Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/Access-to-Library-Account-on-Web/English

Visual cue	Narration
Slide 1	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Access your Library Account on the Web.
Slide 2 Learning Objectives Access your Library Account as a patron on the Web And it’s benefits	In this tutorial, we will learn how to - Access your Library Account as a patron on the Web And it’s benefits
Slide Number 3 System Requirement	To record this tutorial, I am using* Firefox web browser
Slide	This tutorial assumes that Your system administrator has a Koha Library installed on a server. The SuperLibrarian or Library Staff has created some Item types in this Koha Library
Slide	This tutorial assumes that You know the URL of this Koha Library You are a patron of this library If not, please contact your Librarian or system administrator for the same.
	Let’s begin.
Slide	Open your Web Browser and type http://127.0.1.1/8000 This URL is based on- The port number and domain name is given by your sys-ad at the time of installation
Open Web Browser Type http://127.0.1.1/8000 and Press Enter	Now, press Enter.
Cursor on Welcome to Spoken Tutorial Library	A new OPAC page with the heading, Welcome to Spoken Tutorial Library, opens.
Go to top right corner of the OPAC page Click on Login to your account:	On the top right corner of the OPAC page, click on Login to your account: This login is for the patrons of the library.
Cursor on Login id and Password:	On the new window that opens, we have to enter our patron Login: and Password:
Enter login as Reena and password as library	Recall that we had created a Patron as Ms. Reena Shah in an earlier tutorial. I will login as Reena and type her password here. If you created a different partron, then use those login details here.
Cursor on Hello, Reena Shah	A new page Hello, Reena Shah, opens. This page reflects the details of the summary of the Patron.
Cursor on Checked out (1) Cursor on Title- Exploring Biology Sharma, Sanjay Due- 01/06/2017 Barcode- 00002 Call no. Fines- No	The page shows details for Checked out (1) items like: Title- Exploring Biology Sharma, Sanjay Due- 10/08/2018 Barcode- 00002 Fines- No Remember- this entry was made in an assignment of an earlier tutorial.
Cursor on your summary your fines your personal details your tags change your password your search history your reading history your privacy your purchase suggestions your messaging your lists	Note the other tabs on the left side of the page. your summary your fines your personal details your tags change your password your search history your reading history your privacy your purchase suggestions your messaging and your lists
Narration only	Upon clicking these tabs, details of the Patron opens up. I will explain about these tabs later in this tutorial.
Cursor on Cart Lists	On the top left corner of the OPAC interface, notice that there are two tabs: Cart and Lists
Type Microbiology in OPAC Click on Go Cursor on the list of items	If you wish to add any Library item to a cart, then do the following- Search for the item in OPAC, as explained earlier in this series. I will type Microbiology and click Go. You may search an item that you want from your library. The search results of that keyword appears.
Cursor on- Place Hold Save to Lists Add to cart	Under each title, the following options appear- Place Hold Save to Lists Add to cart Note that the option Place Hold, will appear only for the items that can be issued by the library.
Point to Add to cart option	Click on the option Add to cart for adding any particular item to the cart.
	In case multiple items have to be added to the cart then do the following steps.
Cursor on Select titles to:	Locate the tag Select titles to: just above the list of items.
Click on the radio button on the left side of the respective items	To add multiple items to the cart, click on the radio button on the left of the respective items.
Cursor on With selected titles:	Now go to the top. The tag Select titles to will appear as With selected titles:
Click on Cart Cursor on Cart	From the drop-down, click on Cart. All the selected items will move to the cart.
Cursor on Cart	Next, go to the top left corner of the interface and locate the tab Cart.
Click on the Items in your cart:2	From the drop-down, click on Items in your cart:2
Cursor on 2	Please note: number 2 represents the total number of selected items. As I selected 2 items, the number here is 2. If you selected a different no. of items, then that no. will appear on your interface.
Cursor on Your cart Cursor on More details Send Download Print Empty and close	On clicking, a new window Your cart with the following options, appears: More details Send Download Print Empty and close You may explore these on your own.
Close the window.	After exploring close this window. To do so, go to top left corner of the page and click on the cross button
	We are now in the OPAC interface.
Click on Save to Lists	In case, an item has to be added to Lists then, click on Save to Lists, at the bottom of each item.
A new window Add to a list: opens Cursor on Industrial Microbiology Patel, Arvind H.	On clicking, a new window Add to a list: opens, with the title of the particular item. In my case -Industrial Microbiology Patel, Arvind H.
Cursor on section- Add to a new list: Type Microbiology in the field for List name:	Under the section Add to a new list:, in the field for List name:, type the name for the list. This is purely for your reference. I will type Microbiology here. You may give a name as per your requirement.
Under the section Category:,* From the drop down click on Private	Next, under the section Category:, from the drop-down, click on Private if not already selected by Koha This ensures that the list will be visible only to you.
Click on Save	Now, click on Save at the bottom of the page.
Click on the tab Lists	We are again at the OPAC interface Now, at the top left corner of the OPAC interface, click on the tab Lists.
Click on Microbiology	From the drop-down, I will click on Microbiology. If you gave a different name for your list, then click on that name.
Cursor on items under the list Microbiology	The saved items now appears under the list.
Narration only	Now let us look at the tabs on the left side.
Click on your personal details on the left side of the same page	To begin with, I will click on the tab your personal details
Cursor on Home library: Spoken Tutorial Library Cursor on: Surname Cursor on: First name	A new page with the details of Ms. Reena Shah, opens up.
Click on your reading history	Next, click on your reading history, on the left side of the same page.
Cursor on Checkout history Cursor on Title Item type Call no Date	A page Checkout history opens up with the details: Title Item type Call no and Date
Click on your purchase suggestions	Now, click on your purchase suggestions, on the left side of the same page.
Cursor on Your purchase suggestions	A new page, Your purchase suggestions, opens up.
Click on New purchase suggestion	Now click on the tab New purchase suggestion.
Cursor on Enter a new purchase suggestion	A new page opens with the heading Enter a new purchase suggestion.
Cursor on Enter a new purchase suggestion	Here we are prompted to fill in a few details.
Cursor on- Title: Author: Copyright date: Standard number (ISBN, ISSN or other): Publisher: Collection title: Publication place: Item type: Reason for suggestion: Notes:	Title: Author: Copyright date: Standard number (ISBN, ISSN or other): Publisher: Collection title: Publication place: Item type: Reason for suggestion: and Notes:
Cursor on Title Enter the Title as Genetics	Note that: the Title field marked in red color is mandatory. I will enter the Title as Genetics.
Enter the ISBN/ISSN number as- 1234567891	Then I’ll enter the Standard number (ISBN, ISSN or other) number as- 1234567891
Click Submit your suggestion	Click on Submit your suggestion at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Your purchase suggestions	A new page Your purchase suggestions opens, again.
	With this we have learnt how a patron can use OPAC to search a book in a Koha Library.
Go to top right corner of OPAC interface and click on logout.	Lastly, log out from the OPAC account by clicking on Logout at the top right corner of the page.
	This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Slide Summary In this tutorial, we learnt- Access your Library Account as a patron on the Web And it’s benefits	Let us summarise. In this tutorial, we learnt how to - Access your Library Account as a patron on the Web And it’s benefits
Assignment Make a purchase suggestion for a book	For assignment, make a purchase suggestion for another book.
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