Library bookmarks

For teachersFor parentsFor students· 2 min read

Save library items to a personal list, organized by subject or date. Bookmarks survive sign-out, sync across devices, and appear on home + profile.

Bookmarking lets you keep a personal list of library items — references you come back to repeatedly, content you want to use next term, the activity you'd recommend to every class.

Bookmarking

Three places to bookmark:

Library grid — the bookmark icon on each card. Tap to add / remove. Optimistic — flips locally instantly, persists in the background.
Reader — the floating bookmark button at the bottom-right corner. It stays with you as you scroll; filled means saved.

Where bookmarks surface

Library → Saved — your full saved list, categorized. See below.
Book details drawer — a book that contains saved items shows a Saved items in this book shortcut straight to this list.
Home → Saved Items card (students) — your most recent saves for one-tap access.
Profile → Stats strip — total bookmark count.

Organizing your saved list

The Saved view groups your bookmarks into sections so a long list stays easy to scan:

By subject — a section per subject (Mathematics, English, …), most-recently saved first within each. The Saved view always groups by subject. Narrow it with the search box, the resource type and save date dropdowns (Any save date / Today / Last 7 days / Older), and — once you've saved across several subjects — the subject chips (tap one to filter, All to clear).

Across roles

Teacher — your bookmarks. Personal.
Parent — bookmarks belong to the signed-in account: your saves are yours and don't change when you switch learners; a child's saves live on their own student account.
Student — your bookmarks. Personal.

Bookmarks vs. recommendations

Bookmarks are a personal list — only you see them. Use Recommend to student (from the library item viewer) when you want a learner to see a specific item — that flows through the notification pipeline and lands in the student's home screen.

Common issues

Bookmark disappeared. Upstream KICD content was unpublished. The bookmark row stays in our DB but renders nothing (we don't show ghost cards); when the item is republished it reappears automatically.
Bookmarked on phone, not visible on laptop. Bookmarks sync via the DB — give it 5–10 seconds, then refresh. Stuck? Sign out and back in.