Junior Great Books Digital Classroom FAQ

Junior Great Books Digital Classroom is a platform that seamlessly integrates Junior Great Books Teacher’s Editions, Student Books, and Reader’s Journals online. In this convenient platform, students will learn to read for deep comprehension, boost their critical thinking skills, collaborate through note-taking and discussion, and practice writing. Teachers can easily assign sessions, view student progress, and refer to national standards. Junior Great Books Digital Classroom offers single sign-on with ClassLink, Clever, and Google Classroom. Additionally, it is LTI-compliant, so it can be easily integrated with any LMS, including Canvas.

Customers can purchase Junior Great Books Digital Classroom for one-year, two-year, or three-year subscriptions. Multiyear subscriptions are also available at discounted rates. A perpetual license is not currently available.

Every student and teacher will need a license to access the platform. Licenses can be revoked at the end of a subscription year and reissued to new classes, teachers, or students at the start of a subscription renewal.

Classroom bundles are available for both print and digital materials or digital materials only, and they all include teacher training. Each classroom bundle is for 1 teacher and 30 students. Individual or Small-Quantity Licenses are also available. Please contact your K-12 Partnership Manage to discuss pricing options.

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Junior Great Books Digital Classroom:

• Streamlines the learning process, as students read texts and complete interpretive activities in the same online space
• Includes audio recordings of texts, where applicable, which students can activate at any time during a session
• Aligns each activity to commonly used standards, with new standards being added regularly
• Retains page references to our print materials so you and your students can work with books or online
• Simplifies evaluating and grading students’ work
• Makes it easy to track individual and class time spent on assignments

This easy-to-use platform enables teachers to:

• Manage the classroom
  • Create and manage class rosters
  • Make and share assignments
  • Archive and reactivate classes

• View student analytics
  • Track student time spent on assignments
  • Evaluate individual student or whole-class progress
  • Generate course reports showing students’ performance, usage, and achievement of standards

• Respond to student work
  • View and grade work
  • Respond to student notes
  • Give individual feedback

Plus, annotation tools enable students to:

• Highlight text with different colors
• Write or draw with a pen tool
• Type comments and questions
• Add stamps to record reactions

Junior Great Books Digital Classroom can be integrated with many popular online learning platforms and education data providers, including:

• Blackboard
• Brightspace
• Canvas
• ClassLink
• Clever
• Google Classroom
• Microsoft Teams
• Moodle
• OneRoster
• Schoology

Don’t see your provider on the list? We’re available to meet with your IT manager to find the best fit for your organization. Email us at support@greatbooks.org.

Yes, you can test-drive Junior Great Books Digital Classroom for FREE and see for yourself how it supports student learning and engagement with easy-to-use features and classroom management tools that facilitate remote and hybrid learning.

Just enter your state or location below to schedule a meeting with your Great Books educational consultant, and they will help you set up your free trial!

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Units and selections cannot be printed. Resources generally cannot be printed either, with a few exceptions. If a resource is printable, there will be a PDF button next to it. When you click on the button, a PDF of the resource will open in a window that allows you to download and/or print it.

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• Series 1
• Series 2, Book One
• Series 2, Book Two
• Series 3, Book One
• Series 3, Book Two
• Series 4, Book One
• Series 4, Book Two
• Series 5, Book One
• Series 5, Book Two
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• Nonfiction Inquiry 3
• Nonfiction Inquiry 4
• Nonfiction Inquiry 5
• Series 6
• Series 7
• Series 8

Junior Great Books Digital Classroom can be used on any device with a modern browser connected to the internet. For a better user experience, we recommend using Google Chrome as your browser and working on a screen that’s at least as large as a tablet. There is no need to install any additional software.

You have several options to purchase:

• Visit our online store at store.greatbooks.org
• Fax your purchase order to 312.407.0224
• Mail your purchase order or check to The Great Books Foundation, 233 N Michigan Ave, Ste 420, Chicago, IL 60601
• Email your purchase order to customer.service@greatbooks.org
• Call 800.222.5870 or talk to your Great Books educational consultant

Whichever option you choose, we encourage you to talk to your Great Books educational consultant first to discuss your subscription options and any collaboration needs for your district, school, or classroom.

Option 1: Self-Registration: Using the access code provided to you by the Great Books Foundation, you will create an account and have immediate access to your Junior Great Books Digital Classroom materials. The teacher will manually control the administration of courses and student accounts.

Option 2: Single Sign-On: Log in and gain instant access to Junior Great Books Digital Classroom materials using ClassLink, Clever, Google Classroom, or an LTI-compliant LMS such as Canvas.

Not sure which option to choose? Email us at support@greatbooks.org.

Yes, you can purchase licenses as an individual.

Yes, you can add Junior Great Books Digital Classroom access to any Junior Great Books K-8 teacher or student print purchase for a discounted price. Please contact your K-12 Partnership Manager to discuss pricing.

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Click here for the Junior Great Books Digital Classroom Terms of Service.

Email your question to support@greatbooks.org.