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Hello everyone, we are new with Bookshare and we are testing things around since a while. With different browsers, devices etc. With the normal search I cannot find many decodable books. Anyone knows if there is somewhere a hidden category to find them? I found Lexile books, but that doesn't help us; as they are a bit to tough for our dyslexic reader. Anyone has a good suggestion for us? Thanks in advance for all your help Ally
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Hello Nikki, Bookshare is fully active all year long, and assigned books do not expire. If this student has an Individual Membership account, then the parent might be referring to the subscription renewal date. If the subscription on an account expires, then it does need to be renewed before the member can continue to access books. Please feel free to reach out to our customer support team for more information either by email at membership@bookshare.org or by phone at 650-352-0198 option 1 for membership. Our normal hours are 9am to 5pm PST, Monday through Friday.
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I just added a student and loaded them up with 5 books for the summer. I talked to the students mom and she said on her end his account and the books expire on May 26th and I just assigned them the first week of May. Does bookshare turn off or expire in summer? Do I need to do something to extend dates? And if it does go off, as long as it's downloaded will it still work?
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Hello Max, Unfortunately, the Activation ID cannot be added to an account after it has been created. The field for the Activation ID appears in the second question of the sign up process where it asks if the member is a student. The third radio button for the question says "I have an Activation ID." When you select that radio button, a field appears for you to input the Activation ID. If you wish the account you created for your son to be linked to an Organizational Account, you can ask a sponsor for that organization to link his existing Individual Membership Account to their organization using the email address associated with his account. You can also reach out to membership@bookshare.org to request that the account you already created be deleted and then recreate it using the Activation ID.
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Hi! I was told to plug in the activation ID I was provided for my son when registering him online. But nowhere in the registration was there a place called "activation id," and I've searched the site front to back (I think) looking for it. I need this activation ID to be submitted because the commission for blind evidently already submitted his disability proof. Any thoughts? I currently have an individual account set up for him. Just want it to connect to that ID.
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Hi, As a sponsor, we do not have the ability to open books. I will log in as the student to preview a book to make sure that the formatting, etc. will meet their needs. Michelle
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Hello, I have not been successful in being able to read the books I'm assigning to students, in order to preview them. Do sponsors have access to reading books on bookshare?
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Accessing Organization's Reading lists
Heather Collins replied to mrayfield's topic in Bookshare Help
Hello Mike, You can see any reading lists shared within your organization from your "my reading lists" page when signed into your sponsor account. On that page, there is a "subscribe" button next to the "create" button at the bottom of the list of reading lists that you have created. When you click that button, a pop up window will appear where you will see all reading lists that are available for you to subscribe to. If you wish to see only the reading lists created by other sponsors at your organization, you can use the drop down menu at the top of that pop up window that allows you to filter out all public lists. There is an instructional video that explains this in detail available on your "my reading lists" page as well. It is located on the left hand side of the page under the "learn more" heading. -
Hello Shannon, Here is a link to the PDF version of some helpful cards that you can print to use to record student login information: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/sites/default/files/bookshare_student_login_information.pdf
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Hello, The organization of which I'm a sponsor has content available in various reading lists -- how do I search reading lists by organization (if possible), and how do I receive permission to access the content? Is there a subscribe button I'm missing, or do I have to content the organization's administrator? Thanks, Mike
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They are the log in cards that go home with students. I saw them in a tutorial under brochures, but can't locate them.
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Hello Shannon I am not sure what you mean by log in tickets. If you are a sponsor on an org you will create usernames and passwords for the members you add to your account. To Add Members to your organizational membership, please do the following: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Go to the My Bookshare link 3. Select the Members link. If there is text above your roster about adding Members, use the link provided to download the Proof of Disability form for organizational memberships. If there is no text above your roster, use the buttons below your roster to add Members.
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Hello Tracy, We have recently hosted a number of Webinars geared towards helping educators better understand how they can use Bookshare to help their students. You can register for an upcoming webinar or view recordings of past webinars on this page of our website: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/learning-center/webinars
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Where can locate the student Log In Tickets??
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You are not seeing the Read Now option for books because you are logged into a Sponsor account on Bookshare. Web Reader is only available to students on organizational accounts or those with individual memberships
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None of the books have the Read Now button. I am logged in but the only options I get are 'Assign' 'Add to Reading List' and 'Download'. I am using the Chrome browser on a Windows PC. I followed the directions provided. 1. log in; 2. search for a title; 3. Click the Read Now button. Help please. Thank you.
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Hello, Unfortunately, read2go is no longer being updated by the developer, so you may find that over time it develops problems and no longer performs as well as it used to. If you are interested in other reading tools, you can find tools compatible with Bookshare on our website: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/reading-tool-wizard
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Hello Manda, All of our books are available in an audio format. There are a number of ways that your students can access the books that you assign to them. You can find more information about how your students can access them here: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/educators-get-started-page-4 Please feel free to contact Bookshare Customer support with any follow up questions or for more information. You can email us at membership@bookshare.org or call 650-352-0198 option 1 for membership. Our normal hours are 9am to 5pm PST, Monday through Friday.
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Hello, Sponsors can download books on behalf of their members, but they do not have access to the Bookshare Web Reader. In order to download a book that you have assigned to a member, please follow the steps below: 1. Log into your sponsor account. 2. Find the book you would like to access either in "reading lists" or by using the search bar at the top of the page. 3. Click on the "Download" button located in the "Action" column for the book you wish to download. 4. On the next page, check the box next to the name(s) of the member(s) for whom you wish to download the book and choose the file format you would like it to be downloaded in from the drop down menu in the last column. 5. Click the blue "Prepare Books" button and then click "Confirm" in the pop up window. 6. On the following page, wait for the loading symbol in the "status" column for the book to change to the word "Available." When this word appears, click on it to download the book to your computer.
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Hello, There could be a number of reasons for the difficulty you are experiencing. Please reach out to customer support directly so that we can help you figure out the particular issue. You can email us at membership@bookshare.org or call 650-352-0198 option 1 for membership. Our normal hours are 9am to 5pm PST, Monday through Friday.
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We've been reading a book for 2 days and I just completed the ACCT setup, now I can't find any of the assigned books. Help please
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Supporting Students During School Closures
Stephen replied to Jessy Haugh's topic in General Discussion
The Internet Archive has created a National Emergency Library that includes more than a million volumes - http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/. Internet Archive books don't have the same uniform quality of Bookshare books - there are errors of formatting and scanning - but they are a valuable resource nonetheless and might prove useful. -
Hello Mary, You can download a book in the "Audio" file format while connected to the internet and then you will be able to access the file that you already downloaded when not connected to the internet. The audio will be in MP3 file format.
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Hello Albert, An excellent place to start learning about how to use Bookshare is our Help Center: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center You can search for articles in the Help Center by topic, or you can start by learning more about what reading tools are available for you to access Bookshare books: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/reading-tool-wizard
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Hello Linda, When you see the message that a sponsor's email is already in use, that means that the teacher in question either created an account on their own, or is already on someone else's account. You can either add them to your account using a different email, or you can ask them to contact Bookshare Customer Support to request they be removed from the account they are currently on. Once removed you will be able to add them to your account with the email that is currently in use. Our phones are open from 9am to 5pm PST, Monday through Friday: 650-352-0198 option 1 for membership Our email address: membership@bookshare.org
