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June 4th, 2008 at 1:28 am
No suggestions at present. I suspect there will need to be an editorial board or some screening process ultimately to make sure folks like me don’t go too over the top. I enjoyed making “No Butts About It” and will continue to explore the site. Thanks for your work.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Gary, Can you create a new account for Amy Williams? She is a literacy/special education doc student working with me. She will be teaching with Karen and me in Australia. Her email address is ????????????. She’d like to create some books also.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Can you make it possible eventually to allow authors to put their names in (instead of automatically placing log in name)? E.g., what if DavidK wants his books to be authored by Reed A. Booke? Or if Amy Williams and David Koppenhaver co-authored the banana book on DavidK’s account?
June 4th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I’d love to make a book or two! The log in screen wouldn’t accept my wordpress username–do I need an account with you specifically? And tell Karen Erickson hi–we were in grad school together at UNC.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:36 am
I am wanting to make a book but unable to access website.
June 16th, 2008 at 8:43 am
How do I get a username and password to access write a book
June 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I have just been to a seminar with Karin and David and now looking at this website i can not access it to write a book
June 16th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Same as above – cannot find Registration process on your site – keen to get started to show our staff at school. Thanks, Jeni Griffin
June 16th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Send email to tarheelreader@cs.unc.edu to get an account. Include your name and tell us how you heard about Tar Heel Reader.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Same as all the others aussies!! We enjoyed the greatest seminar yesterday with David, Karen and Amy and are keen to start writing, but can’t access the site and you definitely need a book about cricket!
Tom and Susan
June 17th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Again another email from Australia. Thanks for putting information on how to join up. My problem is that I haven’t been able to download the stories to Powerpoint. I have tried on computers with Vista and with XP. Will this be fixed once I have a log on? Thank you from all of us for a wonderful story book site.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Dear Gary
Found about about TarHeel from Karen and David at the AGOTSI conference in Brisbane, Australia yesterday- what amazing and inspiring people they, along with Amy, are. Have enjoyed creating books- now how do we download them? My machine doesn’t seem t let me do so in powerpoint etc?
Can I save books to the hard drive and load them on to a flash drive from there?
Regards
Kim
June 17th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
You can register yourself for Tar Heel Reader now. Click the registration link on the front page and fill in all the fields. Karen, Gretchen, David, or I can tell you the secret registration code.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Dear Gary
Heard about the site from Kim Smith, a colleague, could I please have a log on name and password?
Thanks
Judy
June 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Could someone forward me the password to start making books. I was at the AGOSCI seminar with Karen and David on Monday.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Dear Gary
Could I ask for a log on name and password for my colleague Ruth Edwards, who attended the AGOTSI session on Monday?
Regards
Kim
June 17th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I just wrote a book and put it up (icecream) but just realised that I made a mistake on the last page, is there any way to edit??
June 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
You can edit your book by clicking on the Edit link just below your book on the Find a book to read page.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Hi Gary,
I’m an SLP from the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland who attended Karen & Davids workshop here in Brisbane on Monday, which was inspirational! I would appreciate a passsword and the invitation code so I can sign up and get to work.
Well done on great initiative which will greatly benefit many of our clients.
Mark
June 19th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Icecream is 2 words, but wow, what a great idea!!
eileen
June 20th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Hi
I was at the PD in Perth today and am trying to either logon or register as a new writer but am having trouble doing either and am not getting feedback to my email could you please try using the logon and password that we were given as I can’t seem to get it to work.
Thanks
June 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am
WOW is all we can say about this site!!!! Jessie is SO VERY into all these books!!! What a wonderful thing you are doing for kids like her ….we just wanted to take a minute and say THANK YOU and let you know she is THRILLED to have a site where she can go and enjoy books!
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Happy Reading!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am
By the way David K …..Jessie LOVED the “butt” book
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June 20th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks!Ihave logged in and played already. Have to admit it was very easy to use and I will be back later.
June 21st, 2008 at 8:31 am
Penny I really liked the lullaby book!!!
June 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Thanks Melissa! I’ve been enjoying a lot of the contributions–it’s fun to see different styles emerge, even from the same basic format.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
Hi
I just tried creating a book in English and a version in Spanish. Of course, the speech is fine with the English version. Any way to have the Spanish version read correctly?? I thought it might be nice to create some bilingual resources since there aren´t a lot out there.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Wow! I had no idea that would work. I’ll have to figure out what to do about text-to-speech in other languages.
Perhaps we could support recording the captions…
June 24th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Whoo-hoo! We’ve passed 100 books. Any chance of a list-of-titles index as well as the pages we now have for choosing a book to read? Seems like we’ve developed some sizable categories now, too, like food, clothes, counting, colors, animals, sports, weather…
Loving the Spanish-language books, thanks for those. And it’s fun to see which books are written by US folks, which are written by Australians (by vocabulary, mostly–notable differences there).
June 24th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Good suggestion, Penny. I’ve added an index to the list of things to do.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Would like to register but need a code. Can you let me know? ta
June 25th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Hi everyone,
the books are looking fantastic. i just noticed a spelling mistake in one though, in the ‘teachers’ book, on the page about math. Might wanna correct that one… Cheers
June 25th, 2008 at 7:12 am
fixed.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Sorry, should be fixed now.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I’m not sure if I’m doing this right but when I save my book as a draft there is nothing saved on the page that says “If you had any books saved as drafts they would appear here.” Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
June 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Hi –
I am sure you will get some comments on this, but currently can’t see the whole text on the online version. I LOVE how you have made a background color choice (great for low vision folks like my daughter). Also, she can better control the page turning now that you have fixed it to work wiht the space bar. Thanks!
Claire
June 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Claire,
Thank you for reporting this bug. I don’t know about many of them unless folks tell me. I’ve fixed it though we lost page numbers in the process. I’ll restore page numbers when I find something that will work for both.
Everyone. When you see a problem, follow Claire’s example and let me know. If you see a problem, then lots of other people probably see it too.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Page numbers are back and you all should be able to see the text. Let me know about issues you see. Better to hear from too many than too few.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Any way we could have a “My Books” link that shows the books you have created?
June 26th, 2008 at 9:18 am
There’s probably a more elegant way, but one way would be to tag all your books “JBrown”–then when you click that in the tag menu, you’ll get all your books.
June 26th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Search will do it. Just type jbrown in the search box at the top of the page. It will give you a page (not as nicely formated) of your books.
I could make that page be formatted like the find a book page if it will help.
June 26th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
For the “My Books” solution – could you make it so the “EDIT” link appears next to each book?
June 26th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
was wanting to have a look at your site but unable to register can you help me please thanks
June 27th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Susan,
To register, just e-mail Gary (link in his responses above) or me (techieteacher@gmail.com) for the invite code.
- Jeremy
June 27th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Found a few minor issues with the text-to-speech translation. The text-to-speech software is not reading the following grammatical symbols: ‘ (apostrophe) or & (and sign). Take a look at my Restaurant Choices book.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
text to speech should be working better now.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
unable to log in, although using the user name and password sent by e-mail.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
My colleague Ruth Edwards is having difficulty logging on with the user name and passwordgiven to her. Can you do anything that end?
July 1st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Students are loving reading the books. The right arrow to move through book choices and left arrow to choose a book would be a terrific feature.
An automatic “The End” page would be helpful.
200 books! Wow.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:57 am
I love love love hearing about real students really reading these books! Any tips or requests for the authors would be very welcome–subject matter, concepts, language, tone, stuff to avoid, just let us know!
I’ve made a couple books here specifically because a kid or a teacher mentioned an interest or a need– but the rest I’m just going by my own kids’ interests, and random inspirations for creative use of this format, and sometimes just spinning off something cool in the flickr choices. So any feedback from users is most welcome.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I just want to say Thank You! to the team that developed this site. This is a great resource and really will give a voice to so many students, teachers, and other adults. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Hi,
Great website… thanks! I have enjoyed reading other peoples books. I am keen to start making my own but am unable to sign in with my username and password. I have tried using the ‘forgot your password feature’ but then the email link sent to me each time comes up with an error saying “Sorry, that key does not appear to be valid”. Please help!
Many thanks.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Hi Again,
Just attempted to register using the invitation code you e-mailed but I get an error message saying ‘wrong invition code’??
Mark
July 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Noticed that when you search for a book, there is no link for add to favorite page. Could you please look at that? Thanks
July 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve implemented update favorites on the search results page.
July 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
How do you delete a book you published and then decided you don’t like it. We were playing with writing and published UNC-a great topic but not ready to publish. Thanks for your help.
Sherrian
July 19th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Go to the Site Admin page linked from the Welcome page. That will take you to the Dash Board. From there click on Posts. You should see a list of your posts on the Manage Posts page. There you can delete them from there.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I am working on a MacBook and tried to upload photos for a page in my book Saving the Planet. Are there special instructions for browsing and uploading from the MacBook? I was unsuccessful after 25 attempts.
