MackinVIA
MackinVIA is a digital content management system, providing easy access to eBooks, read-alongs, audiobooks, databases, and videos. With one login, users can view, utilize, and manage all of their digital resources.
First Steps
Getting Started:
User Communities and sites:
Facebook: @MackinLibrary
Instagram: @mackinlibrary, #mackinlibrary
Twitter: @MackinVIA, #MackinVIA, #mackinlibrary
Technical Specifications:
MackinVIA can be accessed on any desktop, laptop, or mobile device with a supported browser. For offline access of downloaded eBooks and audiobooks, use the free MackinVIA App.
Supported browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari
Supported Devices:
Android devices: OS 8+
Chromebooks: Latest version of Chrome
iPads, iPhones, and iPods: iOS 11.4+
Fire tablets: Fire 7+, Fire HD 8+
Mac desktops and laptops: OS X 10.10+
Windows desktops, laptops, and tablets: 10+
Getting Started as an Administrator
Administrator Certification course
Understanding Backpacks feature to help students and teachers create personalized or class resource collections and to host assignment information.
Next Steps (Advanced Tips)
Categories - content organized by subjects
Groups - Administrators & group managers set up collections of curated eResources
Instructional Design
The user interface of MackinVIA allows users to seamlessly access all their digital resources with a single login and password. The MackinVIA™ Reader allows users to view and interact with digital content hosted by Mackin. Users can search inside the eBooks, utilize a dictionary, cite sources, and export their notes to Google Drive or OneDrive.
The Administrator side of MackinVIA is a collection of management tools that give educators the ability to oversee the content, circulation, settings, and users. Administrators can add any web-hosted resources to their MackinVIA™ account. This includes eBooks, educational databases, digital audiobooks, videos, and links. Teachers can assign resources to specific groups or connected to assignments.
General Guides to Classroom Use:
Engaging Adolescents with Digital Text
Digital Books Enhance Classroom Libraries
Lessons and Applications:
Learning Management System Integration:
Teachers can connect students to resources within
Canvas
Google Classroom
Schoology
Management
eBook Access & Licensing:
Classroom Licenses: These licenses are assigned to a specific student and are purchased with a limited length of time, for example 60 days or 90 days. Classroom licenses are assigned to a single student to use throughout the entire license period.
Single-User Access: Available to be used by one student, teacher or staff member at a time. Single-user titles come in perpetual or subscription license types. The perpetually licensed titles mean you will never have to repurchase this license; you have access to it forever.
Multi-User Access: Available to all students, teachers, and staff members at the school at once. Multi-user titles are purchased one license per school.
Metered Access: Titles are available for a certain amount of checkouts, usually 26 or 52. These eBooks are available as single-user, so one patron can check out at a time. Once the title is checked out the maximum amount of checkouts, it will expire.
Student Management:
With the tools in MackinVIA™, teachers can guide students in navigating, comprehending, and engaging with digital novel studies by using:
Organization Tools: Using the MackinVIA™ app, students can download titles for offline reading and listening. MackinVIA™ Groups allows teachers to group together titles and other free online resources by content area & units of study, and then use their learning management system to link students directly to the group of titles needed for instruction.
Vocabulary Tools: An embedded Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives instant access to pronunciation and word meaning.
Information Tools: Book Info feature identifies the book’s title, author, publisher, copyright, and a summary of the book’s content. The citation feature offers different citation styles in proper format for easy access.
Export Tools: MackinVIA™ has an export function that allows students to save their notes to an online content management system, such as Google Drive or OneDrive.
Student Engagement:
Students can use the following tools to interact with texts:
Annotation Tools: Students can highlight and underline text.
Notebook: Students can write questions and annotations about the highlighted text.
Student Privacy and Security:
MackinVIA is designed for PK-12 environments to house, manage, and provide easy access to all digital resources utilizing a single username and password. Districts can create student accounts. Read more about Mackin's privacy policy, FERPA and COPPA compliance here.
Differentiation and Adaptation
Diverse Learners:
Mackin offers a free tag report that helps support librarians conduct equity and diversity audits of their collection.
Teachers and librarians can create and assign books based on reading level to ensure students read texts at an appropriate complexity level. This includes Read-a-longs and audio books to support early literacy.
Teachers and librarians can also curate a range of web based content to add videos and other types of texts to appeal to the various interests and needs of their students.
Mackin does sell content written in Spanish and other languages that schools can purchase to support second language learners.
Adaptive and Assistive Features:
Users can change the language of the platform to Spanish or French.
Students can select Text-to-Speech to listen to and read along with a story while following highlighted text.