[Michlib-l] Setting up ReadSquared Participants the First Time

[Janice Heilman]

We do it the way Jocelyn described. 

Overall I think the process is easy. To make it easier for patrons, I suggest limiting your registration questions as much as possible (so each family doesn’t need to enter the age, grade, gender, school, etc. for every child in their family), especially if you won’t be using that data anyway.

Janice Heilman 
Head of Youth Services
Howell Carnegie District Library 

> On Apr 21, 2022, at 4:03 PM, Jocelyn Levin via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
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> My vote is to definitely register the parent and then add individual children. But I've never done batch registering before - we require the parents to register themselves and add their kiddos themselves.
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> Jocelyn Levin, MLIS
> Youth Services Librarian
> jlevin at ltpl.org
> *Please note new email address*
> 
> Lyon Township Public Library
> 27005 S. Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178
> 248.437.8800
> www.LTPL.org
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> 
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 2:12 PM Peter Butts via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
>> This is the first time we are trying an online summer reading program.
>> We are hoping the Read2ed app will be appealing enough that most of our families will enter themselves, but I want to make sure we are prepared for a number of traditional registrations and I want to develop a process that makes it as easy as possible for staff to add these users to ReadSquared. 
>> 
>> I'm specifically wondering about the best way to register family groups. The video for registering participants -  https://www.readsquared.com/Training/2019/04_Staff/RegisteringParticipants.mp4
>> includes the steps for batch uploading  individuals, but it doesn't seem to include the family group link.
>> 
>> So, those of you who have done this before, which procedure makes the most sense:
>> 
>> A. Register families individually with the parent first, then individual children, or
>> B. Batch register individuals and then link them to the parents one by one.
>> 
>> Any feedback is appreciated.
>> 
>> Peter Butts, MLS
>> Children's Librarian,
>> Three Rivers Public Library
>> - READ.  LEARN. DREAM. -
>> 269.273.8666, ext. 202
>> cel: 269.388.3938
>> www.threeriverslibrary.org
>> 
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