Linking directly to a book in Bookshare?

[Sandra Oliver]

I think I know the answer to my own question but I just need to put it out there to make sure I am thinking the right way. 

Our district is using Clever right now and we have been able to link Bookshare inside Clever for those districts that were not aware that it is available. 

That said -  I have a teacher who runs a Learning Center / intervention and she wants to create some documents to help her students access content directly in a digital textbook for the classes they are pushed into. 

Our district is way overdue in adopting science or social studies in California and so all we have is Bookshare for students who are eligible for accounts and then I don't know what else is available because I don't think either of these very old adoptions have any online textbook. 

It's not possible to create a URL that links a student directly to a specific textbook title that is available in Bookshare, correct?

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[Christine Jones]

Hi Sandra and others. Yes, you can create a link to a specific Bookshare book. Each book has a unique ID number that will appear in the URL that appears when you select a book.

 

So for example, I used Advanced Search to search for an English Language Arts textbook for 9^th grade. From the list of results, I selected a book for which this is the full URL:

 

https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/1692842?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZsaWJyYXJ5VG9TZWFyY2g9Ym9va3NoYXJlJnRpdGxlPUxhbmd1YWdlIGFydHMmYm9va3NUb1NlYXJjaD1BTEwmcXVhbGl0aWVzPVBVQkxJU0hFUiZxdWFsaXRpZXM9RVhDRUxMRU5UJl9jb250YWluc0ltYWdlcz1vbiZfY29udGFpbnNJbWFnZURlc2NyaXB0aW9ucz1vbiZncmFkZT1OSU5USF9HUkFERSZzb3J0T3JkZXI9UkVMRVZBTkNFJmRpc2FibGVTb3J0T3JkZXI9VElUTEUmY2F0ZWdvcmllcz1UZXh0Ym9va3MmX2NhdGVnb3JpZXM9b24mc2VhcmNoPUFkdmFuY2VkIFNlYXJjaA%3D%3D

 

But of that URL, the only part you really need to navigate to that specific book is the highlighted portion below. So you can use this URL to navigate to that book:

https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/1692842

 

Basically after “browse/book” will always follow the unique ID of the book (which in this case is 1692842). As long as your URL includes those components, students and sponsors should be able to reach that specific book. I hope that helps.

 

Christine

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[Patty Johnston]

Hi Sandra,

I'm guessing Bookshare would have copyright issues with embedding a link to a Bookshare accessible textbook.  Our students bookmark Bookshare and their login info is saved so it's fairly easy for those who have Bookshare memberships.

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[Christine Jones]

Benetech doesn’t have a problem with providing a direct link to a Bookshare book (I actually included instructions to do so in my response to Sandra’s post). Someone who isn’t a Bookshare member won’t be able to do anything with the book because doing so requires being logged in (unless the book is “freely available,” meaning it’s not copyrighted).

 

 

Christine K. Jones

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Benetech Global Literacy

[Sandra Oliver]

Thanks!

Can they get the book via the unique URL if they are an Organizational Member - do we need to ensure that that exact book is on a Reading List shared with them first?

[Christine Jones]

Yes, good point – if the student has only an organization account (student login to the school account), the book will need to have been shared with him/her on a Reading List in order for the student to be able to either download the book or open it in Bookshare Web Reader (using the “Read Now” button) when selecting the book’s unique URL. But at least if they have the book’s unique URL, the student doesn’t have to go into their Reading Lists, then into the specific Reading List, to find that specific book.

 

Christine