We've just made it easy for everyone to work together to create bigger and better Little Reader lesson files!
We at BrillKids have always been big on the concept of
COMMUNITY, and what better way to promote the spirit of working together than through
COLLABORATIONS IN MAKING GREAT LITTLE READER LESSONS?
We understand that some of you may not have the resources or technical know-how to create Little Reader files which match our criteria for Premium Content, and this is the main reason why we are opening the
COLLABORATION BOARD, so you can ask for help from other members to create your Little Reader files!
And don't think that helping is a thankless job! We have created a way for you to share the points with your collaborators so that once your Little Reader file gets approved into premium status,
points will be divided among you!
Although there can only be one author credited with the file (usually that person will be the one who came up with the idea of the lesson in the first place) points will be split up among the people who have helped in contributing to the creation of the file! You can even set the percentage division of the points as you please!
So here's how you can work together:1. Post a notice in this board asking people what type of service you need to create your Little Reader file. This will serve as an advertisement to let people know what kind of help you will need.
You can also post an announcement here to let people know what kind of help you can offer. For example, if you're really good at editing pictures, you can post about your readiness to collaborate by contributing pictures. Or, if you're well-versed in recording and editing sound files, you can let people know how you can help by saying that you're willing to contribute pronunciations and picture audio.
2. Communicate to each other through this board or via PM.When it comes to the nitty-gritty of sharing your lesson plans, you can communicate either by creating new threads in this board or via PM, whatever way you feel comfortable with.
3. Create the Little Reader File.Once you and your collaborators have enough media to put together your lesson, all the media content gets sent to the author (usually via email or posting here as attachments.) The author then puts everything together into one great Little Reader category or playlist file.
4. Upload this file to the Forum.The author then uploads the file to the forum, in pretty much the usual way you add a download. Go through the whole process. Before the process is over, precisely after uploading the file, you will encounter a new screen which looks like this:
This is where the author splits up the percentage of points and adds in the usernames of her collaborators.
And that's it!
Once the file hits the 100-download mark and gets approved into premium status, the points will be split among the people who have contributed to the creation of the file, according to the percentage split-up defined by the author!
We hope this makes it easier for all of you to work together to make better Little Reader files, but even more so, we hope this is a way for all of you to make new friends and get to know each other through the process of working together.
As always, happy teaching!
Lappy
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