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Using CourseSmart eTextbooks on a Mac or PC
Student Path for Accessing eTextbooks on a Mac or PC
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2. Utilising the eTextbook with a web browser
Online Use
3. Reading the eTextbook offline with caching
Offline Use
1. Accessing the eTextbook via
Blackboard Learn
Signing On
STEP 1: Login to Blackboard Learn
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2. Utilising the eTextbook with a web browser
Online Use
3. Reading the eTextbook offline with caching
Offline Use
1. Accessing the eTextbook via
Blackboard Learn
Signing On
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Overview of Steps These steps show how to go from Blackboard Learn to CourseSmart for students and instructors who have a CourseSmart book set up in their course shell. • Go to Blackboard Learn, at www.mylearn.hct.ac.ae or from the HCT portal
• Select course and course overview; select title for reading from course page
• Pair the Blackboard and CourseSmart accounts. • This is a one time step only, necessary the first time that a faculty
member or student goes from Blackboard to CourseSmart. • You must use your HCT email address when pairing is being done
• Then, open eTextbook in browser and begin to use.
• Note: detailed steps for pairing are not shown here as they are identical to those shown logging in from BBML
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• Use login details given to you by your Blackboard administrator
Login to Blackboard Learn Online in a Browser
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Click on the eTextbook title you want to access – it will open automatically in a new window and you can start using it immediately .
Locate the eTextbook in the Course Overview
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STEP 2: Use the eReader in any Web Browser
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1. Accessing the eTextbook via
Blackboard Learn
Signing On
3. Reading the eTextbook offline with caching
Offline Use
2. Utilising the eTextbook with a web browser
Online Use
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Overview of Steps
These steps are aimed at students that want to use their CourseSmart eTextbook on a Mac or PC and have already accessed their eTextbook using Blackboard Learn. It contains details of the learning tools built in to CourseSmart. • Viewing tools: turn pages, magnify, viewing options
• Navigation tools 1: thumbnail view, go to page
• Navigation tools 2: table of contents, search
• Productivity tools 1: notes, highlight and copy.
• Productivity tools 2: print, share, link
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Tools to Support Learning are Built In
Multiple Search Options
Hot-linked Table of
Contents
Multi Level Zoom
Single page Side by side
or Thumbnail view
Make Notes, Copy and Highlight
Print, Share
Bookmark
Navigate by Page Number
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Viewing Tools: Turn pages, magnify, view options
• Click on side arrows to turn pages • Multiple view options including side-by-side, continuous, and thumbnail
• Use the magnifier to zoom in or out, and the pan tool to move around the page
Use side arrows
Multiple view options
Pan
Magnifying Tools
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Navigation Tools: Thumbnail view, go to page
• Go directly to page through thumbnail view • Insert page number and go to that page directly
Navigate by thumbnail
Go directly to page
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Navigation Tools: Table of contents, search
• Table of Contents with direct links to each section • Search entire content of book using keyword
• Search and page link from notes or bookmarks
Hot-Linked Table of Contents
Search by keyword
Search Notes and Bookmarks
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Productivity Tools: Notes and copy
• Bookmark or add detailed notes to any page • Notes are saved and can be referenced without opening text
• Copy for external use
Bookmark or add notes
Add detailed notes for easy reference
Highlight, index for note, or copy
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Productivity Tools: Print, share
• Print up to 10 pages of the text • Share by email or using links on external sources
Print Share by
email or link
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STEP 3: The Read Offline Feature
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1. Accessing the eTextbook via
Blackboard Learn 2. Utilising the eTextbook
with a web browser
Signing On Online Use
3. Reading the eTextbook offline with caching
Offline Use
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Overview of Steps:
These steps are for students who want to use their CourseSmart eTextbook offline on a Mac or PC. • To use the offline feature, go to your CourseSmart bookshelf, by clicking ‘view
on my bookshelf’ and then click ‘checkout book’
• Select chapters or the whole book to download for offline viewing
• You can now see these chapters or the whole book in your offline bookshelf
• Make notes, highlight or annotate as usual – these will all synchronise to your bookshelf on CourseSmart when you are next on line.
• Note: printing and sharing are not possible when you are offline
• You can save a line to your Offline Bookshelf in the bookmarks bar in your browser
• Remember: you must use the same browser to return to your Offline Bookshelf
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• When the Title Screen Appears, click on ‘View Book on My Bookshelf’
• From My Bookshelf, click ‘Checkout Book’
Click ‘View on Bookshelf’ then ‘Checkout Book’
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• Select the chapters you want to download
• A popup window showing download progress will appear.
• When download is complete, click ‘View Offline Bookshelf’
Select Chapters for Download
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• The Offline Reader has the same learning tools, except the print or share functions
Use eTextbook in the Offline Reader
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