Collections in Destiny Discover

What is a Collection in Destiny Discover?

The Collections tool in Destiny Discover is a powerful tool that will allow you to gather and organize digital resources that you can reference and share with colleagues and peers. The Collections tool is particularly powerful because it allows your to organize library resource, database resources, and items from the general internet all in one location.

It is similar to a Pinterest board.

This library website contains abridged directions to get you started using Destiny Collections. To access the full set of tutorials and guides please visit the Collections Help Center.

How do I access Destiny Discover?

1. You can access the Destiny Discover tool by logging into our library catalog. You do this by either accessing the Library Catalog tile in MyKaty Cloud or by going directly to www.library.katyisd.org
2. You then click on our campus name: Taylor High School and you then click "Log In" in the top right corner of the screen. Please log in with your Katy ISD username and password.
3. Finally, click "Catalog" and then in the grey area on the left and clicking "Destiny Discover".
4. You will be taken to the THS Library Catalog in the Destiny Discover format.

How do I access the Collections tool in Destiny Discover?

1. Once you are logged into Destiny Discover with your username and password, you can access the Collections tool by clicking the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of the screen.
2. Click "Collections".
3. It will take you to a screen where you can immediately see and access any collection that other Katy ISD staff/students have made public.
4. To make your own Collection, click "Private".
5. Click the orange plus sign to create a new collection.
6. Give your collection a title chose to make it public or private, and click "create". You can also choose to identify your collection with an image, a color, and by grade and subject level, but these steps are not necessary.
7. You can now start adding resources to your collection.

How do I add resources to my Collection?

Once you have created a collection, you can use the search bar to search for resources available in the THS library.

Once you type something into the search bar, you will be taken to a screen that shows you what books, eBooks, and audio books the THS library has available on the topic you searched. If you would like to add that item to your collection, simply click the "Add to Collection" button located to the far right of that item.

You can also add resources from other people's collections by clicking "Collections" at the top located next to the "Books" tab. You can also add resources from "Databases" and "Open Educational Resources" by clicking on those tabs, respectively.

When in your collection, you can also click the orange plus sign to add other library resources to your collection.

Can I add resources from the internet but outside of the THS library to my Collection?

YES! And this is probably the Collection tool's most powerful feature!

In order to add outside links to your collection, you will need to add the bookmarklet tool to your bookmarks bar. This is a one time step (per computer you use this tool on).

To access the bookmarklet you will need to make sure that your bookmarks bar is visible on your web browser. Watch the video below showing you how to make your bookmarks bar visible.

Once you can see your bookmarks bar, and while you are logged in to Destiny Discover, click the small circular icon located at the top right of the screen. Then click "My Profile".

Once you are taken to your profile in Destiny Discover, click the "Install the Bookmarklet" link located at the bottom of the page.

This will redirect you to a screen showing you how to install the bookmarklet tool.

Once the tool is installed, you now have a button located in your bookmark bar that will allow you to effortlessly add any web resource to any collection you have created.

Can I share my Collection with others?

You can invite anyone to view and collaborate on your collection, and, you can collaborate on collections that others have shared with you. When you share your collection with collaborators, any items they add will appear in your collection.

To add collaborators on a collection:

1. If you are wanting to collaborate with other Katy ISD students or staff members, navigate to the collection you want to share.
2. In the collections header (top-left hand side of your collection), click the three-pronged share icon.
3. Click +People then type in the e-mail addresses for each person you would like to invite to collaborate in your collection
4. In the drop down, chose your share level
   • either "Can VIEW" or "Can EDIT" as your preference and then click "Invite".
5. An e-mail notification will be sent to your invited recipients.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each collaborator you want to invite.

To just share a link to your collection:

If you are wanting others to view your collection rather than collaborate in your collection, you can just chose to share the link to your collection. After clicking the share icon on the top-left hand side of your collection, chose either "OFF-Only you have access" or "Anyone with the link can VIEW" or "Anyone with the link can EDIT".

Click here to learn how to Share a Collection via e-mail.

Can I turn my Collection into a PDF?

For each collection, you can create a PDF with QR codes that link directly to your resources. This makes it easy to print or share your collection with others.

1. Open the collection you want to create the PDF for.
2. In the collection's header, select > Create PDF
3. Select one of the following:
   • Detailed to create a PDF with each resource's QR code, title, author, call number, description, image and weblink.
   • Condensed to create a PDF with each resource's QR code, title, call number and image.

A PDF of all items in that collection either opens automatically, or a message lets you know it has downloaded to your computer.