July 26th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I tried uploading my pictures again. The problem is the size of the file. If it is less than 900KB it will upload. Anything larger will not upload. It is not a function of the MacBook but the size of the images.
Sorry I took your time. I should have looked at that earlier. I will know to use smaller images.
I really like the ease of using this for students!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:54 am
This is such a WONDERFUL site. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am at the Literacy Camp at Camp Courage that this summer is under the direction of Dave Koppenhaver and Sally Clendon. I am trying to make a book with some pictures from camp. I can’t get those pictures to upload. I was able to do this two days ago but have been having problems since I went back to editing my book. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you!
July 28th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Hi Barb,
I’m glad you like the site.
I’ve heard of people having problems uploading pictures that are too large. About 900k appears to be the limit. When I get a chance I’ll look into that limitation. But in the meantime, you might get them to upload by resizing them to make them smaller first.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Thank you so much for this FANTASTIC resource. We do not have Firefox on our school computers yet, and I am not sure what version of Explorer we have. At home, using explorer the books appear to be working fine. At school many of the pictures are not showing up, even on the “choose a book page”. Any ideas what might be happenning. I am going to try loading “firefox to go” on my flashdrive and see if the school computers will accept that….in the meantime let me know if you have any idea what the problem is and how I should try to address it.
Thanks again for all you are doing!!!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Love it Love it Love it!! Am having fun creating books. I keep checking books to add them to my favorites but whenever I come back my favorites is empty.. any suggestions??
thanks!!
thank you for creating this site!! It is wonderful!!
Bridget
July 29th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I’m glad you like it. Did you press the Update Favorites button at the top or bottom of the page? You check the ones you want to add then press the Updates favorites button.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I’m DavidC’s mom. We wrote a book tonight but made a mistake on two pages. How can we go back and fix the errors?
PS Tarheel Reader is fabulous and perfect for David !! Thank you for creating it.
Thanks.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Hi Gwen,
When you see the book, on the Find a book to read page, or elsewhere there should be an Edit link that will allow you to edit the book.
A quick way to get to it is select the “Your unpublished books” link from the list on the right. On that page it will list your published books as well. The names of the published books are links to edit your books.
Let me know if that doesn’t do it.
gb
July 30th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Bridget,
Oh! By “whenever I come back my favorites is empty” do you mean when you come back another time? Like on another day?
If so, the answer is “It doesn’t do that” but you can. We didn’t set it up so the site remembers your favorites because we wanted favorites to be associated with readers rather than authors and we didn’t want readers to have to login.
Here’s how you do it. Bookmarks. Your browser lets you bookmark a page. Get your Favorites page set up just like you want it and have speech, and colors set as well. Then tell your web browser (IE or Firefox) to Bookmark that page (in the Bookmarks menu). When you go back to that Bookmark (you’ll find it in the Bookmarks menu) all your favorites will be there.
The great thing about Bookmarks is you can email them to other people, or save several different sets of favorites under different names (perhaps the names of your students).
I hope I’m guessing right about the issue. If not, let me know and we’ll try to figure it out.
July 31st, 2008 at 9:45 am
Allison, Please contact me so we can figure out what is going wrong at your school.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Hey, we’ve passed 500 books this week!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I love NO BUTTS ABOUT IT. David K– look for new content to be uploaded on Route 66– there’s a book about underwear that will make a nice companion to it.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I would like to creat books and share this with my staff but don’t have the special code.
Can you send it to me – I learn of this from QIAT
August 14th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Hi Garry,
I have tried to register using the invitation code you sent me but it is not working. Could you please email me again.
Many thanks
Trish Hull
August 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am
please send an invitation code… thanks!
Kathy
August 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’m a special ed. teacher in Mississauga, Ontario with autistic high school students. I’m interested in adding some of my own books. I was able to create some favorite books but unable to register because the log in requires an invitation code – help? Thanks Kevin.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 am
could you please send me a log in invitation code so that I may register to write my own stories. I am a special education teacher in a primary school and the children will get so my enjoyment and learning opportunities through writing their own stories.
August 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hello! I am interested in created books and sharing with others. Is there a possibility that I may get an invitation code? If you need further information, please feel free to contact me.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I’m a special ed assistant for a school that just started our first literacy program. We are really excited about getting started and has just bought the Meville to Weville literacy program. Also we had a fantastic siminar with Karen Erickson and Penny Hatch , she talked alot about this website. I’m very interested in the books but also in making my own. Please send me an invitation code. Thanks
August 28th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Could I please get an invitation code? I am a parent and my children would love to make their own books.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I would love to get an invitation code so I can make books with kids on my speech and language caseload. Would you please send me one?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I am an SLP, AAC specialist and was introduced to Tar Heel in Montreal at ISAAC this summer. I would love to get a registration/invitation code to create books and share. Thanks for creating this resource!
September 5th, 2008 at 5:51 am
I was at one of the first PDs in Australia and have been watching and more importantly using this sight to make reading books and social stories for my class. It is a good as I thought it would be. Fantastic! There are not many things that you can say that about.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
As a HS special education teacher who teaches SID/PID students, this could be just the thing to help me make some content available to my students. Could you send me a login code or make the program you are using available as an open source project?
Thanks
Dan
September 8th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
The updates are terrific. I really like the options when the book ends. Nice work cleaning up the interface!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Hi there,
I am having difficulty downloading the books. Is that feature open to public already? Thanks!
September 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Ack! I found a bug in the downloading. See if it works now.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:45 am
I’m having problems logging on – I am using the “aussie” username, but it’s not accepting the password that we were given at the conference in Perth, has this been changed, why can’t I access the website any more? My students love it and are very disappointed that they aren’t able to get on any more.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Would like to begin using with my students. Requesting an invitation code to get the registration process going.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Hi,
I am an OT working in a special school in Melbourne and love your tarheel stories. We would love to be able to write our own stories but need the invitation word. Could you please pass this on so we can use this great resource.
Thanks
Leah
September 13th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Hello I am an OT and ATP working for the state tech act program in NC and would love to get an invitation password. I am very passionate about spreading the word about all things having to do with adapted books! Molly
September 13th, 2008 at 7:11 am
The reason I would like to download into powerpoint is because of the continuous loop feature that I could use for my class during certain times of the day and not have to have a student or teacher access the mouse or switch to turn the page but as you know I would have to take the time to put all of the voice in. If this is possible to add this feature – Thanks! This site is great – now my students can always have access to books!
September 13th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I also can not get my own photos to upload. What can I be doing wrong.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am
The most common problem I see with uploading photos is they are too large. Try shrinking them down before uploading them. After upload they are automatically resized so their maximum dimension is 500 pixels so anything that size or a little bigger should be OK.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Hi Gary,
Thank you SOO much for helping with the firewall issue. We can now see pictures on almost ALL of the site at our schools. We still can’t see all the pictures once books are saved to the favorites page. Any thoughts? We’re also having some trouble using two switch scanning. Are there directions on the website somewhere for what function to set the switches as? Thanks for your help! My high school junior who is sitting here with me thinks this website is HAPPY! Thank you thank you!
September 15th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Allison,
Thank you for the bug report. I failed to fix the firewall problem on the favorites page. It *should* be working now. Please confirm that it works for you.
On two-switch scanning, the mover (advance) keys are any of Space, N, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, or Page Down. The chooser (or go back when reading) keys are any of P, left arrow, up arrow, or page up. Set your device to generate any of these and it should work.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Hi I attended a Erikson PD in Perth and the 8 classrooms with 50 staff at Kensington Secondary school were merrily using the “aussie teacher” log in password…can I please have an invitation code so we can arrange another log in that is just as accessible?
Many Thanks
September 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
This website is a great idea, but some screening needs to be done on these books if they are to be used with small children. I’m sure the authors did not intend to do this, but there is a book on cupcakes that talks about “drinking all the delicious drinks our tummy could hold” and the accompanying picture is of rows of alcohol bottles on the back of a bar. I do not feel that is appropriate for young children.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I REALLY would love to make books for my Kindergarten class, but do not have an invitation code to register. How can I obtain an invitation code? Please help me with this! I love your site and would love to take full advantage.
Thank you!
Valerie Morris
musicv@msn.com
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I teach grade 1 at Queen Elizabeth Public School in Picton, Ontario and would love an invitation to register. Your site looks extremely useful.
Thank you.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I was wondering if I might be able to have an invitation code. I teach students with visual disabilities and I think it woudl be fun to make some books. Love the website. Looks fabulous!
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I am having difficulty uploading my own images, I cannot get anything to upload…Any suggestions?
September 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
There are some really inappropriate books on here, such as:
Sexy Girls From Around the World
Date Night
I was hoping to let my children pick their own books, but the subject and pics are inappropriate for beginning readers.
Sue
September 24th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Hi Sue,
Note the headline says “Books for beginning readers of all ages”. Many of our readers are not young children. Many are teenagers who aren’t that interested in fluffy animals.
