Training
Bookshare offers a range of training opportunities that includes complimentary 'getting started' webinars to our newly developed comprehensive professional development workshops.
- Upcoming Webinars
- Pre-recorded Webinars
- Quick Guides
- Professional Development Workshops (ARRA Qualified!)
Upcoming Webinars
- Bookshare in Action! - How to Use Bookshare's Reading Tools
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 3:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Register here - Bookshare in Action! - Get Your Students Individual
Memberships
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Pre-recorded Webinars
Webinars for Educators and Parents
- Bookshare 101 for Educators
September 17, 2009 - Go to the recording hosted at ReadyTalk. - Bookshare "One More Step" for Educators
September 16, 2009 - Go to the recording hosted at ReadyTalk. - Bookshare and the Postsecondary Student - Making the
Transition
August 4, 2009 – WMV video, MP3 audio - Educator Webinar - How to Get Your Students Individual
Memberships
April 15, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Bookshare 101 en Espanol para Padres
April 14, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Parent Webinar - How to read with Macs
April 9, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Parent Webinar - How to read with Read:OutLoud
April 8, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Parent Webinar - How to read with Victor Reader Soft
April 7, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Educator Webinar - How to Use READ:OutLoud
April 1, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Educator Webinar - Learn more about the National Instructional
Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
March 17, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Educator Webinar - How to Use Victor Reader Soft
March 4, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Bookshare University Webinar
February 20, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio - Bookshare 101 for Parents
February 18, 2009 – Flash video, MP3 audio
International Webinars
- Books Without Barriers
March 24, 2008 – WMV video, MP3 audio
International webinar with partner HumanWare.
Special Presentations
- Best Practices for Image Descriptions from NCAM
June 22, 2009 – Coming Soon! - 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.
Quick Guides
Learn about common tasks on Bookshare.
Membership
- Individual Memberships for U.S. Students under 18 Years
- Memberships for U.S. Individuals 18 Years and Over
- School Memberships for U.S. K-12 Students
- Organizational Memberships for Students with Individual Memberships
- Recommending Individual Memberships for US Students