Bookshelf Settings

Bookshelf Settings allows you to adjust which books appear on students’ bookshelves based on language preferences, Lexile range, search criteria, and book carousels (or rows).

The left-most column lists each student in your classroom, with their Lexile measures below their names. If a “–” appears instead of a Lexile measure, that student hasn’t completed an in-take assessment. If “N/A” appears, Lexile assessments have been disabled for the student. See Lexile Assessments for more information on assessment settings.

You can edit bookshelf settings for individual students, or select the checkboxes next to multiple students’ names to change the settings in a single action.

The Language column shows which languages of books appear on students’ bookshelves. The options are English (the default setting), Spanish, and bilingual. Click the current setting for a student or students to add or delete books based on their language:

The Bookshelf Range column displays the targeted Lexile reading range for each student, with a default of 100L below to 50L above the students’ current Lexile measures. You can adjust this range manually by clicking the range for a student and adjusting the values in the “below” and “above” fields that appear:

The bookshelf range for students whose in-take and progress monitoring assessments have been disabled is preset based on their grade level. For example, pre-K students with no Lexile measure are shown books in the BR100L to 0L range, since BR (Beginning Reader) books are most suitable for them.

For students whose in-take and monitoring assessments are enabled, LevelUp automatically adjusts the books on their bookshelves with each change to their Lexile measure.

The Search, Search Filters, Search Results column lists the search settings for a student. Search is on by default, but if for any reason you’d prefer a student not to be able to search for books, click the current setting in the column and toggle the search feature off.

You can also toggle the basic search filters on or off (they’re off by default) to enable students to narrow search results by category, language, or fiction/non-fiction. Finally, you can specify whether to return all search results regardless of a student’s Lexile range (the default) or limit the results to only show books in the student’s bookshelf range:

The last column, Bookshelf Rows, allows you to change which book carousels (rows) appear for students, and rearrange the rows that currently appear. LevelUp bookshelf carousels are organized based on topic or user activity.

Click the current setting to see a list of the available rows, all of which are enabled by default. To disable a row, deselect the checkbox next to its name. To move a row up or down in the list — and subsequently on the bookshelf — hover over its name and click the up-arrow or down-arrow that appears to the right:

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