Also, you should never allow your students to access the web unsupervised.
Instead choose several books you think are appropriate for your students and click the little check box in the upper right of each books box on the “Choose a book” page. Then click the Update Favorites button. It should say something like “You have 8 books on your Favorites page”. Now go to the Favorites page by clicking on the link there on the page or at the bottom of the Reading list on the right.
The books you selected will be the only ones there. Now the children can select from the set you approved.
I hope that soon we will be able to implement a way to exclude books in some categories from the search. But no amount of automated selection is going to replace your good judgment about what is appropriate for your students.
gb
September 25th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Gary, the site just keeps getting better and better. Thanks for your creative talents. Next question, is it possible to delete drafts? I tried deleting a draft by deleting the images but the draft remains when I return to Books I Wrote. Thanks.
September 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Yes, I should add that. I was about to launch into a project to revise the writing wizard but I’ll try to enable deleting drafts first since it should be quick.
September 29th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Do you know anything about posting pictures on flikr to make them available when on Tar Heel? I wanted to share some pictures especially those that don’t come up in a search but can’t seem to find any of my pictures (that I posted on Flikr) when I search on Tar Heel. Any thoughts?? Thanks!!
Bridget
September 29th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I need an invite to register so I can write books. I am an slp. Thanks.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I am confused! I registered in the early days of Tar Heel Readers and have from time to time downloaded books. Now I can’t find the option for downloading? Am I missing something? I will be so disappointed if that option is no longer available as these books have been so very, very useful.
September 29th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
It moved onto the Reading Controls page. On the front page of a book you should see a row of buttons down the left side. The 2nd button is “Setup”. Click it. On that page you should see the links to download books.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Hello. I would love to have invite to register. I am a SLP and work only with children who are considered to have severe to profound disabilities. Thanks!
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
Is there a way to enlarge or move the page turning button for head mouse users? The size and location the current page turn buttons make this very difficult for my head mouser. Being so near the bottom corner of the screen above the task bar means so many accidental activations of other computer features that I have to “rescue” my user enough as to reduce her independence. Thanks!
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am
Hi Rose-Marie.
I’m sorry your student is having problems with the buttons. We’re trying to keep the number of options to the bare minimum in order to keep the site easy to use. We could enlarge the buttons a bit but I worry about them taking away from reading for other kids.
I have some suggestions for avoiding the problems you mentioned.
1) Run the web browser in Full Screen mode. In Firefox or Internet Explorer, if you hit the F11 key or choose the View menu and select Full Screen, the browser should take over the entire display, including the task bar.
2) Also, hide the status bar on the browser (that is the bar at the bottom of the screen) by going to the View menu and clearing the check that is there (if it is). Now the bottom of the screen is the bottom of the page and border is a help in hitting the target rather than a hindrance.
Let me know if these help.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Can I get an invitation code so I may register and be able to write books for my EC students? I am an occupational therapist, email address anne.macri@cms.k12.nc.us. Thank you.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Gary,
I think there may be a problem with the “favorites”. I went into my favorites page via Firefox and got the message that my favorites page is empty. I have tried several times on several different computers to re-build my favorites page. Every time I go to the favorites page, it says it is empty.
Thanks for all you are doing for so many beginning readers.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Hi Barb, Thanks for the report. It should be fixed now.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
who “reviews” the books? is this a new feature? also regarding ratings what do C and E stand for? I think I know but am not sure. I couldn’t find an explanation.
thanks!!
October 8th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Quoting Karen: Reviewing books is a new process we are just starting. The need for it came about when we started getting books posted that were clearly written by students. We needed to have some way to leave original submissions up while also creating a reviewed version that is grammatically correct, has an ending, has appropriate pictures, etc. The people who have permission to mark a book as reviewed are all CLDS staff.
The C and E ratings have to do with our attempt to mark things as E for everybody or C for Caution. This came up because there are a handful of really great books that address dating or other adolescent topics or include some picture that might be scary for a young reader. We haven’t perfected a way to make these rating clear so that part is still a work in progress.
Like most links on the site, if you hover your mouse over the Rated: E link a little “tool tip” will popup with further explanation.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Thanks for this wonderful site! I had some trouble logging in – ‘wasn’t sure what my password was and then you graciously sent me a new one. Is there anywhere where we can access our name and password to change it to something we can remember? Thanks. Terri
October 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hi Gary,
thanks for all the work you are doing with this site!! One of my favorite things to do now is dream up creative story lines and topics for those teen readers!!
thanks!
Bridget
October 20th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Hi Gary,
I’m a teacher trainer in ESL/EFL. I run a website community of teachers, many very versed in technology. I”d like to be able to make a few books to show as examples of Text to Speech.
I’ve been very active in promoting TTS and think your bookmaking site is A+! Really simple – thus, unique. Thanks for considering us.
PS> you might check out our bot which I created as a no typing needed chatterbot. Something essential for language learners. http://eflclassroom.com/bot.html
Again, great stuff!
David Deubelbeiss
October 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Hi Gary,
I’ve recently tried using Tar Heel Reader on 3 brand new PC laptops (Toshiba A300’s) I can’t get the sound to work on any of these new computers. It works fine on my slightly older Toshiba A200.
It looks to me as though audio and text-to-speech settings are the same on both models. Do you know of anything I might be missing?
Many thanks for your help. I have students who would love to read some of your books.
–Paul
October 21st, 2008 at 9:10 am
Hello Gary,
I am a Reading Specialist (I am also a certified special educator and Wilson Reading Teacher) at Sherwood Middle School. I love your website and would like to create some books with my life skills students. What are the qualfications needed to get a invitation code? Also, is there a way to have the page read more than once on a page?
Thank you,
Laurie
October 21st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
I need codigo de inivitación .
October 21st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Paul,
Thank you for the bug report about speech not working on some new laptops. I think I have fixed the problem which resulted from a change in version 10 of the Adobe Flash player.
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:54 am
Please invite me, so I may register to write a book. Thanks
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Can I get an invitaion code to begin creating?
October 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
How do I get an invitation….I use literacy with my special needs students frequently and include repetitive story lines to increase literacy skills. I can submit a sample we made for Halloween.
Karen
October 27th, 2008 at 10:37 am
How do I create a blank page without a picture, just a repetitive story line.
K
October 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
The site doesn’t support pages without pictures.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Hi Gary,
Have forgotten how to print off my books…Could it be included in the FAQ page? Thanks, Natascha
October 28th, 2008 at 11:35 am
We have recently been introduced to Tarheel Reader. What a great resource. Would you be kind enough to send along an invitation code so we can make our own books for our special needs students? Thank you
October 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I am an OTR from Sweden, living in Texas. Please send an invitation code so I can teach my students to make some books. Thank you
October 30th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I am an SLP in Minnesota serving a high needs program. Would it be possible to get an invitation code to make a book? I see that you are getting a number of requests!
Thank you for all your hard work!
October 31st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
If people are looking for ideas for making books, I have a friend that would love to see books about tractors.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
Hello! Like many others making comments here, I am wondering about how to get an invitation code to this site. I am a junior high school tech facilitator, and the instructional academics teachers with whom I work love the “read a book” part of this site. They would like to delve into having their special needs students write their own books. Thanks in advance for you assistance.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Nevermind! I figured it out. Thanks.
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
All of my favorites appear in the same row. I now have a wonderful problem–I have so many favorites that I can no longer see all of them on my favorite’s page. (I know I can get to them by pressing the right arrow key to access them.) Would there be a way to have more than one row of favorites?
I’m thinking that if this is not an easy fix, I can make more than one bookmark of favorites. That would work, tool
Many thanks!
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Hi,
just a quick comment about getting the PowerPoint books to speak. (You might know about it already – but I didn’t see it in the comments…)
There is a nice little freeware program available at oatsoft.org (open source assistive technology software) which reads text in PowerPoint presentations. I tried it with one book and it seems to work fine. You can find it here: http://fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/, or go there via oatsoft.org (look for “powerpoint reader”). Since the program is using the operating system (i.e. WIndows XP) speech generation, it should work in other languages too… (Hi Paul, das waere dann was fuer die deutsche Version…) And you don’t need PowerPoint because you can use a free PowerPoint viewer.
Hope that is of some use…
It’s a fantastic site, I have already made a lot more friends by recommending it…!
Cheers
Rolf
November 4th, 2008 at 12:37 am
What an incredible site…I will put it to use right away. Was wondering if there was any way to highlight the words as they are being read?
Thanks Mary Beth
November 4th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Mary Beth, I’m glad you like the site. We have no plans to support word-by-word highlighting at this time.
November 7th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I heard about Tar Heel Reader during a week-long course in Ontario wiht Karen Erickson and David Kopenhaver. I am wondering when and if you will be accepting registrations. I work in a children’s rehabilitation centre for children wiht physical, communication and developmental disabilities in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Tar Heel Reader will be a wonderful tool for our children.
