Answer: Students earn game coins with each activity they pass or when a teacher reviews the students submitted work and awards coins. These coins can be redeemed in our Rewards page. Keep in mind teachers/parents can customize the Rewards page settings and have the option to turn the page off completely, set to “Weekends Only” mode or limited the amount of daily play.
Answer: Yes.
If we do not have a book quiz you can create one.
All book quizzes are reviewed by our book quiz team before going live.
Answer: No. We don’t provide books, ebooks or audible books.
Our students either own or borrow the books from their school, classroom or local library.
Answer: Yes.
Keeping in mind Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is not a curriculum but a set of standards. BookAdventure.com is a resource that supports CCSS initiatives such as foundational reading skills, writing, language arts and cross curricular learning.
We can provide reports by State on how to align with your state standards.
For iPad auto correct, you can turn off by:
Voice-overs for words and sentences have been curated by Book Adventure. Our book quiz text, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms (program's live text) are read aloud using the browser's TTS (Text-to-Speech) feature. If you find that any Book Adventure word or sentence needs to be re-recorded, please email us at admin@bookadventure.com.
To change the voice-over for our live text, you can modify your browser's TTS settings, which will affect the voice-over throughout the program.
How to Change Your Browser's TTS
Every browser handles this feature a little differently, but generally, you can find this option in the 'Settings' menu.
Here is How to Change the Chromebook TTS Setting:
Change the language, voice, or volume for Text-to-speech:
Answer: We offer a 7-day refund period from the date of initial payment which is subject to a $7 cancellation fee.
Answer: We offer a 7-Day free trial for you (parent/teacher) and up to 5 of your students. To get started on your 'book adventure' click the green Sign Up button at the top of the page. During or after your free trial, you can purchase a Premium subscription to Book Adventure by clicking the Membership tab and reviewing available plans.
Answer:
1. Live Chat: Real time response during business hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST we offer a live chat (bottom right of the page).
2. eMail: The second quickest way to contact us and get a response within hours is via email: admin@bookadventure.com
3. Snail mail:
Synergy 1 Group, Inc.
Attention: Book Adventure
19101 CORTEZ BLVD UNIT 10724
PO BOX 10724
Brooksville, FL 34603
Answer: First thing a parent should do is create their student accounts.
Creating Student Accounts:
Step 1: Click the Student tab at the top of your dashboard page
Step 2: Click ADD/EDIT Students
Step 3: Scroll down and click the blue Add a Student button
Step 4: Fill in the fields, keeping in mind, the User Name needs to be unique to the Book Adventure universe as each student has their own account. User names like “AshelyM” or “JaAdams” have long been taken so if your school is using any kind of first name, last initial of first initial, last name convention, try adding a school related prefix or suffix to those user names to remain unique.
Step 5: Once all your student accounts are created, scroll to the bottom of the page and print out a log of these accounts.
Step 6: Distribute to your students their user names and passwords and they are ready to log in to their new student accounts.
Answer: Goals represent the number of books you want a student to try to read in a given period of time. The teacher can use any period of time and “Goals” can always be edited and amended.
Answer: Yes. Book Adventure is customizable! Turn activities on/off by logging into your teacher account and click on the “Customization’” tab (top of page). Here you can turn on/off learning activities. When you turn an activity ‘OFF’ it will not been seen in your students’ accounts.
Answer: Log into your Book Adventure Premium Teacher’s account. Click the Rewards page tab at the top of the screen. Find the green text that says “CHANGE GAME PAGE SETTINGS” and left click. You can now turn the Rewards page off for all students in your classroom. Or, you can set to “Weekends Only” mode and set the student’s daily play time allowance.
Answer: Yes, all teachers and students can search the Book Adventure database by title or author to find a book and once found, that book can be added to their Quick Find Book List. Students can then click the All Books List tab, and then select the drop down list in My Book Lists, find their Quick Find Book List, click that, and then find the book they just added and click the ACTIVITIES button to start their work.
