To create a Team Collection, you start with an existing Bloom collection and convert it into a Team Collection. In this guide, we will walk through the process of converting an existing collection into a Team Collection.

The basic steps are:

1. The Team Designates a Team Collection Administrator
2. The Administrator Converts the Collection Into a Team Collection
3. The Administrator Shares the Team Collection With the Other Team Members
4. Other Team Members Join the Team Collection

Let’s look at each step in detail.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, make sure:

• The latest version of Bloom is installed on your computer, and you have registered it with a distinct email address.

• You have a Bloom Collection that you want to convert to be a Team Collection.

• You have a Dropbox account.

• The Dropbox app is installed on your computer. If the Dropbox app is not installed on your computer, see Set up Dropbox on your computer.

  <aside> ℹ️ Dropbox is free for most users, so you may want each team member to have his or her own Dropbox account. If this is a problem (for instance, if you have a limited number of high-capacity Dropbox accounts available), it is possible for all your team members to use the same Dropbox account.

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1. The Team Designates a Team Collection Administrator

Your team must decide who will be the Team Collection’s Administrator. The Administrator is the one who will convert the collection into a Team Collection and share it with the other team members.

<aside> ℹ️ In addition to setting up the Team Collection and sharing it with the other team members, the Team Collection Administrator has sole control of all Team Collection settings, including the default font, Bloom Enterprise subscription code, and “xmatter” (front and back matter) book settings. The Administrator also has control over any Leveled Reader and Decodable Reader settings.

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2. The Administrator Converts the Collection Into a Team Collection

The next step for our Administrator is to convert the "regular" Collection into a Team Collection. The collection can be an existing one with books already in it, or it can be a newly created, empty collection.

<aside> ℹ️ If your team has multiple copies of the exact same book or even multiple copies of several books, the team should carefully determine which book is the most up-to-date version of each title. The team should gather those books together and pass the “master copy” to the team administrator who will place these books in their Bloom collection.

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Once you have the base collection prepared, there are four steps to the process: