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Booksource Classroom OrganizerSM

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CREATING YOUR ACCOUNTClassroom Organizer Website Address....................... Creating An Account.............................................. Creating Your Password(s)......................................

teacher pageBuilding Your Library................................................ . Classroom Reports.................................................. Classroom Settings...................................................Managing Students..................................................Student Reports......................................................View Reports.......................................................

Classroom Settings PageAdd Books During Checkout......................................Book Rules Tab.........................................................Maintaining & Tracking Conditions.............................Maintaining & Tracking Locations..............................Password Management Tab.......................................Student Columns Tab................................................Teacher Columns Tab................................................

build your library pageAdding Locations.....................................................Adding Multiple Quantities Of A Title..........................Adding Titles To Your Library (Using Excel)..................Creating A List Of Your Library (Exporting To Excel)......Deleting A Title.........................................................Editing Title Information...........................................Entering Books (ISBN, Barcode, Manually).................Entering Books (Scan With Free App)........................Importing Your Booksource Order..............................Locating A Book In Your Library..................................Teacher Book Review.................................................

Manage my studentsAdding Students (Using Excel)..................................Creating A List Of Students (Exporting To Excel)..........Editing And Deleting Student Information...................Student Roster..........................................................

student pageChecking Out A Book...............................................Returning A Book....................................................Student Title Search................................................

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To register or access your account, visit classroom.booksource.com or click the Classroom Organizer link at www.booksource.com.

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Welcome to Booksource’s

classroom organizer

To create a new account, click “Create Your Account.”

If you already have a Booksource.com account, click “Click Here” at the top of the page. Note: This is a login and password that will be used by students. If you do not want to use that as your login/password, please set up a new account. Fill out the required information. Please note, your password must be 6 to 20 characters (no special characters or spaces) and contain at least 1 numeric character. Review and accept the Terms of Service and Private Policy.

CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT

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Enter your school’s zip code.

If your school is not on the list, enter it manually by clicking “Click Here” at the top of the page.

Select your school from the list.

Once you have selected your school, choose all the grades you teach. Please fill out the other box if you do not teach a grade listed. Click “Continue.”

Create your Classroom Settings Password. This is your account administrator password. This password should be different from your general account password to protect your account settings.

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Congratulations! You’ve successfully created your account! You will be prompted to enter the Teacher Page or the Student Page

To set up the perimeters of your account, click on “Classroom Settings.”

“Build Your Library” is where you add and edit your titles in your library. In the “Manage Students” section, you can add students and upload class rosters. Generate reports on student activity and assess your library on the “View Reports” page. Note: After your Classroom Organizer has been in use, several reports will be available on the View Reports page, more info on page 12.

The first tab is the “Book Rules” tab.

If you want students to rate, review, or select the condition of their books at checkout, check all you want applied. If you select any of these prompts, you will need to verify when and where you would like to be sent email notifications of these ratings, reviews, and conditions.

Classroom

Settings Page

Teacher page

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Adding Conditions and Locations If you choose to track conditions, proceed to “Maintain Conditions” to set up the descriptions you plan to use. Simply enter the text in the free form field and click “Add.”

If you choose to track locations, proceed to “Maintain Locations” to set up the descriptions you plan to use. Simply enter the text in the free form field and click, “Add.”

These are free form fields. Use these columns to personalize and organize your library in what-ever way you want. For example, instead of tracking the condition in the condition field, indicate what books belong to you and what books belong to the school.

“Add Books During Checkout” allows you to add books to your library as students check them out. “Warn When Adding Duplicate ISBN” will create a prompt every time you scan in an ISBN of a title already in your library. This will avoid adding duplicate titles by mistake. Once you have created and set all your book rules click “Save Settings.”

Classroom Settings Page (cont.)

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The next tab is the “Teacher Columns” tab. Choose the title information you would like to appear on the pages visible only to the teacher or the administrator of the account. You may deselect any of these and add others at any time. Click the “Save Settings” button.

On the “Student Columns” tab select the title information you would like to appear on the pages visible to you and the student.

Title, ISBN, and Guided Reading Level are selected as the defaults for both the Student Page and Teacher Page.

The last tab is for “Password Management.” Here you will be able to change your General Password as well as you Classroom Settings Password. Click the “Update” button to save your password changes. Once complete, save your settings and click “Back to Admin.”

Classroom Settings Page (cont.)

Teacher Columns Page

Student Columns Page

Password Management Page

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You can enter the ISBN manually or scan the barcode for existing books. Note: An ISBN is a 10- or 13-digit code that is on the back of the book or on the back of the title page in the book. Once the ISBN is entered, click, “Add,” and the book information will auto-populate in the column fields you selected. Note: If the information does not appear, you will have to manually enter the data. This information will display in green.

