Destiny for book exchange - Woodlawn Middle...Destiny for e-Book Exchange •Once in...
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Destiny for e-Book Exchange
Ms. Chambers, Fall 2018
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• Welcome to the Media
Center at Woodlawn Middle
• Ms. Chambers: Library
Media Teacher
• Fall, 2018
Objective: SWBAT select and
checkout a grade- appropriate
e-book by using the Destiny e-
book database in order to read
and explore various genre.
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• What is Destiny?
• Why do we need it?
• How do we use Destiny to
locate books---fiction and
non-fiction?
• Destiny is….
• We need Destiny in order to…
• We can use Destiny to….
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
Let’s go to Destiny via BCPS-One (We
have single log-in now.)
---Digital Content
---Woodlawn Middle
---Destiny
---e-books (Click See All)
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• After clicking on “See All.” you should end up
at this screen where you click on “Filter.”
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• After clicking on “Filter,” you should see
“Availability,” and then you will see “Unlimited
• “Unlimited” in this part of “Destiny” refers to
the LMC having enough copies of a book for
everyone in the school---unlimited copies.
• How may of the “Unlimited” exist? The number
may change, as additional copies are added
through out the school year.
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• Once in “Unlimited,” you will see a list of all
the books that are “Unlimited.”
• See the “blue infinity sign” notating there are
“Unlimited” copies of that particular book.
• In September there were 128 such e-books.
(More are added periodically)
• Please check out two (2) Unlimited e-books of
YOUR CHOICE. They should stay on your
device for about 3 weeks.
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• Now let’s all check-out an e-book….
• Simply click on the “CHECKOUT” ICON next
to the e-book.
• Look for the “DUE DATE” to pop-up briefly at
the bottom of the screen. That is the date
when your e-book will automatically be
removed from your computer….and returned
to Destiny.
• E-Books may be returned at any time. They
may be checked out to your device at any time.
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Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• After reading/closing the book, you can
return to it by simply clicking on the
“Destiny” icon in the upper left hand
corner menu.
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• Once in Destiny, you may go to
“Checkouts” to find a book that you can
re-open and either read or return early.
Destiny for e-Book Exchange
• To find out all materials you have
checked out got to “My Info” tab.
• Items, due dates, and costs are
listed here.
• You can also click on the “Click
here to access your e-Book” to
read an item.