Join Our Staff Reading Challenge in Beanstack

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to join the Staff Reading Challenge on Beanstack. It explains how to access the app, register for the challenge, log reading minutes, and earn badges.

Beanstack

Go to ClassLink and find the Beanstack app that is aqua with a white heart.

Click on the Beanstack app to be automatically logged into your staff account.

Click "View Reader Experience" (the green tab on the far right side of the page).

Scroll down and search for the challenge box pictured below. *Note: We accidentally published an incorrect one and couldn't take it back, so make sure you are choosing the one with the dates **May 30-Aug 11.***

If before the challenge start date, you will click "Pre-register" (seen below). If the challenge has already started, you can just register!

Click "Badges" to explore the available badges!

Click "Challenge Log." This is where your reading minutes for this challenge can be found.

When you're ready to read or log reading, click "Log Reading" in the top left corner.

You can choose to log by starting a timer while reading, or you can time on a clock or your phone and come back to log minutes. *For the sake of this tutorial, we are showing you the Log Minutes option!*

Click the date of your reading.

Click the "Title" field.

Start typing the title of your book **or** use the ISBN scanner to scan the barcode on the back of your book.

Choose your book.

Click the "Time Spent Reading" field and enter the time read in one of the provided formats.

Choose whether or not you finished the book in this sitting.

Choose whether or not you'd like to write a review for the book. *These reviews are only shared in our CHPS community!*

Click "Log Reading."

You will automatically earn **logging badges** when you enter in your minutes. You will automatically earn the optional **review badge** when you write a review. For the optional **activity badges**, you'll have to click on them and complete the steps to earn them.