Transparent Language Online

What is it?

Learn a new language or polish your skills. Transparent Language Online offers:

• A wide variety of Languages available – Transparent Language offers a growing collection of 120 languages for English speakers.
• ESL/ELL materials for speakers of 34 different languages, including recently released English for Dari, English for Pashto and English for Ukrainian.
• Immersion-style English content for intermediate and advanced English learners.
• Advanced Learning Activities including reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises, typing support, alphabet learning and grammar instruction.
• An American Citizenship Test prep course designed with the goal of preparing test takers to comfortably answer all 100 civics questions.
• A robust collection of 24 indigenous languages (Cherokee coming soon)!
• American Sign Language courseware organized into a collection of 8 units of study, the course includes over 960 videos focused on fingerspelling, numbers, signs, and ASL sentences. Curated from a curriculum designed and used at multiple universities for over 30 years.
• KidSpeak – immersive, animation-based language instruction in 6 different languages for kids K-2.
  Workforce development lessons for medical and business terminology.

How Do Patrons Access It?

• There are unique URLs for each individual library. Please contact Barry Trott (barry.trott@lva.virginia.gov) if you need your library’s link.
• Users will go to the url sent out to individual libraries, and from there will create an account, using their library card and then creating a username and p/w that they will use going forward.
  • This will let them track progress.
• They can also sign in as a guest with only a library card.
• In either case, they will need a library card for the initial login.

Marketing Support?

• https://home.transparent.com/library-marketing-kit

Training Support? 

• https://transparent.wistia.com/medias/qibqwbqpl9

Technical Support?

• https://www.transparent.com/customersupport.html

Statistics?

1. Go to your library’s Transparent Language page
2. Login with the admin user and p/w combination that was sent to your library
3. Choose Admin Portal from the dropdown menu in the upper right of the page
4. Choose the reports tab
5. To create a report, click the Generate New link and choose the reports type (Summary Report will give you all the data you need for Bibliostat-level reporting)
6. Set the date range for your report
7. Leave the reporting group selections as they are set
8. Report the Circulations figure