Accessing Thuze is easy! To begin your Thuze experience, the Client Services team will assign you your eTextbook, at which time you will receive an email with directions on how to access it.

Accessing your Thuze Course Materials:

Web Reader:

To access Thuze on the web, visit http://learn.thuze.com and use the credentials provided in the welcome email.

Click here to learn more about the Thuze Web Experience.

iPad:

To get the Thuze iPad app, click here or go to the App Store on your iPad, search for "Thuze", and download the free application. You may log in to the iPad application with the same username and password used to access Thuze on the web.

NOTE: You will need iOS version 5.0 or higher.

Click here to learn more about the Thuze iPad Experience.

Android Tablet and Phone:

To get the Thuze Android app, click here or go to the Google Play Store on your Android Device, search for "Thuze", and download the free application. You may log in to the Android application with the same username and password used to access Thuze on the web.

NOTE: You will need a tablet or phone running Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread) or higher.

Click here to learn more about the Thuze Android Experience.

Retrieve your Username / Reset Your Password*

You can access your profile and/or change your password by clicking on the  icon in the upper right hand corner of the Web Reader and selecting Profile from the menu.

Under "My Profile", you can reference and verify your User Name, First Name, Last Name, and Email Address, as well as upload a personalized avatar which will be associated with your name when sharing notes and discussions (to access your Profile on the iPad, select the "Social" icon in the upper-right hand corner of the reader, and then select "Profile" from the bottom-right hand corner).

NOTE: Your avatar may be a maximum of 4MB and should be uploaded as a .JPEG, .GIF, or .PNG. 

To change your current password:

1. Visit http://learn.thuze.com/ and login.
2. Click on the  icon in the upper right hand corner of the reader.
3. Select "Profile" from the menu
4. Enter your current password under "Current password:"
5. Choose a new password and place it under "New password:"
6. To confirm your new password, enter it again under "Confirm new password:"

NOTE: A valid password has upper and lower case characters and numbers, is at least 8 characters long and no longer than 28 characters. Your password cannot contain your User Name or Email Address.

To retrieve your Username and/or reset your Password:

1. Visit http://learn.thuze.com/
2. Select "Forgot your password?"
3. To retrieve your username, in the appropriate form, enter the email address associated with your account and click "Send Username". To reset your password, in the appropriate form, enter your username and click "Reset Password".
4. Your credentials and login instructions will be sent to the email address associated with your account.

*You must login to the Web Reader to change or reset your password and retrieve your username.

Thuze makes it easy to navigate your digital course materials and locate sections.

To move from one section to another:

1. Click on the forward arrow button, or the back arrow button on the sides of the reader pane.

NOTE: If you are using the Thuze iPad or Android applications, to navigate to the previous section you can swipe backward with your finger. To navigate to the next section, swipe forward with your finger.

To move from one section to another with the Table of Contents:

You may also navigate via the table of contents in the chapter menu. To do so, click or tap on the contents button, on the tool-bar in the upper-left hand corner of Thuze.

The chapters tab tells you the chapter and section you are currently viewing and lets you navigate to any chapter or section within the material. To access, left click or tap on the chapter or section title.

Thuze features a search tool that allows you to search across your digital materials to find a particular word or phrase.

To search:

1. Click or tap on the search button on the top right of the reader screen. 
2. Type your search terms into the text entry field, and submit them by clicking or tapping on the search button to the right of the field. 

You will receive a list of all areas within the book that contain the terms. You can click or tap on the listed terms to navigate to the area in which the terms appear in your text.

Thuze will perform searches based on a variety of operators, including AND, OR, and NOT.

• To receive results for phrases with instances of both words, type AND as an operator – for instance: cognitive AND learning. 
• To receive results for phrases with instances of either word, type OR as an operator – for instance: cognitive OR learning. 
• To receive results of a word that is not associated with another word, type NOT as an operator – for instance: cognitive NOT learning. 

Use quotations to get an exact match with your search. Please note that Thuze cannot perform searches with special, non-alphanumeric characters.

