Ranga's
guide to
Bookcreator

by Daren White @rangathetrainer

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Welcome to this ebook all about Book Creator, made with Book Creator.

I'm Daren, Learning technologies Lead for 2 secondary schools in Essex & Google Certified Trainer. I've taught MFL for over 20 years but have also teach digital skills.

I must confess that I am a relative newcomer to Book Creator myself, having only really explored its potential since the Covid 19 crisis. I guess, like many of you, this gave me time to take stock and reevaluate how we deliver content.

The reason for this book is simple...more people need to know how easy Book Creator is to use. With some careful planning you can create engaging books to inspire your learners or your colleagues that include all manner of multimedia.

This is too good not to explore. I'm not an expert by any means but I wanted to share with you all what I've learnt so far, I'm sure there's plenty more we can learn from each other.

Daren, @rangathetrainer

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Starting out

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There are several packages available for Book Creator but you can sign up for a free account that gives you 1 library and up to 40 books to use in your classroom. You can upgrade at any time to a superior package.

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My account

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Sign in, select the years you teach and the subjects, then give your library a name. That's all you need to do to get started.

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Starting out

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There are several packages available for Book Creator but you can sign up for a free account that gives you 1 library and up to 40 books to use in your classroom. You can upgrade at any time to a superior package.

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My account

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Sign in, select the years you teach and the subjects, then give your library a name. That's all you need to do to get started.

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My library

So there you have it, you're straight in to your library, which is empty of course. We'll soon change that!

Before you create your first book, how about checking out the thousands of examples in the teacher resources behind the 3 lines top left (the grilled sandwich).

Search by grade and subject to find books created and shared by creators across the globe.

Settings

Adjust your account settings from the gear cog and also use the invite code to enable students or fellow teachers to create books in your library.

Don't share that code on social media though!

(You can expire a code if it is compromised)

Your first book

When you create a book you are offered 6 different layouts, standard and comic style, then split into Portrait, Square or Landscape.

It's important to choose a style that suits your project. With comic mode you can easily add panels, stickers and speech or thought bubbles to bring you book to life.

These aren't available in the standard mode so choose wisely as you can't convert later.

It's for this reason I prefer the comic format.

COMIC MODE MENU

STANDARD MODE MENU

Only 2 tabs in this mode

COVER

You'll want to give your book an exciting and relevant cover but you may not have decided on a title just yet. That's fine. Maybe just insert "working title" as a placeholder and decide on the format of the cover. You have a choice of backgrounds, fonts and textures as well as being able to add your own images.

Use the i (inspect) button to change your backgrounds, colours, paper and more.