FSHISD student library accounts are connected to the primary and secondary parent email addresses provided in the registration packet.  Please use one of these to access your student’s library/media center information. Note: Each library/media center’s catalog is public and may be viewed via the Destiny Discover links on the websites.  The following directions are for viewing information specific to your student and for utilizing the parental control features for print materials.  Contact the secondary librarian for further assistance or questions.

LOGIN

1. Click the Destiny Parent Access Link here.

2. Type your email address.

3. Click Get Access Code.

Note: 

If the email address either does not match what is in Destiny or is not connected to a student in the district, you will see the following message:

4. Go to your email account to retrieve the access code.

Notes:

• The code expires in 10 minutes. If it expires, you can click Resend Code from the Get Access Code page.
• If you enter an invalid access code, you will see an Incorrect Access Code message.
•  The email is sent from no-reply@follettsoftware.com with the subject, "Additional User Type Access Code."
• If the code is sent more than once, after the second time, the user will need to refresh the screen, and then reenter their email address.

5.  The screen should show your student’s name in the upper right corner of the screen once you are logged in to the parent access account. 

SEARCH

1. Select the magnifying glass at the top of the left sidebar. On the Search bar, you can search the library catalog for titles, authors, and books/ebooks/audiobooks by subject.
2. A list of titles that meet the criteria entered will appear.
3. More specifics about a title can be viewed by clicking “View more details”.
4. A second window will appear bringing up the public version of our library/media center catalog.  It will load the specifics of the book including call number, reading level, interest level,  brief overview, additional summary/annotations, etc.  Please note that Fiction titles are noted by FIC at the beginning of the Call Numbers and numerical Call Numbers indicate Nonfiction titles.

5. After searching, a list of titles in the current library/media center catalog will appear.  If a title is not a good fit for your student, you can block your student from checking out of the library/media center by first clicking the three dots in the upper right corner of the title.

6. Then, select “Do not check out to Student Name”. This will then block the book from being checked out to the student listed until the block is removed in the parent account.  The block will stay active as long as the student is a member of FSHISD.

CHECKOUTS

1. View materials that are checked out by selecting the checked book icon. 
2. Once selected, a list of all print materials currently checked out will appear.  This includes the title, author, and the date checked out as well as the date due.  For more information, click “View more details”.  
3. A second window will appear bringing up the public version of our library/media center catalog.  It will load the specifics of the book including call number (which indicates genre), reading level, interest level,  brief overview, additional summary/annotations, etc.  Please note that Fiction titles are noted by FIC at the beginning of the Call Numbers and numerical Call Numbers indicate Nonfiction titles.

HISTORY

1. To view the student checkout history, select the clock icon on the left sidebar. 
2. A list of library/media center materials checked out over the last year will appear. Current checkouts appear here as well.  The dates a book is checked out as well as the dates checked in (once it is turned in).  To see more history than initially appears on the screen, use the scroll bar on the right. The list is from most recent to oldest.

BLOCKED

1. To view library/media center materials that are currently blocked from checkout by the student, click the No icon. 
2. A list of blocked materials will appear. If no materials have been blocked, none will be displayed. If a title has been blocked that you wish to unblock, click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the materials information box.
3. A pop up “Check this material out to student name” appears.  Select the pop up if you wish to enable check out.  

Printable Destiny Parent Access Directions

For ebooks / audiobooks/ magazines, parents may view your student’s checkout history and lock books utilizing the parent control features in Sora.

Enabling parental controls and entering Parent Mode

1. Have your student log into Sora through Classlink.Sora is located in the yellow RGC_MC folder. 
2. Go to , then select Parental Controls (under "Support").
   
3. Turn on Parental Controls.
   
4. Enter a 6-digit PIN. You'll use this PIN whenever you want to access Parent Mode.
5. Select Enable.

• You'll be in Parent Mode right after you enable parental controls. Make sure to exit Parent Mode before returning Sora to your student.
• After you enable parental controls, you can get back to Parent Mode by going to > Parental Controls and entering your PIN.

Using Parent Mode

In Parent Mode, you can:

• Select Browse to see all the titles your student has access to in Sora, including those from their school library and any additional libraries they've added. You can also search for specific titles. Searches performed in Parent Mode aren't saved and don't show under recent searches.
• Select History to see the books your student has borrowed or placed on hold. You can edit the history or remove individual items.
• Lock a title to prevent the student from sampling, borrowing, or reading it.

Locking titles

You can lock books to prevent your student from sampling, borrowing, or reading them. To lock a book, go to the title details page and select Lock.

Note: If you lock a magazine, all issues of that magazine will be locked.

Students will still see a locked book when browsing, and can see a locked book's details page, but won't be able to borrow it or place a hold. If the student already has a hold on the book, they won't be able to borrow it when it's available.

Locking a book only locks that format and edition. For example, if a book is available as both an ebook and audiobook, you'll need to lock both of them. Or, if you lock a book and another edition is added, you'll need to return to Parent Mode to lock the new edition.

To unlock a book, go to the title details page and select Unlock

Disabling parental controls

When parental parental controls are disabled:

• The PIN to enter Parent Mode is reset.
• Any locked books are unlocked and available to your student.

1. In Sora, go to , then select Parental Controls (under "Support").
2. Enter your PIN, then select Enter Parent Mode.
3. Turn off Parental Controls.

Printable Sora Parent Access Directions

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FSHISD Library Materials Challenge Form