Download*

Thuze allows you to download your digital course materials, giving you the flexibility to access materials in any way you see fit. While purchasing the eTextbook and from the Thuze Web Reader you can choose from multiple file types to download. You can download and save:

• PDFs (Adobe). While printing directly form the eTextbook is available in the Thuze Web reader, PDFs are optimized for printing and can be used on other reading devices (Kindle, Nook, iBooks). With a PDF on your computer you do not need to be connected to the internet to review or study your materials, you can simply open it from your computer. 
• MP3 Audio. This option is great for on-the-go learners; commuters can listen in their car/personal device (anywhere MP3 is suported).

To access and download these files:

1. You can select PDF or Audio when purchasing an eTextbook from the Thuze Bookstore. If choosen, upon payment confirmation the materials can be accessed and downloaded by clicking on the Download icon in the upper right hand corner of the Thuze Web Reader. Once selected, a drop-down menu will appear. To download, simply select the "download" link next to the course content.
2. Save the file to your local computer.
   
   

NOTE: If the PDF and/or Audio version was not purchased alongside the eTextbook from the Thuze Bookstore, to purchase and access the materials, click the Download icon in the upper right hand corner of the Thuze Web Reader and click "Buy Now" next to the file type you wish to acquire. You will be re-directed to the Thuze Bookstore where the materials can be purchased. Upon payment confirmation, the materials can be accessed and downloaded from the Thuze Web Reader.

Print*

Thuze has a print feature built into the platform that allows to print on-demand, a single section or multiple sections, one chapter or all of them; it's up to you. You can also create a study guide by printing out your notes and highlights.

To Print:

1. From the Thuze Web Reader, select the Printer Icon in the upper right hand corner of the reader.
2. Check the box for each section you wish to print.
3. Under Print Details, select if you want to print only course material content, only your highlights and notes, or both course material content and your highlights and notes.
4. Select the Print button.

*This feature is only available on the Thuze Web Reader.

Thuze allows you to create notes and highlights within your eTextbook. Highlight text you feel is important and may want to refer back to later. Create notes to add your thoughts or cross-reference the content to something else.

Highlights

To create a highlight:

To delete a highlight:

Notes

To create a note:

1. Select by left clicking with your mouse (or tapping and holding on your iPad or Android device) and dragging the cursor over the text where you want to create a note. 
2. Select the Note button. 
3. Compose your note in the text box. 
4. Once you have composed your note, you can click outside of the text box to close it - the note will be saved automatically for you. 

To edit or change the color of a note, simply click or tap the note button in the text. The note will open and you can edit the content of the note right in the text field. You can also change the color of the note by clicking the different color buttons.

NOTE: You can place up to 500 characters in the note box, including spaces.

To delete a note:

1. Select a note by left clicking or tapping on the in-text Note icon.
2. In the bottom right hand corner of the Note box, select the trash can icon.
3. Once you confirm deletion, you notes will disappear. 

Sharing Notes

To subscribe to Shared Notes*:

If you have shared one or more notes, your name will appear to others in the Shared Notes list, so other readers can subscribe to you. 

Reviewing Highlights and Notes

Thuze makes it easy to refer to the notations you've made in your text.

Notations tab:

You can view all of your highlights and notes by clicking or tapping on the notations tab in the contents drop down of the top navigation bar, from here you can quickly navigate to the location in the text where you created the highlight and note.

The Notebook:

The notebook is a place where you can review, manage, and edit all of the highlight and notes you create within the text. It serves as a study tool that helps you focus on the content that you need to remember. From the notebook you can edit, share, delete, filter, and change the color of your annotations.

To launch your notebook:

1. Click or tap the notebook button on the footer of the reader (found in the upper right-hand corner of the reader on Android devices) .
   

The filtering function at the top of the notebook, allows you to view only the color and type of annotation you wish to review. All of your highlights and notes will appear by default, but if you only wanted to see your orange notes, for example, deselect your green and blue note buttons, and all of your highlight buttons. Re-select to bring them back into view.

You can collapse sections that aren't important to review at this time by clicking or tapping on the arrow icon to the left of the Chapter or Section title. The back arrow to the right of the highlight or note lets you navigate to the place in the text where you created the annotation.