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Running an Online Reading Challenge

Running an Online Reading Challenge. Tricks of the trade for three different approaches. challenge: setup. Started in 2007(?) with 5 teams, ~25 participants 2012: 14 teams, ~200 participants Form teams (At least 3 people per team) Challenge reading period: 3 months Report what you read

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Running an Online Reading Challenge

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  1. Running an Online Reading Challenge • Tricks of the trade for three different approaches

  2. challenge: setup • Started in 2007(?) with 5 teams, ~25 participants • 2012: 14 teams, ~200 participants • Form teams (At least 3 people per team) • Challenge reading period: 3 months • Report what you read • Winners: Individual & Team (average) pages read

  3. no prizes but pride

  4. my job as show-runner • Make it easy to participate • Encourage fun (have fun) • Provide stats to encourage competition • Share their reading discoveries

  5. input options • Build your own database • Use a survey tool • Use an online library (LibraryThing, Goodreads)

  6. byo database • MySQL Database + Form on your website

  7. byo survey • Online survey tool (with export function)

  8. library thing!

  9. Logged In

  10. “Add books”

  11. “Add books” page

  12. “Add to collections”

  13. Select your name

  14. Search for your book

  15. Search results

  16. Click on the title/author

  17. It’s been added!

  18. It’s been added!

  19. Add tags

  20. all the tags • Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults • Gender: Boys, Girls • Genre: Adventure, Chick Lit, Fantasy, Gentle/Christian, Graphic Novels, Historical, Horror/Paranormal, Issues, Literary, Mystery, Nonfiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Western

  21. Likes, dislikes, read-alikes

  22. To add more, search again

  23. See your team’s books

  24. Select “All collections”

  25. It’s all the books!

  26. Page count needed

  27. No page count. None.

  28. Page count = pagination

  29. Page count added

  30. Running an Online Reading Challenge • Tricks of the trade for three different approaches

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