Training

Bookshare offers a range of training opportunities from complimentary 'Getting Started' webinars to our newly developed comprehensive professional development workshops.

Upcoming Webinars

  • Bookshare AT Training Series - Plextalk Pocket (30 min.): Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 10:00 am PT, 11:00 am MT, 12:00 pm CT, 1:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • Bookshare Membership Basics: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 1:00 pm PT, 2:00 pm MT, 3:00 pm CT, 4:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • How to get my Child Accessible Textbooks for Parents (30 min.): Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 10:00 am PT, 11:00 am MT, 12:00 pm CT, 1:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • Bookshare AT Training Series - Read:OutLoud 6 (30 min.): Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:00 am PT, 12:00 pm MT, 1:00 pm CT, 2:00 pm ET - Register here
  • How to Add Members and Sponsors to Your Organizational Account (30 min.): Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 12:00 pm PT, 1:00 pm MT, 2:00 pm CT, 3:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • Bookshare 101 for Trainers (30 min.): Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 10:00 am PT, 11:00 am MT, 12:00 pm CT, 1:00 pm ET -Register here.
  • Bookshare 101 for Educators: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 2:30 pm PT, 3:30 pm MT, 4:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm ET - Register here.
  • How to read Bookshare books with Read:OutLoud for Parents (30 min.): Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 10:00 am PT, 11:00 am MT, 12:00 pm CT, 1:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • How to Add Members and Sponsors to Your Organizational Account (30 min): Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 12:00 pm PT, 1:00 pm MT, 2:00 pm CT, 3:00 pm ET - Register here.
  • How to Get K-12 Textbooks from Bookshare: Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 2:30 pm PT, 3:30 pm MT, 4:30 pm CT, 5:30 pm ET - Register here.
  • How to read Bookshare books with Victor Reader Soft for Parents (30 min.): Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 10:00 am PT, 11:00 am MT, 12:00 pm CT, 1:00 pm ET - register here.
  • How to Add Members and Sponsors to Your Organizational Account (30 min): Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 12:00 pm PT, 1:00 pm MT, 2:00 pm CT, 3:00 pm PT - Register here.

 

Online Learning Guides

Take a look at the following online learning guides for quick tips on how to get started with Bookshare.

Online Learning Modules

Pre-recorded Webinars

Educators (K-12)

Postsecondary

Parents

Assistive Technology Training Series

  • How to Read Bookshare Books with the Classmate reader from HumanWare: August 10, 2010 - WMV Video, MP3 audio

International

Special Presentations

  • Accelerating Tactile Graphics Production by Automation
    December 4, 2008 – Flash video, MP3 audio
    Professor Richard Ladner from the University of Washington came to Bookshare to present his amazing batch processing work on automating translation of textbook figures, making it possible to translate an entire textbook of figures in weeks rather than months.

AIM Product Tutorials

Developed by the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) and the Michigan Department of Education, the purpose of these tutorials is to provide a suite of tools for learning about and using assistive technology applications that support the use of AIM.

Quick Guides

Learn about common tasks on Bookshare.

Membership

Bookshare Brochures

Getting Books

Reading Tools

Technical