Education by Shala Books ClassFlipbooks
A walkthrough

From idea to flipbook, faster than you think

Make the book your students need, share it with your class, and adjust it when you need a different level or a different language. Here's how it works.

Your guide

Say hi to Paige

Paige is the help guide built into ClassFlipbooks. She's in the wizard, the editor, your flipbooks page, and your classes page — and she answers questions about wherever you currently are. If you're not sure how something works or where to find a setting, ask her.

Step 1 · Pick a starting point

Four ways to begin

Choose the one that fits the book you're making. You can change anything later.

AI writes it

Answer a few questions about the grade, topic, length, and reading level — PM, DRA, F&P, Lexile, CEFR, or "below grade level" in your own words. The AI writes the book in the language you choose.

Useful when: you want a finished book at a specific level, fast.
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You write it

Pick how many pages of text, then write each page yourself in the editor. Add your own pictures, generate illustrations, or leave a spot for a student to add an image.

Useful when: you want the words to be yours.
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Students write it

Build a book with pages students fill in themselves — handwriting lines, typing boxes, drawing space, recording, or photo uploads. Add an optional prompt at the top of each page.

Useful for: journals, projects, "All About Me," lab logs.
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Upload a PDF

Have a book you already made in another tool? Upload the PDF and each page becomes a flipbook page. Add narration; readers can zoom in on small text.

Useful when: you already have the content.
Step by step

How a book comes together

Whichever path you pick, the flow is similar. (PDF uploads come in with their pages already set, so they go straight to narration and sharing.)

1

Decide how many text pages

Paige asks how many pages of text you want. For a "students write it" book, this is the number of pages students will fill in. Pick a number and the book is set up.

2

Pick a layout

Choose how each page is arranged: a picture with words below, words only, or a picture on one page and words on the facing page. The book is built for you with that layout.

Picture + words
On one page
Picture & words
Facing pages
Words only
Text, no picture
3

Edit and adjust in the editor

Edit any page's text, swap or regenerate pictures, change a page type, and add or remove pages. You can also add a glossary or comprehension questions at the back of the book with one tap.

If something goes wrong: Undo (or Ctrl+Z) steps back the big actions, and a Restore list brings back pages you deleted. Your work also saves automatically as you go.
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Add narration

Pick an AI voice to read each page aloud in your book's language, or record your own voice for any page. You can also turn on Reading Practice so students record themselves reading — useful for fluency work and ELL learners.

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Create and share

Press Create my flipbook to finalize the book. From there you can share it through My Classes (covered below), send the link directly, or print a PDF. Every book is kept on your My Flipbooks page, separated into Drafts and Finished, and you can reopen, rename, copy, or reshare any time.

Differentiation

One book, rewritten for each reader

You can put a lot of work into a book — choosing illustrations, setting up the layout, recording audio. When you need the same book at a different reading level or in another language, you don't have to rebuild it.

Copy the book, open the copy, and use Rewrite the whole book. The text is rewritten at the level or in the language you choose; your images, audio, layout, and writing lines stay where you put them. The original is left untouched.

Reading levels can be PM, DRA, F&P, Lexile, CEFR (handy for FSL and immersion), or your own description. Language rewrites are written in the target language directly, not translated literally — so the result reads naturally to a fluent speaker.

The workflow

1
Open My Flipbooks and copy the finished book. The copy lands in your Drafts.
2
Open the copy. In the editor, go to Settings and choose Rewrite the whole book.
3
Pick a new reading level, a new language, or both. Add notes if you'd like (for example, "shorter sentences for an ELL reader").
4
Press Rewrite. Each page is rewritten in place. New AI audio is generated next time you press Create my flipbook.
Classes and the student library

Sharing books with your students

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My Classes

Create a class and add your students by name. Each class has a short access code; you can also turn on a 4-digit PIN per student for older grades or shared devices. Print sign-in cards in one click.

  • Assign a book to the whole class or to specific students
  • Search a long list by book title or student name
  • Remove a book from one student, or unassign it for everyone
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The student library

Students go to the library, type the class code (and PIN if it's on), and pick their name. They see only the books you assigned to them.

  • Small activity icons indicate when a book includes writing, drawing, typing, or recording
  • An "I finished this!" button on each book
Completion and student work

After students open the book

Every book has a "I finished this!" button students tap when they're done. Books with interactive pages also save each student's work — what they wrote, drew, typed, recorded, or uploaded — to their own copy of the book.

Completion

Students mark a book complete on their shelf when they're done with it. On the My Classes page, you see a summary organized by student or by book, with progress bars and the date each book was finished.

  • Print a report for the whole class or a single student
  • Useful for parent meetings, IEPs, and your own records
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Interactive pages

Pages can include handwriting lines, typing boxes, drawing space, audio recording, or photo upload. Each student's work is saved to their own copy of the book.

  • Add an optional writing prompt above the lines or boxes
  • Work saves automatically as the student works
  • Open the book as that student to review what they did
Other things worth knowing

A few more things worth knowing

Pictures, your way

Upload your own photos, describe a picture for the AI to generate, or leave a blank spot for a student to add an image or draw directly on the page.

Audio, your way

Use a natural AI voice in your book's language, record your own voice page by page, or upload audio you already have. Students can also record themselves reading aloud. Or leave it silent — your choice.

Glossary and questions

Add an AI-generated glossary of key terms or a set of comprehension questions to the back of the book. Both can be edited and print cleanly for worktext use.

Drafts and finished books

Every book is saved on your My Flipbooks page under Drafts or Finished. Copies always start in Drafts, so working on a copy doesn't change the original.

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