aim higher with bookshare! part 2 1 welcome! ctebvi attendees march 11, 2011
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AIM higher with Bookshare! Part 2
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Welcome!CTEBVI AttendeesMarch 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
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Presenter
Bookshare.org is a project of Benetech - www.benetech.orgBenetech’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.
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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
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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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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices
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Create Your Account Online
www.bookshare.org, select “Sign up” Select “Organizational” Complete information on your
organization Complete information on Primary Contact Watch for “Welcome” Email
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Select “Organizational”
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Complete Info on Organization
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Next Steps
After organizational information…Enter primary contact informationComplete membership agreementWatch for “Welcome” email
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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
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
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Complete Sponsor Form
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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices
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First Log in, then Go to My Organization
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Go to Members
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Go to Add a Member
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Complete Student Information
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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices
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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
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Home Screen: Search Options
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Search Function
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Advanced Search
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Filter by Category
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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
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Browsing
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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices
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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)
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Reading Tools
Go to Getting Started On drop down menu, go to ReadingTools Scroll down
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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 Mac) Read:OutLoud Bookshare Edition 30-Minute
Tutorial Read:OutLoud User Manual Read:OutLoud Release Notes
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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.
Download Victor Reader Soft (for PC) Victor Reader Soft User Manual
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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 Mac)
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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books & read Use with portable devices
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Finding, Downloading and Reading Books is Easy!
Find BookSelect MemberDownload and Unzip BookRead Book with Reading Tools
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Anne of Green Gables
Select file format DAISY BRF HTML Text
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Downloading
Select MemberDownload and Unzip Book
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Organize and Locate Downloads
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Extract Files
I “right click” on zipped file, and select extract
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Extracted Files
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Read Book with Reading Tools
Launch Read Outloud or Launch Victor Reader Soft
Open downloaded text
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Bookshare set up & classroom use Sign up students Online library Free reader software Download books Use with portable devices
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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
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For More InformationMany free resources available at www.bookshare.org, 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: http://www.bookshare.org/contactUs
