The Speedy Publishing Online reader is designed to provide users with an immersive reading experience that helps teachers, educators, administrators and students get the most out of our content. In this tutorial we cover the features of our reader.
HOME / Back to Bookshelf
When using the reader you can return to the bookshelf or main dashboard at anytime by using this link.
TOC / Table of Contents
Navigate through the chapters, find important book sections and view the MARC records of each book using the detailed Table of Contents feature.
MY DATA / NOTES & HIGHLIGHTS by page.
The data tab shows both the highlighted content and notes that have been made in the book by the reader or the educator or teacher. This is essentially an extremely important shortcut for readers to find important parts of the book highlighted by users.
SEARCH / Search the Book
You can enter keywords, keyword phrases and search terms to find them in the book. Are looking for the year Barack Obama became president well you can find that content in book by searching for that using the search term feature.
PEN TOOL / WRITING TOOL
You can use the pen tool to write anything on each page. These edits can be deleted or can remain exclusive to your reader. Teachers and students can make enter pen markings and share these with each other. The pen tool provides multiple pen colors. including blue, black, red, purple and dark green.
NOTES / TEACHER TOOL / SALES REP TOOL
The Notes or Sticky Note feature is one of the most useful in the Speedy Publishing Online Reader. Students can create notes that can be shared with teachers. Book reviewers and Book buyers can send notes to Sales Representatives that they are working with. You can save and submit these notes easily using the reader.
HIGHLIGHT / HIGHLIGHTER TOOL
Highlight important sections of the book with the highlight tool. This tool allows readers, teachers and other users to highlight content with multiple colors. These highlights can be seen in the My Data Tab and can also be saved for future readers using the same reader or login.
ZOOM IN or OUT TOOL
If you would like to increase the size of a specific area on a page, you can with this zoom in tool. Get a detailed view of images and specific sections of the content. This is very useful when using a mobile device with a smaller screen.
FIT TO WIDTH PAGE TOOL
By fitting the full spread to each side of the reader, you can view the content without the tools tab to the left and some buttons on the the top of the page. This helps readers focus solely on the content.
SINGLE PAGE TOOL
When reading some books, you may need to reach by single page. This is again very useful depending on the device you are using to read the content. Readers, teachers and educators use this feature frequently when reading some titles that are not full spread titles.
THUMBNAIL TOOL
You can view multiple pages when using the Thumbnail feature. You can quickly see all pages and jump to a specific page or section in the book by using this cool feature.
NAVIGATION TOOL / CHAPTER TOOL
The Chapter navigation tool, allows you to quickly move between chapters without using the Table of Contents. When creating lesson plans this is an important feature for teachers and educators. Readers commonly use this feature to find relevant text based on chapter titles.
SUBMIT NOTES
As a reader, user, teacher, educator, you can make add notes to any part of the content. You can then submit these notes to the Institute Admin. These notes will be shared and will be sent via email to the existing administrator of your account.
USER PROFILE
Visit your user profile while in the reader. This is a shortcut that can also be reached when on the dashboard. You can update your reader profile and sign out of the reader using this link.
BOOKMARKS
You can place bookmarks at special places throughout the book. These bookmarks are recorded in the My Data tab and you can quickly find them when revisiting the book. These bookmarks are unique to your reader account.
PAGE NAVIGATION / NEXT PAGE
Navigate from page to page using the page arrows located in the reader. Move back and forth easily through the book using these features.
