When you purchase a school or district subscription to Book Creator, you will be given access to the Admin Dashboard at admin.bookcreator.com. You'll need to sign in and select your organization before you can get started.
To learn more about the following Admin Dashboard functions, please visit:
Assign and manage teacher licenses (Add, delete, manage, and communicate with teachers on your plan)
Ask teachers to complete the in-app training certification (Request teachers to take training and track progress)
Remove student accounts (If a student has accidentally signed in as a teacher)
Manage Teacher Libraries (Provides options to reassign libraries to another teacher, an admin, or archive libraries and revoke student access completely if a teacher leaves your organization)
Access analytics (Total users, libraries and books created, time spent, and more)
Manage the Apps your teachers can use
The following information will give you an overview of the functions and capabilities for Admins found within the Admin Dashboard:
Admin Dashboard > Home
The Home tab will give you a quick overview of:
License type: Free (40 books) or Premium (1000 books)
Total purchased licenses
Total Assigned licenses
Total Available licenses
Admin Dashboard > Teachers
The Teachers tab allows you to assign and manage Book Creator licenses, send welcome emails, review who has completed the Certification Course, manage teacher libraries, and more.
First, you need to Import Teachers (via email) to get started.
Once teachers have been invited, you can then select the 3-dot menu next to their names (or use Bulk Actions for multiple users) to perform the following actions:
Send welcome email
Using the 3-dot menu or selecting the checkboxes and using Bulk Actions, you can send a welcome email to your teachers letting them know they can now use Book Creator with their students. A standard template for the email is provided, but you can edit this information to best meet your staff. The next time they sign into Book Creator, they will receive an invite to join your organization and their account will be automatically upgraded.
Request Certification
As an Admin, you can invite your teachers to complete Book Creator Certified Author's training to asynchronously provide professional development for your staff straight from the Teachers tab.
Remove license
If you want to reallocate a premium license to another teacher, you can simply select the 3-dot menu next to the teacher you want to remove the license from and choose Remove license. A modal will appear prompting you to downgrade the teacher to the free Book Creator Plan. Select Remove and you can then assign the license to another user. You can do this in bulk by selecting the checkboxes next to the users and selecting Bulk Actions.
Switch to student
If you find that a student has signed in as a teacher by mistake and are appearing on your Admin Dashboard, you can easily remedy this by selecting the 3-dot menu next to the affected user and selecting Switch to student. You can also do this with Bulk Actions. You will then be prompted to confirm the downgrade back to student accounts
Manage Teacher Libraries
To help streamline library oversight and ensure Book Creator libraries are effectively managed and securely maintained, Admins can access and manage libraries from the Admin Dashboard.
Locate the user you would like to review, select the 3-dot menu and select Manage Teacher Libraries. You will be given three options:
Keep and assign to a teacher will change the teacher's library ownership to another teacher. All content and student access will remain active.
Keep and assign to an admin will change the teacher's ownership to an administrator. All content and student access will remain active.
Archive and close libraries will archive the teacher's libraries and revoke student access. Published books will stay active, but not editable.
Remove Teacher
You can also remove a teacher at any time from your organization by simply selecting on the 3-dot menu (or selecting checkboxes and completing a Bulk Action) and select Remove Teacher from the menu options. You will be given a prompt asking if you want to remove the teacher, and by selecting Remove, the teacher will be downgraded and their account removed from the organization.
Admin Dashboard > Analytics
In the Admin Dashboard, you also have access to a host of data and analytics about how Book Creator is being used in your organization.
Total number of teachers with a license (all time)
Total number of students using the app (all time)
Total number of libraries created (all time)
Total number of books created (all time)
Graph of total number of logins to the app (monthly, weekly, last 30 days)
Graph of total amount of time spent in the app (monthly, weekly, last 30 days)
Graph of total books created (monthly, weekly, last 30 days)
Sessions by operating system (all, by student, by teacher)
Breakdown of login methods (all, by student, by teacher)
Admin Dashboard > Resources
The Resources tab will take users to additional support articles for Admins and for Teachers to support their use of Book Creator.
Admin Dashboard > Settings
In the Settings tab of the Admin Dashboard, there are options to Add or Remove Admins, set up LMS integration, and Manage Apps.
Admins
We will set up the first admin account for you to gain access to the Admin Dashboard. To add additional users, simply go to the Admins tab under Settings. Here you will have the option to add or delete any Admins from your organization.
LMS Integration
Admins can also use the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) protocol to integrate Book Creator with your Learning Management System (LMS). Once configured, this will allow teachers and students to launch Book Creator from your LMS and use a Single Sign-on (SSO) without needing to create an account or sign in. Using the LTI Configuration in the Admin Dashboard, simply generate a Key and Secret which you will need for your LMS configuration.
Manage Apps
The last thing you can do from the Admin Dashboard, is to manage the 3rd party Apps that are integrated into Book Creator. As an Admin, you can set App Permissions for teacher and student use straight from the Admin Dashboard. You will be given three options to choose from:
Teachers and students: teachers can enable the App for their own use, and they can choose to enable it for student access in the libraries of their choice.
Teachers only: teachers can enable the App for their own use, but they cannot enable it for their students.
Disabled for everyone: teachers and students cannot use the App. These apps will not appear in the App Store for any users.
Book Creator for Administrators
For additional tutorials visit the Book Creator for Administrators YouTube playlist.