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Skillport/OLSA 8 Book and Video Experience: Differences from Books24x7 This document compares popular Books24x7 features to Skillport/OLSA 8. Additional information is
available in the Skillport 8 Knowledge Base at:
http://documentation.skillsoft.com/en_us/skillport/8_0/ah/index.htm#49869.htm
Table of Contents
Skillport/OLSA 8 Book and Video Experience: Differences from Books24x7 1
Direct/Mobile Access to Books24x7 2
Search 3
Corporate Folders are now Featured Topics 4
Corporate Topic Trees are now browse views 6
Personal folders display as sets in the learning plan 8
Books24x7 Bookmarks are accessible in the Books Viewer 9
Notes added to books within Books24x7 are accessible in the Notes section of Skillport/OLSA 8
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Recommendations 13
Chapters to Go 14
Live Tables 16
Code Listing Search 18
inGenius is now called Community 21
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Direct/Mobile Access to Books24x7 Books24x7
Direct access to the Books24x7 web site is not available after upgrading to Skillport/OLSA 8.
Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
Mobile access to books and videos is now available through the Skillsoft Learning App. Additional
information about the Skillsoft Learning App is available at:
http://documentation.skillsoft.com/en_us/skillport/8_0/ah/index.htm#52834.htm
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Search Books24x7
Books24x7 offers many search options to aid you in accurately locating the content you need.
Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, you have just as many search options to find the content you need. The Search
box is in the upper, right corner.
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Corporate Folders are now Featured Topics Books24x7
In Books24x7, Corporate Folders are used to display company-created content collections on the My
Home page.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, Corporate Folders display as featured topics, which are folders within a browse
view that display in a drop-down list on the What's New page in Skillport.
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Corporate Topic Trees are now browse views Books24x7
In Books24x7, Corporate Topic Trees/Browse Topics contain titles for required or suggested reading
based on your organization's needs (such as specific initiatives, organizational units, project or
learning programs). These topic trees display in the Browse Topics pod on the My Home page.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, an administrator can recreate Corporate Topic Trees using browse views, which
display in a drop-down list when a learner clicks Browse the Library in Skillport.
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Personal folders display as sets in the learning plan Books24x7
In Books24x7, Personal Folders contain learner-selected titles. These folders display on the left side
of the My Home page.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, Personal Folders display as expanding sets (like folders) in the Personal
Learning tab of the Learning Plan.
Books24x7 Bookmarks are accessible in the Books Viewer Books24x7
In Books24x7, you can click to bookmark a page or section within a book. The bookmark then
displays under the book's title in your folders or search results.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, the same bookmarks you've set in Books24x7 are available within the Books
Viewer when you access the title.
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Notes added to books within Books24x7 are accessible in the Notes section
of Skillport/OLSA 8 Books24x7
In Books24x7, you can add a note about a book, and it displays on the left, under the table of
contents, when viewing the book.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, notes are available for each content item using the More Actions link. Wherever
you find the book (such as within search results or in your Learning Plan, as shown below), your note
will be available. Alternatively, you can view all notes in the My Notes section of your profile.
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Recommendations Books24x7
In Books24x7 a learner can recommend a title by using the yes and no buttons found on content
pages.
Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, you can also recommend your favorite content.
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Chapters to Go Books24x7
Your organization may have chosen to extend the value of your Books24x7 subscription with Chapters to Go. This feature provides 15 chapter-level downloads every 90 days in three different file formats – PDF, Kindle-ready mobi or e-PUB – for offline reading or printing.
Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, if you have the download service, downloads are still offered in a variety of
popular portable formats suitable for printing and use with mobile devices, including PDF, Kindle-
ready MOBI, and ePub. In the Books Viewer select the download icon to download chapters.
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You can view the number of chapter downloads available to you in your profile as well as the date
when your allocation of chapters will refresh. Click the My Profile link on the What’s New page to
access your profile.
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Live Tables Books24x7
Books24x7 offers downloadable tables which can be opened and manipulated in Excel and other
spreadsheet applications.
Users can click on the "Open Table as a spreadsheet" link that displays above select tables within a
title. In this example, the table is opened in the default spreadsheet application in use, which is
Microsoft Excel.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, you can also click on the "Open Table as a spreadsheet" link that displays above
select tables within a title. In example, the table is opened in the default spreadsheet application in
use, which is Microsoft Excel.
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Code Listing Search Books24x7
Books24x7 content resembles a typical HTML Web page, so you can copy and paste code examples
directly from the text into your program without needing to manually retype code or download/ftp files
which saves you time and improves your accuracy. You enter your programming language syntax in
the Search field, select the recommended section in the search results and then find the code in the
book text.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, you can search for Code Listings from the Search bar. Click on “Select” beside
the search bar (1), select the “Code listing” radio button (2) and click on “Done” (3) in the overlay
window. Type your code (4) into the search bar and press the search button (5) for results.
After conducting the search, expand the “View relevant sections” (1) area for any book in the
search results list and choose any search hit (2).
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When you click on a search result section hit, the page containing the code keywords will launch
in the Book Viewer and from here you can find the code keywords on the page.
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inGenius is now called Community Books24x7
inGenius brought the power of social networking to Books24x7; you can follow members, recommend
and comment on learning content.
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Skillport/OLSA 8 Books and Videos
In Skillport/OLSA 8, inGenius has been renamed to Community. You can continue to leverage the
power of social networking through recommendations, commenting, and following other Community
members. You can also set your book New Title Notifications in your Profile under Preferences.
Links to your profile, Community stream, and other Community members are located on the left side
of the Community page.