Help and FAQs
Please refer to our FAQs below for a range of information about Story Box Library subscriptions, technical queries, user guidelines and other common queries. If you can't find an answer to your question and require technical assistance, please contact our support team and we'll respond as quickly as we can.
Popular
- Do you offer Single Sign On (SSO) authentication or Learning Management System (LMS) integration?
- How do I AirPlay or cast Story Box Library videos to my TV?
- How do I cancel my recurring subscription?
- How do I redeem a gift voucher?
- How do I reset my Account Holder password?
- How do I update my credit card details?
- How do I use playlists?
- Troubleshooting tips
- What should I do if the videos I watch are slow or choppy?
- What's the difference between an Account Holder and a Viewer?
About Story Box Library
How To Guides
- How do I use playlists?
- How do I reset my Account Holder password?
- How do I turn on closed captions?
- How do I view usage statistics?
- How do I redeem a gift voucher?
- How do I change my password or contact details?
- How do I AirPlay or cast Story Box Library videos to my TV?
- How do I update my credit card details?
- How do I cancel my recurring subscription?
- How do I upgrade my subscription from monthly to annual?
- How can I download receipts for past payments?
- How do I make changes to my e-newsletter subscription?
Story Videos
- How often are new stories be added to your collection?
- Can I find stories for the Premier's Reading Challenge in my state?
- Can I nominate myself to become a Story Box Library storyteller?
- How are your books selected?
- How are your storytellers selected?
- Can I nominate a book or storyteller for you to consider?
- Can your stories and associated material be viewed on any other websites?
- Can I download a full list of all the available stories?
- Do yours stories come with QR codes?
Subscriptions - General
- What types of Subscriptions are available?
- What do Subscriptions include?
- My requirements don't fit any of the subscription types; do you provide custom quotes?
- I don’t live in Australia or New Zealand. Can I still take out a subscription?
- Can I purchase a subscription as a gift for somebody else?
- Does a subscription run from the purchase date or is it based on a calendar year?
- What's the difference between an Account Holder and a Viewer?
- How are viewing statistics calculated?
- Do I have to become a subscriber in order to receive to your email updates?
- What is Activity Time?
Subscriptions - Libraries
- What are the benefits of Story Box Library for public libraries and patrons?
- What login options are available for patrons of a library with a Public Library subscription?
- Do you support patron access via SIP2?
- Do you support patron access via EZproxy?
- How do I update our library's barcode range, local IP addresses or referring domains?
- How do I change the way my library's name appears on the library log in page?
Subscriptions - Schools
- What are the benefits of Story Box Library for schools and students?
- What payment options do you provide for school subscriptions?
- Do you offer school subscription discounts?
- What are Classroom Ideas?
- What are Student Task Sheets?
- Can students use the school subscription to access Story Box Library at home?
- How can we fund a Story Box Library subscription if our budget has already been allocated?
- Can I purchase a subscription to cover only certain grades or do I need a whole school subscription?
- Do you offer Single Sign On (SSO) authentication or Learning Management System (LMS) integration?
- Can we save our viewer password to make logging on easier for young students?
- Can you provide URLs embedded with our school's viewer username and password?
- Our viewer login works on one type of device (eg computers) but not others (eg iPads) - why doesn't it work everywhere?
Technical Information
- What is 'streaming', and why is Story Box Library limited to streaming?
- Do I need a fast internet connection to watch Story Box Library videos?
- Which browsers can I use to watch the Story Box Library videos?
- Can I watch Story Box Library videos on a tablet or smartphone?
- Can I watch Story Box Library videos on my smart TV?
- Is there an app available for Story Box Library?
- Why can't I find the story I'm looking for using the search box?
- Can I vary playback speed?
- Troubleshooting tips
- What should I do if the videos I watch are slow or choppy?
- What is video buffering and how do I do it?
- I see the error 'No playable sources found' when trying to watch a video in Firefox