·         How do I find what I need? [BB[1]  

From the Cengage homepage, select the Subscriptions button which you’ll [MS2]   see when you hover over the drop-down Menu button to the top left of your screen.

Here you’ll see a list of your active subscriptions, including the PM eCollection Subscription if you have one. Find the Subscription you want to open and select the blue Manage button. This will take you to the Dashboard.

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It’s helpful to familiarise yourself with the Dashboard when you’re getting started with your new subscription. Your eCollection Premium subscription has six tabs you can navigate. Find these options in the left-hand main navigation.

Want a quick tour? Watch the video which will walk you through the PM eCollection tools.

·         How do I set up my account?

Your account is set up and ready to use from when you log in to the Subscriptions area of the website cengage.com.au/subscriptions.

Once you’ve logged in, you can make a start with adding teacher and student details from the Dashboard.

·         Logging into the Dashboard

As a teacher or administrator subscriber, you can access the Dashboard, easily set up student profiles, add teachers, create class groups, manage reading sessions and more. Access the Dashboard through the Cengage website (computer or laptop) using the instructions above, under ‘Getting Started’.

·         I’ve forgotten my login details

Your login username and password were what you used to set up your account. If you’ve forgotten what they are, click to ‘login’ from the Cengage eCollection site - https://cengage.com.au/pmecollection (at the top right of screen).  Then, when the login pop-up appears, select “Forgot Password”.

·         Why can’t I click to ‘select books’?

If you’ve logged into your new Subscriber account for the first time you may notice a green ‘Select your books’ button with a tick next to it. This is pre-ticked because your subscription automatically includes the full range of 250 eReader titles. You can skip to adding Students and Teachers.

·         Adding a Teacher

An Administrator can set up and remove teacher access from eCollection. To do this, from the Dashboard, select Teachers from the left side menu.

From here you can view profile, create teacher profile, add teacher/s to a group and delete teacher profiles.

To manually add an individual teacher profile, select Create Teacher Profile and fill in the details. Select Add Teacher to confirm . You’ll then get a confirmation message, and on the Teachers page, the new profile will appear with (pending) next to their name until they confirm their registration through their invitation email.

·          Bulk upload of Teacher details from Excel

If you would prefer to upload multiple teachers’ details through a spreadsheet file, you can also do this from the Dashboard – Teachers.

To do this, from Teachers select Create Teacher Profile from the left menu and then Bulk Upload from the next screen.

You’ll see we’ve provided an upload template to download and complete. Once you’ve filled this out and saved it as a .XLS file, select ‘Browse’ to find and upload the file.

·         Bulk upload wouldn’t accept my Excel sheet

If your spreadsheet wasn’t formatted correctly or was left incomplete, you may have received an error message when you tried to upload it.

Make sure that you’ve filled in data under each mandatory column, for each student. The mandatory details are: First name, Last name, Password and Year level.

·         Other reasons your bulk upload might not be working:

1.       You haven’t entered the data under each of the mandatory columns

2.       You’ve accidentally entered spaces or extra characters in one or more cell

3.       You haven’t saved the file in a standard .XLS format

4.       The date format (dd/mm/yyyy) is incorrect

5.       You’ve accidentally added formulas or unnecessary data to the spreadsheet.

If you’re still having trouble with the bulk upload function, you could contact Customer Service for assistance or choose a manual Student upload. [MS5]  

·         Adding a Student

Administrators and Teachers can add students. One way you can do this is directly from the Dashboard screen. Select the option on the left side menu labelled Students.