Welcome! Welcome to the St. Rita textbook link. We are confident that you will find that this resource is easy to use. Your experience here will be enhanced if you pay attention to the following: • Do all viewing and purchasing on your son’s iPad. Do not use a smart phone, including an iPhone. • To ensure that you are purchasing the books that match your son’s classes, wait to buy until you have his schedule in hand. On the link, honors courses are designated with an “H.” • Every book uses an app to access it, and most books are found through the iBooks, Kindle and CourseSmart apps. However, a variety of classes require other apps. Before purchasing, peruse the “view or purchase textbooks” link to see which apps you will need to download based on your schedule. We recommend that you download apps before purchasing texts. • Every St. Rita student has a summer reading requirement. All students must click on the Summer Reading button to see what the required texts are for summer reading. AP World History sophomores will have to check the button for that class and the All Sophomores button. • Some texts offer the option to rent or buy. If you want to rent a text, be sure that you are aware of the course length (1 semester or all year) and the duration of the rental. • Pay attention to any special directions in red under book titles. • This link will remain active during the school year in case you want to buy books for second semester classes at a later date. • You may notice an “I want to sell my books” link. This option does not apply to St. Rita, since all our books are electronic.
Purchasing and Accessing Your Textbooks While the majority of the required digital textbooks are either iBooks or Kindle books, there are a few other distributors that require a specific app to access their books. Below are the directions for purchasing, downloading and accessing textbooks from each of the distributors. All user names and passwords used to create accounts for these purchases should be written down as they will be needed to access purchased books on your iPad. To simplify the process, all purchases should be made on the student iPad. Consult your schedule and the “view or purchase textbooks” link to determine the required textbooks for your classes. iBooks - iBooks App
1. If you don't have the iBook app on your iPad, download it from the app store. 2. From your iPad, go to the booklist portal website and select the class and then the book. 3. When the link opens, tap on the price of the book. 4. Tap “Buy Book.” 5. If prompted, enter you Apple ID and password. 6. In the iBooks app, go to “Library” to see the books you have downloaded.
Kindle Book - Kindle App
1. You must have an Amazon account. If you already have one you can move ahead to step 8. 2. To create an Amazon account, go to www.amazon.com. 3. In the upper right hand corner of the website, tap “Hello, Sign In Your Account.” 4. When the Drop down options appears, select “New Customer? Start Here.” 5. Follow the online instructions to create an account. 6. On your iPad download the Kindle app and sign in to your Amazon account. 7. When prompted select “register this device.” 8. Go to www.amazon.com and login to your account. 9. Search for the textbook you want to buy. 10. Choose the Kindle Edition. Purchase the book with a credit card or through Paypal. 11. Select your iPad as the device to download to. 12. When the transaction is complete, open the Kindle app on the iPad and wait for the book to download.
Pearson/Cengage E-books - CourseSmart App The following classes access the books through the CourseSmart app: 420 Chemistry Honors, 431 Physics Honors, 432 Physics, 441 AP Chemistry, 442 Chemistry, 464 Forensic Science, 770 Accounting. 1. You must have a CourseSmart account. If you have a CourseSmart account, go to step 5. 2. Go to the booklist portal and select a class and the book. 3. Once on the CourseSmart website, Select "Create An Account." 4. Follow the instructions to create an account. (Note: "Under College, School, or Institution" the school's zip code is 60620. From the drop down box, select "Other" and manually type "St. Rita High School." 5. Go to the booklist portal and select the class again. 6. Follow the link to purchase the book. 7. Purchase the book. 8. On your iPad, tap into the App Store and download “CourseSmart." 9. Open the application and login using your CourseSmart account to access your book.
Bluefire App The following classes access the books through the Bluefire Reader app logging into an Adobe ID: 556 AP Human Geography, 830 AP English Language, 913 Health, 916 Sports Medicine, 918 Coaching.
1. On your iPad, tap into the App Store and download “Bluefire Reader” for FREE. 2. When Bluefire Reader launches for the first time, you will be asked if you want to authorize the application. Authorize Bluefire Reader with an Adobe ID account. If you do not have an Adobe ID, tap the red button in the upper right-hand corner to open an Adobe account and create an ID and password. 3. After entering your Adobe ID, tap on "CONTINUE" to authorize the reader. Now you are ready to start buying your books. 4. Go to the booklist portal and choose your purchases by clicking ADD TO CART. 5. After completing the check out process, you will receive an email confirmation. Click on the link in the confirmation email and you will be directed to a Download page. 6. Click to download your book. 7. Click "OPEN IN BLUEFIRE READER." 8. Your book will be placed in your Bluefire Reader library. Tap on the cover image to open your e-book. Vista Higher Learning E-Book for Spanish and French The Spanish and French books are purchased through Vista Higher learning and include access to an online website.
NOTE REGARDING SPANISH TEXTBOOKS: Spanish 1 and 2 Academic and Honors use the same book for two years, and Spanish 3 and 4 Academic and Honors use the same book for two years. There is no need to purchase the Spanish book for Spanish 1 or 2 if you purchased it last year in either hard copy or electronic format. If you are a senior taking Spanish 4 and you already own the text from Spanish 3, there is no need to purchase another. This does not apply to AP Spanish 4.
1. Go to the booklist portal and select the class and then the book. 2. To purchase the book select "Add to Cart." 3. Select "Continue to Checkout" 4. Review the order and if it is correct select "Checkout." 5. If you have a Vista Higher Learning account, select "Log in" and go to step 8. 6. If you do not have a Vista Higher Learning account, select "Create a Student Account" and fill in the required information. 7. Select "Create Student Account." 8. Complete your order by filling out the required information. 9. Go to the App Store and search by the title of your book. 10. Be sure to select the correct level (Freshman/Sophomore Level 1, Junior/Senior Level 2) 11. Tap "Get", then tap "Install" 12. If prompted enter your Apple ID 13. Go to the iPad home page and find the book. 14. Open the book and log in using your Vista Higher Learning Student account to access it.
Kno - Kno App
Theology 2 and Theology 2H require The Catholic Youth Bible NRSV which is available through Kno.
1. Go to the booklist portal and select the class and then the book. 2. Select "Buy It" 3. Select "Register" to create a Kno account. Go to step 5 if you already have a Kno account. 4. Create an account and sign in. 5. Purchase the book. 6. Fill out the required information to complete the transaction. 7. On the iPad, tap on the App Store and download "Kno" 8. Open the Kno app and log in to your Kno account to access the book.
Google Play - Google Play Books App
Latin 1, Latin 2 and Latin 2H require Lingua Latina: Familia Romana which is available through Google Play. This book is used by freshmen and sophomores. There is no need to purchase if you purchased it last year in either hard copy or electronic format. 1. You must have a Google account. If you already have a Google account, go to step 5 2. To create a Google account, go to www.google.com and select "Sign In" 3. Select "Create an account" 4. Fill in the required information and confirm the account. 5. Go to the booklist portal and select the class and then the book. 6. Select "Buy" 7. Select "Sign in" 8. Sign in using your Google account 9. Follow the online steps to complete the transaction 10. On the iPad, tap on the App Store and download "Google Play Books" 11. Open the Google Play Books app and sign in using your Google account to access the book.
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To give us feedback on your textbook buying experience, please email Paul Harrington at [email protected].