Book Creator Tutorial

     Book Creator is used in classrooms around the world to demonstrate learning and express creativity. I began to use Book Creator in my first year of teaching first grade. Students were required to do research on wild and endangered animals then, put together a final project with their findings. My students are always so dedicated to their research and always work very hard in completing all research questions in our unit so I thought, how can I show off all of their hard work and dedication... I began to search for online platforms that would make it simple for my 6-7 year olds to navigate. As an educator, I believe students should be allowed to explore technology and online platforms but also taught how to navigate platforms they are given. So during my search I came across Book Creator and began to explore it for myself a bit. The more I explored it, the more I realized that after being taught, my students were definitely going to be able to navigate this platform. After my first year using Book Creator I learned simpler ways to teach how to use it. I also learned different techniques that would best help my students and I also learned that I loved it and every year I have gotten better at teaching my students how to use it. 

Step 1: search www.bookcreator.com

This is the window that will pop up. 

You then want to click on Create a FREE account

Step 2: Once you click on create free account this window will pop up.

You can either use your personal email or if your school uses Clever that might be easier to use.

Once you add it to your library on Clever, your students will have easy access to it.

Step 3: You will need to create your student logins.

Once you have imported all your students names, you can have students login on their Chromebooks and share the invite code with them so they can access your library.

Step 4: Students are able to access your library and begin to explore.

Step 1 for Students: Click on New Book. Here students are able to choose the type of book they want to create.

Step 2: Once they have chosen what type of book, it will bring them to this page where they can explore the different options available to them. If they click on the + sign they can add photos, open the camera, add text, or even record themselves.

If they click on the I , It gives them options on different page colors depending on the type of book they're creating.

What I love about Book Creator is that it allows students to work on their computer typing skills as young as first grade but it can also be differentiated for those who are not there yet by allowing them to record themselves to create their book. 

Another great tool here is that if someone else if accessing your book and cannot read it, there is an option so that you can have the book read to you. It also allows students to leave feedback on each other's books. 

Lastly, here is a video that I found very resourceful as to why Book Creator has worked for many teachers in the classroom!

There is so much more to explore! I learned new things while creating this and I look forward to implementing them this upcoming school year!