Instead of content belonging to an individual user, District Books are managed at the district level. District users can organize content into books, folders, assignments, and problems, then publish books to the teachers who need them.
How District Books Are Organized
District Books use the same general content structure you're already familiar with in Magma:
Book — the complete collection of content
Folder — organizes related content, such as a unit or chapter
Assignment — a set of problems within a folder
Problems — the individual questions and tasks
This makes it easy to organize content around your district's curriculum, units, or instructional sequence.
How District Books Work
The basic workflow is:
Create or customize a District Book → Organize the content → Publish it to selected teachers → Teachers access it in CAF
District Books are unpublished by default, which means teachers cannot see them while they are being created or edited.
Once a District Book is ready, it can be published to:
All teachers in the district
Teachers in a specific grade across the district
Teachers in a specific grade at a specific school
After a book is published, it automatically appears in the book list for the teachers it was shared with.
Creating District Books
District Books can contain Magma content as well as content created or uploaded by your district.
For example, a district may start with an existing Magma book and customize it by:
Rearranging folders and assignments
Editing problems
Adding additional problems
Creating original problems
Uploading content from a PDF
This allows the district to create a shared resource that reflects its own curriculum and instructional priorities.
Publishing a District Book
When a District Book is first created, it is unpublished.
This gives district users an opportunity to build, organize, and review the book before teachers can access it.
When the book is ready, publish it to the appropriate teachers. You can determine access based on the district, grade level, and school.
Once published, the District Book will appear automatically in the selected teachers' book lists in CAF.
What Teachers See
Teachers do not need to manually add a District Book that has been published to them.
Once they receive access, the book appears in their book list alongside their other available content. From there, teachers can browse its folders and assignments and use the problems with their classes.
Because District Books are shared at the district level, teachers have access to the same district-approved and organized instructional content.