Build Your Library Page

You can also enter a book or an item that does not have an ISBN. Please select the “Add Book without ISBN” button and add the information you want.

The search field can help you locate a book in your library. This search box will search the title, author, and annotation fields of the items in your library.

Entering Your Books

Entering Your Books

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Creating a Print-Friendly list of Your Library (Exporting titles to Excel)To export titles in your classroom to a list, choose “Export to Excel.” All available data fields will appear in the export.

Adding Your Titles Using Excel You can also add books from an Excel spreadsheet by choosing “Import from Excel.” Download the template provided, enter the information you would like to display and save the file.

Importing a Booksource Order If you have placed an order from Booksource that you want to enter into your library, choose “Import Invoice.” You will need to enter your Booksource account number from the packing slip and choose the correct invoice number from the list displayed. Verify school or district name is correct before selecting the invoice. Once the order is selected, all titles and quantities on the invoice will be displayed. Choose the title and quantities to store in your classroom and select “Import. “

You can also scan in titles using our free iPhone or Android app. For more information, click “Scan ISBNs

Build Your Library Page

Editing Your Title InformatonTo change any fields, click “Edit”, make changes, and save by selecting “Update”. Any custom fields will display in green.

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Build Your Library Page (cont.)

Adding Locations Add Locations by clicking “Edit” in the Title Details column to choose from your previously built locations.

Adding Multiple Quantities of a TitleTo add more copies of a title after you have added it to your library, go to the “Add” drop down menu in the “Title Details” column. Select the amount of books you would like to add and click, “Add.” The books will default to the location of the original title.

Teacher Book Review Review a book, or read reviews from other teachers by clicking the green “Review quote” box. Your reviews, subject to approval, will be posted on Booksource’s website for other educators to read.

Once finished, select “Back to Admin.”

Deleting a Title To remove an entire title from your library, choose “Delete” in the left-hand column.

Deleting One Copy of a TitleIf you have multiple copies of a title, and you wish to delete one copy, select the “Delete” button on the right-hand side of the Title Details column.

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To build your student roster, select “Manage My Students” from the Teacher Page. Enter the student’s ID (free text field), first name, last initial, and reading level. To add an image from our images, choose “Browse”, and select an image. The image will not appear until you click “Add.” Note: images and ID will be visible to all students. Adding Students Using ExcelYou may also add students from an Excel spreadsheet by choosing “Import from Excel.” Download the template provided, enter the information you would like to display and save the file. Close the Excel Spreadsheet and upload the file. Note: If you copy and paste your roster from another source such as your school’s website, please make sure you remove all formatting such as borders, fonts, and fills. Editing and Deleting Your Student InformationTo change any information in a student’s record, click “Edit.“To remove students, click “Delete” next to the student’s name. Note: Deleting a student will remove all information associated with a student including checkout history and reports. Deleting a student cannot be undone. You can delete your entire class by clicking “Delete All Students” Creating a Print-Friendly list of Your StudentsTo export your students to a list, choose “Export to Excel.” All available data fields will appear in the export. After adding students, select “Back to Admin.”

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Checking Out a Book To check out a book, click “Check Out.” Students have the option to search their name or select it from the complete student list.

Next, the student can search the title they are looking for by typing in a title, keyword or ISBN, scanning the barcode using a handheld scanner, or selecting from the book list (by clicking, “View Booklist”). If you choose this option, the student will be prompted to select the condition of the book at checkout. Click “Continue.” After the Student clicks continue, the student will be taken to the Checkout confirmation page. From there stu-dent can click “Finish” if they are done checking books out or “Check Out More” if they want to check out another title.

the student page

Returning a Book To return a book, click the “Return arrow” on the Student Page.

Just like checkout, the student will have to select their name from the list or search for their name in the text box. Once the student selects their name, the checked out books will display. The student can return the book by click-ing on “Return.”

the student page

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Teacher page

view reports feature

View ReportsAfter your Classroom Organizer has been in use, several reports will be available on the View Reports page. You will see an option for both Student Reports and Classroom Reports.

Student Reports will show usage and performance bases on individual students. If you want to run a report for a student, select what report you would like to run, and then select the student.

Classroom Reports show detail of your overall classroom library.

Once a report is selected, you may choose from several options in the upper left-hand corner. You may print, email, or export any report.

When finished select “Back to Reports” or “Back to Admin” to return to the Teacher Page.

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