Member 19
Complete Student Information 20
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 21
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
Home Screen: Search Options 23
Search Function 24
Advanced Search 25
Filter by Category 26
Browsing for Books in Bookshare Select “Browse” at Select a category Author Category Most Popular Downloads NIMAC Books Special Collections General Collections, Children’s Collections, Genre Collections 27
Browsing 28
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 29
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
Reading Tools Go to Getting Started On drop down menu, go to ReadingTools Scroll down 31
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
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
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
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices 35
Finding, Downloading and Reading Books is Easy! Find Book Select Member Download and Unzip Book Read Book with Reading Tools 36
Anne of Green Gables Select file format DAISY BRF HTML Text 37
Downloading Select Member Download and Unzip Book 38
Organize and Locate Downloads 39
Extract Files I “right click” on zipped file, and select extract 40
Extracted Files 41
Read Book with Reading Tools Launch Read Outloud or Launch Victor Reader Soft Open downloaded text 42
Agenda Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices 43
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
45 For More Information Many free resources available at under “Help,” “Training” 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:
Thank You!! Donna McNear