Technical Setup

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Steps to Optimally Set Up TeachingBooks.net

Whitelist TeachingBooks.net

Whitelisting is an IT filter setting that enables users to:
1) Receive all emails sent from TeachingBooks.net, and
2) Access all content on the TeachingBooks.net website.

Ask someone in your IT Dept. to whitelist TeachingBooks.net for both email and web, including .flv and .mp3 files.

Embed a Link to TeachingBooks.net

Link to embed on your website
http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/

Logos for use on your website

Horizontal

http://www.teachingbooks.net/horizontal_logo

Vertical

http://www.teachingbooks.net/vertical_logo

Descriptive sentence (if needed)

TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, and a wealth of multimedia resources on K–12 books to support reading and library activities for all grades and content areas.

HTML code with link and logo:

Note: For a password-embedded link to TeachingBooks.net for use in a secure environment, please contact TeachingBooks.net.

Embed a Search Box on Your Website

for Book and Author Resources

HTML code to embed a search box on your website:

IP Authenticated Access

Send TeachingBooks.net the external IP address ranges for your institution to enable password-free access to TeachingBooks.net from campus computers.

MARC records for TeachingBooks.net Original Author Programs are available for licenses with IP authenticated access.

Technical Requirements

TeachingBooks is designed to work with institutions that don't have very recent hardware or software as well as those that do. Below please find our software requirements:

Operating Systems: Mac OS 9.1 and higher Windows 98 and higher	Multimedia Software: Flash 7.0 and higher to watch the TeachingBooks Original Author Program movies and slideshows Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 and higher to view any PDF documents
Internet Browsers for the Mac: Safari 1.0 and higher Firefox 1.0 and higher Google Chrome 1.0	Internet Browsers for the PC: Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher Firefox 1.0 and higher Google Chrome 1.0

Note: Video materials created by TeachingBooks.net are progressively downloaded, not streamed. Other resources that TeachingBooks.net links to may contain streaming content, but TeachingBooks.net has made a conscious choice to provide its original content in progressive download format. See our Linking Policy.

Test Your Computer for Multimedia Plug-ins

Simply click on the software name below to check whether you can see TeachingBooks images. All test files except Acrobat Reader have sound and motion. If these test files don't work, download and install the necessary software. All software shown here can be dowloaded for free.