November 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Cynthia, We are accepting registrations. You just need to know the secret, which I will send to you via email.
November 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Is there some way to scale the text so it fits in the display area?
The book Service Dogs has great information but without text scaling or scrolling, it is difficult to read.
This is a problem for Enrichment and even Transitional books.
November 9th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Page without a picture – how about a “picture” that is a 1 x 1 pixel white or transparent square?
November 9th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
While it is technically possible to make the text scale, we have no plans at this time to do it. We’re hoping people will think of ways to simplify their text. I’d love to see someone rewrite the service dogs book. I think simply adding more pictures, or even duplicating pictures (trivial to do in the editor, just press control while dragging and dropping the page) would result in one short sentence per page.
The main goal of the site is to provide simple transitional books for older beginning readers.
If you *really* need a particular book with more text, simply download it as a slideshow and shrink the picture.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I am a teacher for the blind/visually impaired and I was wondering how do I get an invitation?
November 11th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hi,
I just discovered your website while looking for accessible books for my students. I teach high school students with autism, five of my students are non-readers who are nonverbal. These books will be an excellent resource to help them build their literacy skills. Could you provide me with an invitation code, I’d like to also help them contribute to your collection. Thanks so much for this great resource for students with disabilities!
Angela
November 12th, 2008 at 10:25 am
How about more options after reading a book
* add it to Favorites
* return to the screen where the book was selected – especially if it was the result of a search
These would be very helpful for setting up reading lists of appropriate books.
Any other suggestions for making lists of books. I want to pick several appropriate books (grade level, interests, vocabulary}, then let the reader select the ones they want to read. I was planning to do this using Favorites.
..vt
November 12th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Any plans for adding some readability index? It is pretty time consuming trying to find books at an appropriate level. Good books are missed, because it isn’t easy to find them. Even something simple – color code, anything NOT numerical tied to grade level would be helpful. For example, visual scales for more/less “difficult” might work.
I’m working with Gr 1-3 readers. I want to challenge them but not overwhelm them. But that’s my problem.
For more independent, older learners, this could be a big factor in their success. Having worked with young adult new readers, it is really important to get the readability about right so they aren’t frustrated. And they love it when they can see progress.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
You know you have a huge success when people are offering suggestions on small details! That’s a good sign. This is a really wonderful resource.
Now you have a growing community of appreciative users. What would you like us to do for you? How can we help give back?
November 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Not returning to the search results after reading a book was a bug. It should be fixed now.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Tarheel Reader is great – but I’m having problems finding my pics on Flickr
I have to say that Flickr is one of the best things I have come across recently. I am very grateful to the developers. I am working on a book of signs in the environment. I took some photos yesterday and put them in my Flickr space. The Flickr search in Tarheel Reader would not find them. Also, I tried adding tags in Flickr; still Tarheel Reader would not find them. Any suggestions how to mark my files in Flickr so that I can find them in THR would be appreciated.
Otherwise Wow. I’ll be working with a group of teachers and additional needs auxiliaries tomorrow on Making Tar Heel Reader books for young people in this area.
THR is the easiest way to create powerpoint prsentations and with the open source Powertalk and a good voice, you can use the presentation on computers thata re off line.
Thanks again – ictsan42
November 13th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
ictsan42,
Perhaps you need to adjust the license on your pictures? We only use pictures that are licensed with the Creative Commons license.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Muchas gracias for the great books! I’m a Tarheel/Four Blocks alum, working in an afterschool program for students with disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities. My older kids have just discovered your website and are eating it up, even the ones who say “I don’t read!” We also have a number of Spanish-speaking bilingual students and staff, so we’d also love more Spanish books (although our kids get a kick out of reading the German and French books). We’d like to write some books as well, in English and in Spanish, so could we get an invitation code as well?
Thanks for all your hard work in getting this going.
Many thanks (and may the Tarheels get to the Championship game this year).
November 18th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
How can we get an invitation to join? We are interested in creating books.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I would love an invitation to join. I didn’t see anywhere else to request it. I am a special educator and am loving your site, we are using it daily. Thank you. Kat
November 19th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Is there anyway to upload a book written in Powerpoint to Tarheel Reader or does it have to be created in Tarheel Reader? Thanks, Tessa
November 24th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
HI How do i get a secret password to join the site and create books? I am a teacher of Special Ed who does inclusion of students within reg ed classrooms and would love to use this resoruce. thanks for creating such a wonderful site!
November 25th, 2008 at 9:43 am
How do I get an invitation code?
November 26th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Hello!
We couldn’t understand what the “invitation code” is and who is going to invite us .
We are trying to create a book in our CAL club with students at the moment. Unfortunately we failed
Thanks for your help in advance !
November 26th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I want to publish a book but don’t have an invitation code.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Could you provide a code word to allow me to register for your site? I am a technology teacher at Challenger Elementary school in Howell Michigan. I would have some of my older students write a book using your pictures and tools.
Dave Eggleston
December 4th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Could I have an invitation to join? I am an SLP and work as a consultant for Prentke Romich Company. We have an AAC support group in Southern CA that is a BookClub.
Thank you,
Margaret Perkins
December 4th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I would like to register so that my students could create some books. However, I do not have an ‘invitation code’. How can I get one?
Thanks.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I am an SLP who would like to register my special ed department of 7 teachers to use and create books. May we have an invitation code?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I too have found I can’t create books without an “invitation code” how does one go about getting this code?
Thanks in advance,
Veronica
December 8th, 2008 at 8:44 am
I’m trying to use tar heel reader with a student; I can’t register without an invitation code; I also can’t hear the sound. Can you help? THANKS!
December 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
would like the password to make a book for my autistic kids, please send code. love the site
December 9th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hi,
Thanks for making this available. We just discovered it this morning and look forward to exploring the available stories and maybe creating our own. I was wondering if there’s a way to group the stories by language? That way I could just click on a language and then see all titles in Spanish or German. Thanks again, Tammy
December 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Hi Tammy,
Every book in Spanish has the tag Spanish associated with it. If you go to the index of tags and click on Spanish you’ll get all of them. Searching on Spanish is pretty effective too, though it might turn up the occasional book in English that happens to contain the word Spanish. This applies to the other languages as well.
The URLs have a simple form. For example, the URL for all books written in Spanish is: http://tarheelreader.org/tag/spanish/
December 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
How can I get a code to create books. I do assistive technology in my school district?
December 9th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
May I please have an invitation code so that I can utilize your site for AT?
December 10th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Can you send me an invitation code please and thanks? I teach spec ed.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I am wondering about the invitation code required to register. I would like to register. How do I get the invitation code?
Thanks.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Can I please have an invitation code? Am dying to create my own book for a social story!
Thanks,
December 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Please send me an invitation code. I am a preschool special education with Buncombe County Schools Thanks Linda MacKay
December 13th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Please send me an invitation code. Thanks!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Hi
I love this site for my handicapped students!
Can I please have an invitation code?
Thanks!
December 17th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I am a technology integration specialist in Parkway School District in St. Louis, MO. I would like a registration code so I can use your resources to write a book. I want to share these amazing reading resources with teachers in the district. Thank you.
December 18th, 2008 at 9:00 am
This is a great site for my students. May I please have a invitation code?
Thanks a bunch.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Hi,
I teach 1st grade and would love to use your site with my students. Could you please email me the invitation code?
Thank you,
Renee
January 10th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
How do I get a username and password to access write a book
January 25th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Since I cannot find a notation of how to contact you I need to know how to get an invitation code.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Hi, I teacher special needs students who are homebound and think your site is just the best. I love authoring activities on Classroom Suite and would love an opportunity to make some books. Could I please get an invitation code? Thank you!
January 27th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hi Gary, I’m a member of an assistive tech. group called QIAT. Today someone posted and told us how great your site is. So I was wondering if I might be able to get an invitation code? I am a prof. at NLU, working w/grad. students who want to become sp. educators.
Thanks very much, and best wishes!
Kate
January 27th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Please send me the invitation code. I am an assistive technology specialist for our school system. The books on the Tar Heel website are a great assest for our students!
January 28th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Hi,
I would like to get an invitation code so I can create books. Once sent, can I share it with a few teachers?
Thanks,
Jennifer
January 28th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Will you please send me an invitation code?
Best,
Lindsay
January 29th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
could you send me the necessary info so I can register. What a literacy treasure trove for my cognitively challenged learners !
Thanks
January 31st, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Could you send me the necessary information so I can register. What a literacy treasure trove for my cognitively challenged learners !
Thanks
February 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
I am a special educator in a public high school and would love to have the ability to use your site. May I have an invitation?
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
I am working as a special ed aide in classroom and could really benifit from the use of the site. Our main special education teacher informed us about the site. Can I please have an invitation to the site to create stories for the classroom.
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
In the book “Jack Sparrow” on page 2, the word pirates is misspelled. It is spelled “prirates”. Maybe you could fix that one.
