Featuring: SORA!

CLICK ABOVE. GOOGLE LOGIN required for access.

Welcome to SORA!

Sora is the new user-friendly app that is accessible through your laptop, phone or tablet. The Sora app empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading.

CLICK HERE for instructions on getting started!

Check out the video tutorials below to help you get started or for a quick refresher. Your Google Login will be required to access SORA.

GETTING STARTED: Click the links for Video Tutorials From SORA

resources.overdrive.com/sora-overview/

  1. Get to know Sora! We’ll take a bird’s eye view of signing in, borrowing titles, customizing the app, and accessing special features. Great as an overview for yourself or to share with staff, students, and parents.

resources.overdrive.com/getting-started-with-sora/

2. Sign into Sora by searching for your school or using a setup code. Access the multilingual interface (web browser only).

resources.overdrive.com/searching-for-titles-in-sora/

3. SEARCHING FOR TITLES Find your next great read! Use quick or advanced searching, browse hand-picked collections, set search preferences, and more.

resources.overdrive.com/managing-titles-in-sora/

4. MANAGING TITLES Quickly and easily borrow titles, place titles on hold and return titles early in Sora.

resources.overdrive.com/enjoying-ebooks/

5. ENJOYING YOUR E-BOOKS Dive into an ebook and create bookmarks, define words, leave notes and highlights, search through a title, and set reading settings like text size, brightness, and more.

resources.overdrive.com/enjoying-audiobooks-and-other-formats/

6. ENJOYING YOUR AUDIOBOOKS Discover the fun of audiobooks, graphic novels and Read-Alongs – our full-color, fully narrated books. Change narration speed, set a sleep timer, and even leave notes!

CLICK ABOVE for PART 2 of SORA's video tutorials, entitled, "NEXT STEPS." Topics:

  1. Downloading Titles

  2. Reading Stats & Achievements

  3. Adding a Public Library

  4. Public Library CONNECT

  5. Send to Kindle (US ONLY)

  6. Customize Settings & Get Help

Sora: Staff Training

The above checklist will summarize the main features of SORA.

If you have an other questions, please contact Mr. Slomczewski. I will also be providing whole-class lessons to all students on SORA throughout the year.