Starting up organizer – good advice

– want to input it all right now – but don’t know dates…..    If you aren’t already using the organizer – just put things in now with today for the start date (or Use after – for the things you know you will use after another resource).  You can always change the start date later if you want (if you aren’t going to use the resource right when you start…) – for the most part I don’t need things to have specific dates…

– fastest way to add items – I don’t know of any ways to speed up entering a resource except – if you have the ISBN, for most things it will put in the basic information, and then you enter the chapters/division.

– want to add something to an existing resource – right now, there isn’t an easy way to do this – you either have to enter the whole resource yourself, or you need to do some other way to remind yourself (one option being to make a little quiz resource and schedule the approx date you think it will be.)  – VERY SOON you will be able to modify existing resources…. I believe it is part of the update they have been testing.

– family lit where not sure of resources yet – but want on schedule – For now, make a resource called familiy lit – you could have a division called “books” and guess a number of them.  You can either later schedule the actual books – or you can just keep the family book resource and either edit the divisions to name the books, or put the book names in the note section.

– kids lit where you don’t want chapters – you have a few choices here…. most people leave the chapters in and just mark them done….  another option is like the family lit choice I put – make one named “child’s name – lit” – make the division “book”, and put in the book titles as divisions.   – I know on the wish list, there is the option to not have the chapters listed…

hope that helps!   I find cool ways to do things that I don’t think about until people ask!