Koha-Library-Software/C2/Set-Currency/English

Title of the Script: Set Currency

Author: Vaibhavi Satardekar and Maya Hans

Keywords: koha, koha 24.05, currency, set currency, Indian rupee, Library, ISO, Active currency, video tutorial.

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide Number 1 Title Slide	Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Set Currency in Koha.
Slide Number 2 Learning Objectives In this tutorial, we will learn how to: Set Currency	In this tutorial, we will learn how to: Set Currency
Slide Number 3 System Requirement To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS v22.04 Koha v24.05 Firefox v131.0.3 A working internet connection.	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04 Koha version 24.05 Firefox version 131 point 0 point 3 A working internet connection.
Slide Number 4 Pre-requisites https://spoken-tutorial.org/	To follow this tutorial, you should have * Koha installed on your system and Admin access in Koha. If not, refer to the Koha Installation tutorial on this site. Also, you should have knowledge of Library Science.
Show Koha login interface	Let us switch to the Koha interface.
Username as Bella and Password as Library@1. Click on Log in	To set currency, we have to login as superlibrarian. So, I will type the username as Bella and the password as Library@1. From the library field drop down select Spoken Tutorial Library. Now click on Log in button. If you had given a different username and password, then type that.
Show Koha staff Interface	The Koha staff interface opens.
Show Koha interface >> Koha Administration	Click on the Koha Administration module.
Highlight Koha Administration	The Koha Administration page opens.
Go to the section Acquisition parameters Click on- Currencies and exchange rates	Now scroll down to the Acquisition parameters section. Click on Currencies and exchange rates.
Currencies and exchange rates page	Currencies and exchange rates page opens. Notice the message in the yellow color box. It says No active currency is defined Please edit one currency and mark it as active.
Click on + New currency	Now click on Add New currency.
Cursor on New currency page	New currency page opens.
Cursor on- Currency: Rate: Symbol:	On this page notice that all the fields marked in red are mandatory.
Enter details: Rupee for Currency 1 for Rate Rs. as Symbol:	Since our library is in India, In the Currency field, we will type Rupee. In the Rate field, type 1. And In the Symbol field, type Rs.
Cursor on ISO code:	Next, enter the ISO code as INR.
Cursor on the checkbox for Last updated: Space separation between symbol and value	The Last updated shows the date of currency setup. I will leave the field for Space separation between symbol and value as it is.
Cursor on the checkbox for Last updated: Active	To activate the currency, select the checkbox. Note that an active currency is the main currency to use in the library. Since my library is in India, Rupee will be used as an active currency.
Click Submit	Click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
Currencies and exchange rates page	Currencies and exchange rates page opens.
Cursor on Success message	A message at top, highlighted in blue text says, Currency added successfully.
Cursor on Currency- Cursor on Rupee	On this page under the tab Currency, the details for Rupee appear. If needed, the same can be edited as well.
Cursor on Column Click on ISO code	Go to the right side of the page. Click on the Columns button with a gear icon. From the dropdown, click on ISO code to make it active. We can see the ISO Code has turned green. To close the dropdown, click anywhere on the page. Here, the ISO Code column for Rupee appears in the table.
Cursor on the ISO code	This ISO code will be used when importing MARC files via the staging tools. The tool will attempt to find and use the price of the currently active currency.
Click on edit for the Currency	To edit the Currency, under the Actions column click on Edit.
Cursor on Modify currency	Modify currency RUPEE page opens. You may change the value of Rate and Symbol. Here, I am not making any changes.
Click on Submit at the bottom of the page.	So I will click on Cancel at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Currencies and exchange rates	This will bring us back to Currencies and exchange rates page.
Narration only	With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.
Home icon Show staff interface Logout Show login screen	To continue with the next tutorial, go to the top left corner of the page. Click on the home icon and stay logged in. To logout from the current session, go to the top right corner of the page. Click on Bella, Spoken Tutorial Library. From the drop down select Logout.
Slide Number 5 Summary We learned, How to set Currency	Let’s quickly recap! Today, we learned, How to set Currency
Slide Number 6 Assignment Set any currency as per your requirement but do not make it 'Active'	As an assignment- Set any currency as per your requirement but do not make it 'Active'
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Slide Number 10 Acknowledgment The Spoken Tutorial project was established at IIT Bombay by the Ministry of Education Govt of India. Thank you	Thank you for joining.

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