Julie
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Hi Julie
Yes, misspellings happen quite a bit in the books written by students. We have a process of review that will eventually get around to that book and fix it.
We encourage teachers who have their students writing books to edit the books before they are published.
gb
February 5th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I work with Learning Disabled students and would like an invitation code.
Thanks
February 6th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Can I get a registration code please so I can write books for my students.
Tks
February 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
FYI, The book All Kinds Houses, has numerous misspellings. It would be great if we could edit it when when we see a mistake. We have seen other books with misspelling as well.
Really love the website.
Thanks
allison
February 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Hi Allison,
Yes, that happens. I wish more teachers would edit the books written by their students.
We have a team of editors who will eventually get to that book and correct it. Meanwhile you can avoid such problems by choosing books that have already been reviewed.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Hi, I am needing a Invitation code to get on the tarheelreader website to build some books for my class.
Thanks
February 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Hello,
I am in need of an invitation code! Thank you!
February 10th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
In the “Solar System” story, there is a typo on the first page – Milky is misspelled.
February 11th, 2009 at 3:08 am
I would like an invitation code. Thanks
February 11th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Please send me a code.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I would like to create some books. Please send invitation code.
Thanks, LM
February 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Please send me an invitation code.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I would like to work with both my son and the individual I support with the books, both reading and possibly making their own. Please send an invitation code. Thanks!
PJ
February 18th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
May I please have an invitation code. Thanks
February 19th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Please send me an invitation code, so my students can register to publish.
By the way, may I suggest that you include a Contact Us section on the website, so we can find an email address and telephone number for Tarheel? I found this Comments page by accident.
Thank you!
February 19th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Oops — here’s my correct email address.
Please send an invitation code so we may register.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
How do I recieve an invitation code?
February 20th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Please send an invitation code. I love this site!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
Please send invitational code. Thank you.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Please send me an invitation code. I would like to create books.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Please could you send me an invitation code so the Deal students can write books with me
February 26th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Can you please send me an invitation code? I am interested in registering and attempting to write some books. Thanks.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I love the tarheelreader website. I would like to have one of my struggling readers write a book or two on your site. She is very excited! How do I get an activation code? Thanks!
Lynda
February 26th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Could I have an invitation code? One of my students would love to write a book on your site. Thanks!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I was given a password; however, it tells me that the password is invalid. Is the password effective immediately or do you have to wait a certain period of time? Thanks for the help.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 am
Hello Gary
We are enjoying the books that are posted, and would like to register so my students can write a book, but need an invitation/password. Can you please supply one so that we can keep students enthused. (We are interested int the science books, particularly about storms.)
Thanks.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I just became aware of this site, and am so excited because this is perfect for my students. I just wrote my first book to go along with the News-2-You paper about PlayPumps. I visited Lesotho last summer. Is there any way to “tweak” the pronunciations? Lesotho is pronounced “Luh Soo Too”.
Thanks for a wonderful site! I’m only sorry that I didn’t know about it earlier.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Could you please email me an invitation code?
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Will you please send me an invitation code?
March 5th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Love the site! It’s great. Can I get a code to create books?
March 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
May I please have an invitation code? Thanks!
March 10th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Dear Sir:
I began using this site last summer and wrote books from home (and a different e-mail address). Can I access the books I wrote then? Can I look for books by the “author” (the name I used to write last summer)?
Please send an additional invitation code for a few new teachers at my school.
I love this site and have shared it with many people!!
March 10th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I wrote a new book called My Greatest Birthday. It is not reading correctly. Some of my pages are being skipped. Please advise what to do to correct the errors.
Thank you very much!
March 11th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Thanks for the report. It should be fixed now. If others are seeing similar problems I need to hear about them.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Hi,
Can you please send me an invitation code? I’ld love to make books for this site so my students can view my books too!
March 15th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
please send me an invitation code so I can register my class for publishing. thanks!
March 15th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Please send me an invitation code. I am an vision teacher and have a 3 year old with a terminal condition. Would love to publisher her book.
March 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Please send me an invitation code. I am an occupational therapist working with children with disabilities and would like to use your site so that the children can write their own books. We already use the site to work on reading and we love it!
March 19th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
The story “Trent and I” is fun, but it has a misspelled word. On the KFC page, “potatos” should be “potatoes”. I hope you can fix it. Thanks.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I need an invitation code for my students to participate in writing a book at Zachary High School
March 20th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
This is an awesome program. My 2nd-4th graders love this site!! However, they are really wanting to print their books and I would love to so I can send them home to parents. How can I print my published books?
March 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Download the PowerPoint version of the book and print that.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Hi! I am having some trouble downloading a few books as powerpoint files. Do the books need to be submitted a certain way for them to be downloadable? Thanks!
March 25th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Downloading books should be working again. Thanks for letting me know.
March 27th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I have been enjoying TarHeel Reader with my speech-language students all year. Now I’m ready to try my hand at publishing books. How can I get access to the invitation code?
March 27th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I would like a invitation code so I can write a book. thank you.
March 28th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Would like an invitation code.
Thanks
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
Invitation code, please!
April 5th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
invitation code, please!
April 6th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I am a special education teacher for emotionally disturbed and learning disabled elementary students. What a fantastic site! Found it accidentally as I looked for stories for my students. I downloaded many as powerpoint documents for my students. Would love to have an invitation code to write a book – and wouldn’t it be great to have my students write books too?
April 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I could not save my draft, preview or print my book. so disappointing. I worked for a long long time to write it. Please let me know why.
April 7th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Could you send me an invitation code please?
Also, is there any way to prepare the books on a computer offline and then upload them? I’d like to work with some students to write some, but we would be at a site without Internet access. I know I’d have to have my own images to upload rather than relying on Flickr.
Also, can the books use any of the simple animations? If so, what format would I need?
Thanks!
April 8th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Hello. I’ve just completed a book titled “The City” for some of my Special Needs students. Unfortunately, today I’ve been trying to edit, and the changes are not appearing, except for two pages. (the firefighter pages) The “reader” is reading the original version, not the revised one. I can’t let my students read the book as is, since the text does not match the audio.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I would like to request the invitation code to be able to write books for my epals in a special ed. class.
Thank you very much.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I would like an invitation code so that my students and I can submit books to Tar Heel Reader. Thanks! Margo S. Toombs, M.S., CCC-SLP (Speech/Language Pathologist)
April 10th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I am trying to register but am able to get and invitaion code fro the writinga books section Specail Education teacher
April 13th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Can I get an invitation code? I am a SPED Teacher with students with autism…can Boardmaker symbols be used to write a book (copy/paste)? Thanks- awesome resource!
April 15th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
This is a fantastic site! If I publish a book and later want to add to it, do I need to delete my book and start over? I am having trouble editing it. thx
April 16th, 2009 at 8:51 am
I was happy to see that books were in a variety of languages. Since I am of Italian origin I enjoyed hearing and reading these books. However, I noticed that the reader actually said “punto, punto” for the dots preceding the words on many pages. This is obviously a translation issue as these are never read aloud in any language. Just a suggestion.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Yes, the computer-based text-to-speech conversion leaves much to be desired. I wish authors would listen to their books as well as read them but that doesn’t always happen.
If you give me a list of the books with this problem I’ll try to fix them when I get some time.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Can you please send me an inviation code? This site is amazing! Thank you!
April 17th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I would love an invitation code! Thanks!
April 19th, 2009 at 9:40 am
I do not have the invitation code needed to register for your website. I am very anxious to write a book.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I was shown this website by one of my sons tutors in a literacy program for children w/Down Syndrome. I would really like to write a book with some personal pictures. My son loves the format and also loves looking at family photos. Could you please send me an invitation code. Thanks!
April 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Please send me an Invitation Code so I can register to access writing books.
Thank you,
Mary Brody
Special Education Consultant
Orland School District 135
April 24th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Can I please have a invitation code because I would love to write some books. I have a special education student that loves your site and I have some ideas of books he would love. Thanks so much — Kelly Sine
Frederick County Public Schools MD
April 27th, 2009 at 9:28 am
I am anxious to get a invitation code. Could you please send me one? Thanks so much!! I can’t get on the blog or the forum or write any books. I’m stuck until I get a code. Thanks Kelly — FCPS Special Education Assistant
April 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Please send me an Invitation Code so I can register to access writing books.
Thank you,
Claudia Kuster
Special Education Interventionist
Boulder Valley School District
April 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
The ABC book by Whaleman is highly inappropriate and racist. To use the word “Jew” in that type of sentence construction is derogatory. And to feature frilly thong type women’s underwear for “U” is inappropriate for students who would be learning the alphabet. There are dozens of things that could be used.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I cannot figure out how to upload my own images to create a book. I am trying to make a “blues clues” book for an autistic child and cannot find any photos on flicker. I found some public access photos on MSN images, saved them in a folder in my pictures. When I click upload images – it just lets me browse my pics – I can select a folder but then the images don’t upload. Can anyone help me?
