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is provided to Michigan’s public libraries in part thanks to the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. To learn more or sign-up for a site for your library, please see the
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/youth/addtl"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-style:normal">Library
of Michigan’s ReadSquared </span><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-style:normal">information on our
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:19.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To create a more user friendly ReadSquared control room, we made some enhancements to the menus and page layouts. These design changes will simplify
program setup and management for you and your staff, with all the same functionality you had in our previous versions. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>February 5, 2024</b>. We do not anticipate any extended downtime during this update, however you may experience some brief interruption. Email support if you have any questions at
<a href="mailto:support@r2stg.zohosupport.com?subject=" target="_self" title="support@r2stg.zohosupport.com">
<span style="color:black">support@r2stg.zohosupport.com</span></a>. Summer CSLP and iREAD themes will be available to import at that time as well.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Additional items in this update include:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">- When importing Programs and Missions, there is now an option to filter the lists by theme or type.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New Imports</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - Bingo card templates with pre-populated cells are available to import. Cards tie
in with theme and reading level, and are ready to publish to your programs. <b>Note:
</b>this new feature does clear old Bingo cards, so we encourage you to run reports on old and archived Bingos if you would like to keep the content.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:19.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New Branding</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> - ReadSquared also has an updated look, with a newly designed logo and website in
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