1. AIM higher with Bookshare! Part 2 1 Welcome! CTEBVI Attendees March 11, 2011

2. 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

3. 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

4. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books& read  Use with portable devices 4

5. 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?

6. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books  Use with portable devices 6

7. 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

8. www.bookshare.orgwww.bookshare.org, select “Sign up” 8

9. Select “Organizational” 9

10. Complete Info on Organization 10

11. Next Steps After organizational information…  Enter primary contact information  Complete membership agreement  Watch for “Welcome” email 11

12. 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

13. 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

14. Adding Sponsors 14

15. Complete Sponsor Form 15

16. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books & read  Use with portable devices 16

17. First Log in, then Go to My Organization 17

18. Go to Members 18

19. Go to Add a Member 19

20. Complete Student Information 20

21. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books & read  Use with portable devices 21

22. 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

23. Home Screen: Search Options 23

24. Search Function 24

25. Advanced Search 25

26. Filter by Category 26

27. 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

28. Browsing 28

29. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books & read  Use with portable devices 29

30. 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

31. Reading Tools  Go to Getting Started  On drop down menu, go to ReadingTools  Scroll down 31

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books & read  Use with portable devices 35

36. Finding, Downloading and Reading Books is Easy!  Find Book  Select Member  Download and Unzip Book  Read Book with Reading Tools 36

37. Anne of Green Gables  Select file format  DAISY  BRF  HTML  Text 37

38. Downloading  Select Member  Download and Unzip Book 38

39. Organize and Locate Downloads 39

40. Extract Files  I “right click” on zipped file, and select extract 40

41. Extracted Files 41

42. Read Book with Reading Tools  Launch Read Outloud or  Launch Victor Reader Soft  Open downloaded text 42

43. Agenda  Bookshare set up & classroom use  Sign up students  Online library  Free reader software  Download books  Use with portable devices 43

44. 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. 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

46. Thank You!! Donna McNear donna.mcnear@gmail.com