April 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Could I please have the registration code…thank you!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
i would love the registration code. Thanks.
May 1st, 2009 at 8:47 am
Gary – I figured out the uploading images from MSN images. I did not have the images in JPEG. Thanks for all your help!
Sincerely – Karen Keipert
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Gary,
Maybe I’m doing something wrong or misunderstand. I tried creating favorites list. Each time I log out and log back in another day my list of favorites is gone. I reconstructed once. Is it not possible to keep a permanent list of favorites? Thanks for all you do.
Dave Koppenhaver
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Hi David,
You can permanently store the favorites list in *your* browser. Just bookmark the favorites page.
You see the list of favorites is encoded into the URL itself. That way anyone can have favorites, even without a login. So save the URL in your bookmarks or on del.ico.us or however else you remember URL’s you want to use later.
Of course you can also email the URL to someone to share a set of favorites. Or put the URL in a blog post, or on a web page. Then anyone who accesses that URL will get that set of favorites.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Just learned of your site. WOW. I teach for St. Paul Schools,St. Paul Minnesota,at Gillette Children’s Hospital. I just had a 5 year old,in a wheel chair,create a story with/on a SMART BOARD. He smiled the whole 30 minutes. He does not smile much these days. All he wants to do is make books. Your program makes writing fun. Thanks
May 8th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Hello, now that the Latinists have discovered your site, you can expect more children’s books in Latin, to add to the first one, produced by Laura Gibbs. Can you add Lingva Latina as a language on your list of languages, and list the Latin books so that users can find them easily?
May 9th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Hi,
I’d like an invitation code so I can register, please!
Thanks
Ian
May 9th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Sorry to ask, because I know I saw this on your site but cannot find it now: how do I create folders on my Favorites page? If I’m wrong and that’s not possible, is there a fix that allows me to have more than the half dozen or so books that fit across the top of my screen?
Thanks!
Bev
May 9th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Hi Bev,
There is no way to create a hierarchy on the favorites page with folders as you suggest. It actually works with a large set of books, you just have to use the arrow keys to step through them instead of selecting them with the mouse. But that is probably not what you’re looking for.
You can have many sets of favorites. Simply create a set you like and bookmark it in your browser. Then create another set and bookmark those. And so on. When you go back to the bookmark the books will be there.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Please, check the mistakes before publishing your readings!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I am referring to the ones in Spanish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I would like a invitation code to for my students to create a digital book. Thanks,
Tammy
May 12th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
The books in Spanish have major syntax and grammar mistakes. These books should not be on a reading website as they are not going to help students learn the language nor read in the language. Please check for mistakes before posting these stories.
May 16th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Hi,
I just got introduced to your excellent web pages by an advisory visiting teacher, could I please have an invitation code.
How can my students get access to write books?
May 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Could I please get an invitation code so that I can register?
Thanks
Kris
May 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Could I please get an invitation code so that I can register?
Thanks
May 21st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
We have enjoyed reading your books, now we would like to write some. Could you please send me an invitation code so I may register?
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Please send me an invitation code so that I may register. Thank you.
May 24th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Please send me an invitation code so that I may register. Thank you.
May 24th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hi,
This is an interesting way to produce readings with spoken tales. Please, send me an invitation code so that I may register and I’ll be able to probe this interesting tool. Thank you.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I am very much enjoying this wonderful resource and have been obsessively avoiding my necessary teacher preparations to write or translate books for about 48 hours so far. I do have a couple of questions/suggestions:
+ Is there no way to change one’s password?
+ I have tried in vain to insert a line break/paragraph into a book. I think this would be very useful.
+ Double quotes become horrible html tags in exported Powerpoint.
+ The author seems always to be preceded by the English word ‘by’, even when we are using other languages (is there/could there be some way to override this).
+ Not that I want to (yet), but is there a way to delete a book you have written? I feel a bit nervous about putting something out there that I can’t withdraw if I decide it is bad.
+ For languages (and characters) not supported by the voice readers, could we have a flag to set to turn off the option of having our books voiced? My Latin sounds very wrong through the reader.
+ Thank you so much for your native Unicode support which lets me use the appropriate characters for my target language! I hope you don’t mind books turning up aimed at language learners of all levels.
Keep up the great work!
May 24th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Hi, Thanks for the kind comments and interesting suggestions. I’ll respond to them individually below.
+ Yes, you may change your password. After logging in go to this URL: http://tarheelreader.org/wp-admin/profile.php you may change your password down at the bottom of that page.
+ You are not allowed to insert paragraph breaks by design. Our primary target audience are new readers who need really simple texts. We are severely restricting the size and formatting of the captions to encourage simple texts. You’ll occasionally see a book with captions that flow clear off the screen; we have the technical means to fix that but have decided not to do it. One alternative to line breaks and paragraphs you might consider is repeating the picture for the text you wanted in a separate paragraph. The experience for the reader is that only the caption on the page changes.
+ Thanks for the bug report on double quotes. I’ll try to fix that. I don’t know about these things unless folks tell me.
+ We are working on support for translated versions of the site. They will include native language supporting text for things like “by”.
+ You may delete books you have written by going to the Books You Wrote page. First edit the book with the link that is there and save it as a Draft. Once it is a draft you’ll see a Delete link on the Books You Wrote page. Click that and your book will be gone.
+ Yes, it should not read a Latin book in English. I’ll try to fix that.
+ The Unicode support comes mostly from the underlying WordPress software. I was surprised the first time I saw a book (in Spanish) with fancy characters.
+ We are pleased that folks are finding the site useful for applications that we never imagined. We may one day create a sister site with fewer rules. For now we are staying focused on our target audience of older beginning readers who had almost nothing to read before Tar Heel Reader.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Congratulations, this is an excellent way to move our students to create stories on their own, using different kind of technology tools.
Thanks for sharing the information about it
May 26th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Thanks for detailed responses to my queries. I seem to have found one other issue: towit, that the favourites do not seem to be persistent. I saved a slew of favourites, and then they weren’t there again from another computer, so I figured that they might be stored in cookies, but then I got home and found that my favourites were gone here too.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Favorites are not saved by the site. But you can save them as a bookmark in your web browser. Look at the URL when you’re on your favorites page with several favorites selected. See that list of numbers? Those are telling the site which books are in your favorites. So, set up your favorites page just like you want it, then bookmark that page. Or email the URL to a friend. Or save it on Del.icio.us or any other way you save and share URLs.
The beauty of this way of doing it is you can have many sets of favorites. They can be topical, or personal and you can organize them in any way you like.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:16 am
It’s an amazing work. Congratulations. I’m going to try in my English class.
May 28th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Hi. I learned about your website at the Closing The Gap conference in October of 2008. Since that time I have used it many times with my students and my own multiply disabled child. However, when it comes to loging in, I have never been able to get past that password. I have requested a new password, and it has never worked. Can you help me to get on so that my child can write her own book?
May 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I have a student who wishes to register to write a book. The web site requires an invitation code. Please advise!
Thank you,
Riley Miller
rileymiller@earthlink.net
May 31st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Hi. Congrats for your fantastic site. I would like my Primary pupils could create their books but I can’t sign up. Coul you send me an invitation code, please. Thank you.
June 1st, 2009 at 8:54 am
Hola a todos! me interesaria trabajar con el programa que Ustedes proponen. Soy docente de primaria en Argentina. Saludos!
June 8th, 2009 at 9:27 am
how to get the ivitation code????????????
June 9th, 2009 at 6:08 am
I love this idea, but I found an error in a Latin book. In the Latin alphabet book, on the D page “dens” means tooth, not leader. The word for leader is “dux”.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I would like an invitation code, so that my class can get working on a book.
Thanks,
Kevin
June 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I have created an account, but am having lots of difficulty either accessing images through flickr (for a moment I see how many results I have and then an error message appears) or uploading images (the dots on the circle rotate indefinitely.) Looking forward to writing. Thanks- Laura
June 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I, like others, need to know how to complete the registration information. Invitation information, etc. Please, we’re anxious to get started.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
hola desde mexico me gusta esto para crear libros para los nene
June 20th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Request a code number to register.
thank you.
blake
June 26th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I keep marking certain books as favorites, but when I go back later it says have no favorites. I have checked all of them and will click on update favorites. It updates the number I have is favorites, but it doesn’t keep them there very long. If I leave the site and come back later, I don’t have any favorites parks. Any suggestions?
thanks — Doug
June 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Doug–favorites only last as long as you’re logged in–they’re not a permanent collection. (Took me a while to figure that out!)
July 1st, 2009 at 4:59 am
This is a common misunderstanding. I wish I could figure out how to explain it better on the site.
The site does NOT store your favorites but YOU can. After you get the favorites page set up just the way you like simply bookmark the page in your web browser. After that, whenever you go to that bookmark your favorites will be there.
The advantages of this approach are:
1) You don’t have to have a login to have favorites.
2) You can have many different sets of favorites (perhaps one for each student).
