Destiny Tips and Training

Teacher and Library Staff Training 

• Help for Students (pdf) - Creating Account (pdf), Access from Home, Placing Holds, Creating and using Resource Lists, Writing Reviews (pdf), Making Recommendations to others, Uploading Digital content for approval (pdf).

   

• Help for Teachers (page with handouts) - CONTENTS: Creating Account, Access from Home, DestinyQuest vs Library Search,  Adding titles to the LMS purchasing Wish List, Making Recommendations to others, Writing and approving Reviews, Uploading and managing Digital content,  My Personal List & Status, My Searches & History, Creating Resource Lists
• Destiny Wiki with tips for LMS

Library Support Staff Training (Access to these features is managed by LMS)

• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS  - this link will open a new page containing your questions and the tips. 

• Home - web links, tabs & breadcrumbs!

• How to Edit your Home Page (pdf) - LMS login only

• Catalog (2 interfaces)
• Destiny Quest - Search Help, Visual Shelf Browse, Location
• Library Search - Basic Search (pdf handout) and Power Search (pdf), Visual, Location, Categories, Details and TitlePeek
• Add, Import and Update Title/Copies 
• Print Labels for Copies Added
• Resource Lists  (pdf)
• eBooks

• Reviews - locating them and creating a list of books with reviews

• Managing Periodicals - (doc link created by Jeannette Wald, Osseo School District)

• Circulation
• Check Out/Check In - by Patron or By Homeroom; Due Dates; All district patrons
• Renew
• ILL Reserves and Holds - staff initiated (pdf)
• Processing Needed
• Fines
• Copy Status
• Patron Status

   

• Back Office
• Find Patron
• Add or Update Patron
• Inventory (pdf) and Checklist (In Destiny, go to the Home Tab and Click on Help)
• Inventory Basics for Library Media Specialist to setup (pdf)
• Uploading scans from Panther to Destiny (pdf)-  

   

• Job Manager
• Overdue Notice Reports

• Zero circulation reports to evaluate items for weeding

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