How To
Beanstack General Info
How To Videos
STUDENTS:
Logging for a Book List Challenge (ex- SC Book Awards)
Student Experience (English) video
Student Experience (Spanish) video
TEACHERS & COACHES & ADMIN:
Logging for Entire Class- updated for fall 2023- even easier!
Logging for Entire Class- Book List Challenges- also shows how teachers can log for themselves
Logging for Teachers- logging your personal reading in Beanstack
Logging for Principal or Coaches
Teacher Experience - video
Editing Student Reading Logs- for librarians or teachers
Reading Integrity and Avoiding Fraudulent Logging
LIBRARIANS:
Librarians Logging for Classes
Librarians Creating Groups- for book clubs or groups of students not together in an established class
Editing Student Reading Logs- for librarians or teachers
Creating a Bingo Board Challenge
Reports
Insights for Monthly Minutes- TL Monthly Report
Librarians- Customizing Leaderboard
Training & Support Materials
Beanstack Help Center- short articles and videos for almost everything
Email Support- help@beanstack.com
Reading Integrity and Avoiding Fraudulent Logging
Recorded Beanstack training - intro for all educators- 30 min
Recorded Beanstack Admin training- for all teacher librarians
Teacher training materials- slides, handouts, etc
Teacher Librarian Admin Experience- video
Promotional Materials
Ideas for Challenges and Incentives- Jamboard with multiple slides
Ideas and Questions & Answers for Implementation, Rollout, and Reporting- Padlet from 10/11/22
Images for Website & Social Media Posts
Individual school launch kit materials
CCSD Beanstack flyer English and Spanish and Portuguese and French and Russian and Ukrainian and Arabic
6 Ways to Increase Teacher Buy In
Fundraisers
Overview handout with How To Steps
Recording of Fundraiser Info Session- from 10/20/22 with Nicole Lopez
Support: Nicole Lopez nicole@zoobean.com
BEANSTACK & SUMMER READING 2024
CCSD Digital Resources & Access
App/Extension Request Process- for iPads and Chromebook
Approved Chromebook Apps and Extensions
CCSD Digital Resources- Info & How To- website with screencasts and more bit.ly/dighowto
Digital Resources and Standards Alignments for K-12 core subjects
Handout for CCSD Digital Resources- list of what's available for our schools-- make a copy to edit for your school
Introduction to Digital Resources and Standards Alignments- video overview of documents
How to Login with Clever and a screencast
Student Emails in PowerSchool- how to print a report to get this information
Student Usernames in PowerSchool- how to print a report to get this information
School Tech Leads in Clever
BrainPop
BrainPop Overview- 1 minute quick highlights
BrainPop Learning Activities- focus on using BrainPop content in lessons
BrainPop Educators site- resources to help teachers make the most of BrainPop
BrainPop 101- asynchronous course designed to deepen knowledge and help educators more effectively use BrainPop
Canva
Canva for Librarians- recording form September 2023 #TLfamcon
From Numbers to Images: Transforming Data Visualization with Canva- recording from November 2023
Recordings from Winter Showcase for Teachers & Librarians 2024 (multiple sessions)
Canvas
Canvas Information- bit.ly/iDLcanvas- resources from IDL for all teachers
Embed Gale databases and eBooks in Canvas
IDL Dock bit.ly/idldock - video tutorials for common tech tools
Clever
Clever Access Issues Google Form for Tim Tanner- anything Clever related
How to Login with Clever and a screencast
Troubleshooting for Clever Access- flow chart for troubleshooting Clever access
Gale Databases & Ebooks
CANVAS INTEGRATION & BASICS
Embed Gale databases and eBooks in Canvas
Informational Slide Deck from GALE
ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS & FEATURES WITH DATABASES & EBOOKS
Gale Support Site- look under the Training Center tab
Gale Tools - Downloading and Sending to Google Drive
Gale Tools - Accessibility and Support for All Learners
Gale Tools~ Finding Primary Sources
Gale Tools - Highlights and Notes
EBOOK INFO & SEARCHING
Gale eBooks Alignments and Canvas-
Gale eBooks- Searching Tips and Tricks
Gale eBooks - Searching for Information
DATABASE OVERVIEWS & RESOURCES
Gale Elementary In Context- overview
Gale Scavenger Hunt Database Template- customizable to any/all of our Gale databases
Gale Science in Context- Interactive Simulations & Canvas
Gale Science in Context and Science eBooks~ overview- recording from Aug 2022
Gale Social Studies Databases and eBooks~ overview- recording from Aug 2022
MackinVia
MackinVia How To Change Site- directions for beginning of year, new students, and staff/teachers
MackinVia How To Videos- created by Mackin 2019 (aimed at teacher librarians and MackinVia admin)
MyON
The MyON Minute- Getting Started
The MyON Minute- Fun Features
The MyON Minute- Reports and Data
MyON Projects in Ed Resources-- remember that only classroom teachers can create projects because they have students rostered to them in PowerSchool so it shows up in Clever.
MyON Projects- quick steps- from Stephanie Edwards
PebbleGo
PebbleGo Links- creating links to PebbleGo articles that can be used in choice boards and don't require student login
Presentation Systems South Equipment
All machines under warranty- school point of contact should call 1-800-729-2836
PSS Help- info and directions for different PSS equipment- new as of Aug 21
PSS Support- 1-800-486-9722 or success@pss.co
PSS YouTube Channel with video tutorials for different machines
How to avoid the extra white space around the edges- There are two different sizes that you have to change. A2 is in the video for the smaller poster. A1 is for the larger poster.
Pricing for supplies new Award More machine
Weekly Webinars~ for all educators
Sora
First-Time Set Up- walks teachers and students through how to use code ccsdsc to connect to Sora the first time logging in
Getting Started with Sora for Educators – designed for teachers and new/newer librarians
Getting Started with Sora for Students – for students to complete themselves, ideal for 4th-12th graders
Overview recording
Sora Overview- high level overview of Sora's navigation and function from Sora
How To Videos - short videos for basic tasks within Sora
How To Search for Read Along Books- short screencast
Sora for PK-3 Readers - specifically for staff working with PreK-3rd grade students
Training Kits- materials to get both students and staff started using Sora
Getting Started with Sora on Your Own Device- directions with links to other video resources
Streamable Learning
Streamable Learning - virtual field trips. Create an account with your CCSD email address
Overview recording
TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks.Net- short overview video
Fall 2020 (1:30)
Here is a collection of short videos for Teaching Books. Each is 2-minutes or less and is full of ideas that quickly demonstrate how to find resources that support different roles in our learning community. Please take time to watch one or more of these and share them with your colleagues.