3) You can email the bookmark to someone else (perhaps to parents for use at home).
4) You can save the bookmark on any of the social bookmark sharing services to create small collections of books.
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 am
I would like the invitation code so that I can obtain a login
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 am
I love the site. You have accomplished a project I started on and abandoned, and done it very well. Thank you!
Now that you’re doing so well, how about a version optimized for the iPhone/iTouch? You’re very close now, the books are fairly readable on an iPhone.
I think the iTouch/iPhone platform is very interesting as a cognitive aide platform…
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
By the way, I don’t think you could possibly made the link to Entries feed more obscure!
.
(It’s at the very bottom of this page, in small text.)
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Your feed is not configured correctly.
I went to your news blog –
http://tarheelreader.org/blog/
I added the feed to Google Reader, but what I got was a feed to your Entries …
http://tarheelreader.org/feed/
So there’s something odd going on.
July 7th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Can I please have the code emailed to me so i can register.
Thank you.
Kristin
July 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I love this program. I would like an invitation to write my own books for my students.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I have been unsuccessful in logging in. I do not have a code to register and would like to receive one. This may possibly have something to do with the error message “invalid user name.” I have several short stories written in Latin which I think young readers will enjoy.
July 31st, 2009 at 12:48 am
Hello, could you send me an invitation code to register, please.
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
trobo que aquesta maner de fer llibres és molt interressant
August 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Great site. Please send me an invitation code to register.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Kia Ora. Hello. We have been enjoying your website in our English class in
the Special Education Department at Waimea College in Richmond
on the South Island of New Zealand. We would like to write a book
on your site. Could we have the invitation code please? Thank you
very much.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Love this site! Could you please email me an invitation code so that I may write a book? Thanks!
August 27th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I like this place but I have a request. I publish a story, and is entitled “Ismaíl e o xigante”. It is written in Galician, a language of Galicia, Spain. We would like this language appeared in Books by Language.
Thank you very much!
August 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I would like the registration code. Thank you very much!!
August 28th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Love the site, found out about it from Karen’s presentation at the Florida CARD seminar in St. Petersburg. I am using materials for my Pre-K ASD classroom. However, look over the elephant picture in the book Elephant in the Library, the elephant has 5 legs, please remove it.
August 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
hey, i love this page..but how do i get the invitation code?
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
Can I get an invitation code please? I would like to register for my children. Thanks!
September 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
This looks like a great resource for my Grade 2 class. I have many ELL learners who would benefit. Please send me an invitation code. Thanks so much.
September 6th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Hi – would love to request “the code”
Thanks for great resource – will be posting a book soon, I hope!
carol
September 8th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I need an invite code in order to have students publish books please send to my work email. Thanks.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
i need invite code please
September 9th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I would like to request a invite code
September 10th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I would like to have an invitation code so as to teach my son. He is really interested in making books. Thanks!!
September 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Hi I am looking for an invitation code! Thanks
September 12th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Hi, having been using the site for a while now but every time I add favourites into my favourite section, then exit out I am losing all the favourites. Is this a known fault?
September 13th, 2009 at 8:18 am
See the Frequently Asked Questions page for how to save your favourites.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
hi, could you email an invitation code? thanks
September 17th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I am looking to see if there is a way to use this site for a child with visual disabilities. I have been able to enlarge the text with my computers functions but I am wondering if there is a way to get highlighted text and/or slow the audio reader down? I would also be interested in just being able to space the words more apart. Is any of this a possibility without having to just re-create books that are already done on the site?
September 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Cynthia, Please contact me. I’d be pleased to brainstorm with you about ways to make the site work for your student.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Hi there, I am trying to register but it won’t give me an invitation code. How do I get an invitation code to register so I can write a book?
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Help! I would like a registration code please!
September 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I know I saved 2 books from my class to drafts. How can I find them? They are not showing up when I go to “write a book.”
Thanks!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I would like an Invitation Code, I teach the preschool special needs class in Caswell County and would like to write some books for my class.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Empiezo a andar, estoy asombrado por los recursos TIC que encuentro . ¡FELICIDADES¡ y sobre todo GRACIAS¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
September 28th, 2009 at 8:14 am
The story States of Matter had some problems. I used power point to fix spelling and grammar errors and the pictures covering the words. The new program does not read the story aloud. How can I get it to do that? Thanks
September 28th, 2009 at 11:35 am
THANK you for letting me write the book .
I like being an authorIi am proud of my book.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:39 am
THANK you for letting me write my book. I like being an author.
i am proud of my wrok
September 28th, 2009 at 11:42 am
thnak you for letting me write this book . I like being an author.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I would like to register on the tarheel reader website, and I need an invitation code. I am a teacher in the Henry County school system (GA). I am a Special Educator. I really feel that my students benefit from your reading program.
September 29th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I also would like to register so that I can use this site with our classroom. (autistic students) Please send me an invitation code. Thanks!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Elmo is a HORRIBLE story and needs to be taken off.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I need an invitation code to begin writing books with my 1st grade class. Thanks!
October 7th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Is there any way to make corrections to already posted books? Many of the Latin ones have mistakes that could easily be corrected with a letter or two.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
There are some grammatical errors in “Safari” in the French section. As Mary McCarty says about the Latin errors, these could be easily corrected with a letter or two!
October 8th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Could you please send me an invitation code? Love your site
October 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I work for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. I would like to write books for my students. I need an invitation code. How do I get this?
I enjoy looking at the books online. I was looking for a book on Christopher Columbus. Thank you for your help.
Arlene Arthur
October 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Hi,
The search feature doesn’t seem to be fully working. When you do a search for an author (like BVS) or tags you no longer get results of the books written by that author.
Thanks again for this WONDERFUL resource that is such a benefit to so many.–Barb Wollak
October 10th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Yes, the old search was giving us problems so I had to temporarily turn those features off. I hope to restore them soon.
See the announcement in the blog.
gb
October 10th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
One of the stories, called “When” has a shield rating. It also has an inappropriate picture & should have a warning. Thanks, Karen
October 10th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Please send an invitation code. This is a wonderful resource! Thanks again, Karen
October 11th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I would really love an invitation code to publish a few books. Can you please send me one? Thanks so much. I’m a special education teacher that uses your website on a daily basis…I love your books!
October 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I want to register but I can not find your email to request an invitation code. Please help!
October 14th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Please send me a registration code – I would love to use the site with my students. I’m a special education teacher. Thank you!
October 14th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Hi!
I would like an invitation code so I could have my students write books.
Thank You!!!
October 14th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
please send an invitation code for registration to write a book.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
I am a beginner. Can the books that students create be printed out? what is the process?
Thanks!
October 16th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I was able to register and write books from my home computer. When I tried this at school, the computers kept saying “error on page” when I tried to select a picture to write a book. Do I need to download any updates or programs to make this work well on my student computers?
You can contact me at stacy.bluma@boiseschools.org
October 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
We would like to utilize the site for our social skills program in our small charter school. Can i please get an access code / Invitation Code to begin?
October 16th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
How do you go about getting an invitation /access code to register. I am a Speech Pathologist working with the Autistic Population and would love to download and write some books for them. Thanks!
October 19th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Hello, I’m a SPED teacher that just found Tar Heel reader at a conference. I’m very excited for my class to start writing books, can I please have an invitation code?
steven.bucko@richfield.k12.mn.us
Thank you,
Steve
October 20th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Is there a way to change a password to something that we will remember better?
October 20th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I would like an invitation code so I may download a book my students and I create. Love your site.
Thanks, hope to hear from you soon.
Have a great day and a better tomorrow.
Paula
October 20th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I would like an invitation code so I can use the site to support their reading and writing skills Anne Burns Speech Pathologist
October 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am
May I please have an invitation code?
October 21st, 2009 at 6:58 pm
May I please have an invitation code
October 21st, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Hi, I’d like to access the site and need a registration code. I am a middle school special education / inclusion teacher.
Thanks!
Kiernan Rok
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
Hi!
I wrote a book as a social story titled “Later”, and it is not coming up in any of the searches. Can this be fixed?
October 24th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Hi, I’d like to use this site to work with my student’s with autism. Could you send me a invitation code? Thanks
October 26th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I’m a special ed teacher can you send me an invitation code? I’m sure I can use this site for my students. Thank you.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I am a first grade teacher and would like to try making a book with my students. Thank you!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 am
I’m a speech pathologist working in the school setting. I would like to help my students write stories. Could you send me an invitation code? Thanks!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I’m a special ed teacher and would like to use this site to make a book with my students. Could you please send me an invitation code? Thank you!
November 9th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Could I get a invitation code to create books
November 9th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I was reviewing some of the Tar Heel Reading books from Math and Science. I particularly liked the Wind Energy Book, until I got to the picture of the telephone lines with a Crucifix imbedded in the picture. This would be very inappropriate to use in a public school setting, not to mention that many would find the picture offensive. I am commenting on this particular picture, in case it had not been noticed by your organization. Otherwise the topic matter and photographic support in the book,Wind Energy, would be a good support for a unit that focuses on renewable energy.
