You can search for a book by:
Title
Author
ISBN Number
You can search for a book by looking through different, popular collections
Access books by visiting www.bookshare.org
Books assigned to you will be in the Assigned Books link and books assigned on a Reading List will be found under the Reading Lists link.
There may be books assigned to you in one of two ways. Books may be assigned to you in the (A) Assigned Books link or they may be assigned on a reading list will be found under the (B) Reading Lists link.
There are three types of accounts for Bookshare. The three are
Individual Membership
Organizational Membership
Linked Account
Search for and read books independently from the full Bookshare collection
Account stays with them throughout school and beyond
SD308 cannot help with troubleshooting account
No access to NIMAC-sourced books (K-12 textbooks)
Search for and read books independently from the full Bookshare collection
Access to full collection (including NIMAC-sourced books*)
SD308 can assign books
Teachers manage account and can easily reset student's username/password
Access to NIMAC-sourced books (K-12 textbooks)*
Students can only read books assigned to them by SD308
By selecting the Settings button on the toolbar you can adjust:
the font style
the font size
text color
background color
rate of speech (how fast or slow text is read)
--Make sure to hit SAVE
By selecting the Speaker button to hear the book read outloud.
There is also a Table of Contents to help you find a specific chapter in the book.