K. McKenna
November 9th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Hi Kathy,
The best way to fix that kind of issue is to use the “Create a new version of this book” link on the Reading Controls page you get to from the Setup button on the front page of the book. This will put you in the editor with a complete (but separate) copy of the book, You can then replace that picture with one that suits your needs better and save the new book. Then you and possibly others have a book you can use.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Will you please send an invitation code to Beth Gronli at beth.gronli@swsc.org? Thank you.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I am a speech-language pathologist in Michigan and love this site. I’d like to make books for my clients (more personalized). Can I get an invitation code?
November 14th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
ksspeech@hotmail.com
November 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I would like to start writing books for students. Could I please get an invitation code.
Lorrie Corry
Literacy Coach
Gretchen Everhart
Tallahassee, Florida
November 18th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I am a special ed. teacher and would like to start writing books. Would you please send me an invitation code? Thanks!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I would like to use your program for my class, could I get an invitation code.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hi
I would love to register and need a code.
I am a Teacher Librarian @ a P-12 school.
Is it also possible for my students to use the same log in or do I need to register them separately?
Many thanks
Jullia
November 24th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Would like a registration code. Special Education Para-professional.
Our students LOVE reading your stories independently! What a great idea! Many thanks!
P Hellebuyck
November 29th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I would like to register for a login. Can you please send me the verification code. Thanks! My students and I LOVE your site.
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:35 am
what is the invitation code
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Inservice done today by Special Education Staff member Linda Lett of PGCPS to introduce us to your program and the potential benefits of it being used with our regional school students. Requesting an invitation code so I may begin using your program.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Any chance that someone could write a book about the Middle East?
December 4th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I need an invitation code, thank you
December 10th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I´m working in a school for handicaped children and need a invitation code to create custumized books for our UK-Group.
Thank you
Bernhard
December 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
i am looking for an invitation code in order to register for tar heel reader. i am an intervention specialist with elementary age students. my students are interested in writing their own books. thank you.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Me parece una herramienta útil que desearía utilizar en el aula
December 14th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I am a teacher and I would like to use the site to develop personalised books with my teenage pupils
December 16th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Hello,
I do not see any way to print a book, as a whole – just as single pages from what is displayed on the screen. Is there a way to print a book as a whole instead of printing separate pages, one at a time?
Thx.
December 17th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Download the slideshow as powerpoint or impress and print that.
December 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Requested new password 2 times. The link sends me back to page for my username and then I get an error code the next time I go back in. Cannot access the site to write a book and I have a young lady who is working on her Christmas book.
Also need to know how to not get my books to have an edit link once the book is completed. Others don’t have this so I know I am doing something wrong.
Thanks.
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:40 am
This is considered to be an educational Web site; you need to edit books for correct spelling/grammar before making them available to the general public!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:33 am
Raven, you can see only books that have been reviewed by selecting the Reviewed link from the list on the right. You can help by writing quality books yourself.
December 26th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Gary,
I need a invitation code for registering to tarheelreader.
Thank you,
Varada
January 5th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
How do you delete a book that you have created? I cannot find this
anywhere on the documentation.
Thx,
Lane
January 5th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Go to the books you wrote page. On it you see all your books. First edit the book and revert it to draft status. Now go back to the books you wrote page. It will be listed among the drafts. There will be a delete link beside the name of the book.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Wow! amazing great site… plan to make a book for my daughter. Rock on tarheels!
January 6th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Please send me an invitation code. I would like to create some books for my students. Thank you.
January 6th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Great site… plan on using it for speech therapy but need a registration code first. Thanks!
January 13th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
would love a code so we could start writing I have a special needs son who would love to use the site
January 14th, 2010 at 8:02 am
I’ m teacher from Spain. I travel in the class ussing the web 2.0. How do I get a username and password to access write a book?
January 14th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Please sent me an invitation code
cjacobs4@school.nyc.gov
Thanks
January 14th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I am a teacher who needs a registration code to write a book with one of my students. Please e mail me at kwood1@sandi.net
January 15th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I would like a registration code please. I am an itinerant special education teacher utilizing assistive technology. Thank you in advance.
January 15th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Helen, your spam filter prevented my reply from getting to you.
January 15th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I work in a resource room at Lowell Elementary in Missoula,MT. I have a few students that I believe would be more than interested in writing a book. We have enjoyed reading many of the books children have written. Please send the registration code to klhunt@mcps.k12.mt.us, thank you.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Kerry,
I can’t send you email either. Your spam filter gets in the way.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I would like to have my student create his own book – please send the invitation code. Thanks.
We have enjoyed this site very much (thus far!).
January 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hi – I am enjoying your site and am using the site to assist a young girl with disabilities to enjoy the reading process. Most of the books I have seen so far are simply adorable; however, I discovered one under the Alphabet section titled “Too Smart” for Publius and Furianus which has graphic violence depicted (guns, bombs, etc). I understand the desire to have easy readers for children of multiple ages, but there is NO need to encourage such violence at a site that is working to better the lives of children. I hope you are able to remove this book from your listings. Thank you.
January 24th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
HI – I’m wondering if the speech can be adjusted to read at a different pace? Is there a way to make it slower or faster? Thanks!
January 26th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
please send invitation code so we can get registered and start creating our own books. Thank you.
January 26th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Hello! Could I please have a registration code? Thank you
Katie Usalis
January 27th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I would like to be able to publish books. Please send an invitation code so I can start. I tried to email you but the email was returned to me.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I am a Latin teacher at Central Bucks South H.S. in Warrington, PA on sabbatical for this school year. During my time off I’m working on a master’s in technology – needless to say I’m looking at several technological tools to implement in my classroom next year. Could I have an invitation code so I can review your Latin stories and see what I can do to contribute to this site.
Thank you.
Meg
January 28th, 2010 at 10:15 am
As a SLP… I love your website! Could you please send me an invitation code so I could make some stories for my kiddo’s too?
January 28th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
How do I delete a page from my book?
January 30th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
ND teacher would like to try books with my SLD students. Please send invitation code.
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:23 am
I teach a Multi-needs class and we would love to write books for others to read. Can I please get an Invitation Code?
Thanks!
February 8th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I have shared this website with other SLPs in our school system. However, today I do not see the “setup” options to select a voice and there is no voice when I try to “read’ a book. Thanks.
February 9th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Please send me aninvitation code so I can register. Thanks
February 11th, 2010 at 3:18 am
I need to know how to write in arabic so i can do my book.
February 14th, 2010 at 2:53 am
I have 2 children with Down syndrome that I would like to be able tohave listen/read some of the books on this site, but the speaking aloud function is very fast. Is there any way to have the voice speaking at a slower rate?
February 17th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Please send an invitation code, I would like to register so our students can use the site. Thanks
February 17th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
HELP!!! I’m stuck! I started writing a book then saved it as a draft. How do I get back to it? Also… I’m having trouble moving the pages around. Do they drag? How do the arrows work? HELP!!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
how do I get an invitation code?
February 17th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Please send an invitation code.
February 22nd, 2010 at 2:11 am
Need an invitation code for tar heel reader please. Wanting to use it with my Students with Disabilities. Thanks
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Please send me an invitation code so I can register. Thanks
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I went to a tech class for kids with special needs and your website came up. I LOVE IT! my son has down syndrome and this will be the perfect writing adn reading tool for him! thank you for doing this. can i get an invitation code so i can register him so we can get started with him creating and reading books. thanks so much
darcy
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I teach a special day class in Newport Mesa Unified School District and would like to have my students create books on Tar Heel Readers site. Could you please send me the invitation code?
February 24th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Could you send me an invitation code, please?
February 26th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
This is a great resource…thank you so much!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I wanted to use the Tarheel reader to create a class project assignment. Please send an Invitation Code so that I can register on your site.
Thanks!
Kristi Garrett
Univ. of Alabama PhD candidate
February 28th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I wondered if you could send me the code so that I can register.
Many thanks,
C.LaCroix
March 1st, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Site looks great could you please send me an invitation code.
Thanks Patty
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Could you please send me an invitation code? Thanks!
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 am
How can I get a invitation code?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I would love a invitation code so my students can write books. I also the book Arizonia the state I hate is not kid friendly in my opinion.
March 4th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Hi The site es very nice and handy for my work
thank you very much
Mariana
March 6th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I would like an invitation code. I would like to write a book. I am a teacher and graduate student at The College of New Jersey. I am doing a project for Dr. Jerry Petroff.
Thanks!
March 10th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I would like to obtain an invitation code so that I may register with the Tar Heel Reader website. Thank you!
Tara Gilbert
SLP/Assistive Technology specialist
March 10th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
The readers do not appear to work with Windows 7, is there a patch to fix this problem?? Or is it just me!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Anne, I tested this morning and all appears to work in Windows 7 for me.