Back to School Webinar TOMORROW
Join OverDrive Account Executive Connie Bowman on Wednesday September 15th from 3:00pm to 3:30pm for a webinar to get [re]oriented to OverDrive’s Sora. Topics to be covered include an overview on Sora, how to use OverDrive Marketplace, resources to help schools make the most of their WSDLC membership, and more!
You can get the connection information for this webinar, or the link for the recording of the webinar that was hosted on Tuesday August 31st, by reaching out to WSDLC project managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
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FAQ: When Can I Expect My WSDLC Membership Invoice?
Invoices for the 2021-22 WSDLC membership year are being sent out in batches beginning this week. As there are so many WSDLC members (over 200! ♥), generating each invoice will take some time, and members can expect to receive their invoice(s) over the next couple of weeks.
As a reminder, invoices will be coming from WiLS and should be paid to WiLS. Since WSDLC is a separate consortium from WiLS, those of you who are also WiLS Coop members will not find your WSDLC membership invoice(s) in your MyWiLS account.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if your invoice doesn’t arrive by October or if you have any questions or concerns about your invoice.
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Flipped Classroom: Getting Started
How can students checkout titles in Sora? Can I listen to an audiobook offline? What are each of the different lending models? You can find answers to these questions and more in this month’s Flipped Classroom: Getting Started.
Click the link or copy and paste it into your browser to get started with Getting Started: https://wsdlc.org/getting-started-with-flipped-classrooms/
What is the WSDLC Flipped Classrooms Training Series?
During our Flipped Classroom months, materials on predetermined topics are available for members to review, and OverDrive staff is ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer your questions. We are excited about these training opportunities to get you, your students, and staff comfortable with the WSDLC collections and using them to their fullest capabilities.
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Send Us Your Tiny Case Study Ideas!
WSDLC’s Tiny Case Studies are brief, practical summaries of outstanding things that some WSDLC members are doing that involve Sora and serve as an opportunity for members to share a WSDLC-related problem they had and how they solved it. We highlight these Tiny Case Studies during various Flipped Classroom months, but you can also view them all by clicking the following link or copy/pasting it into your browser: https://wsdlc.org/training/tiny-case-studies/.
If you’ve done something lately that you’d like to share with the WSDLC Community, let us know! Maybe you’ve put together some creative marketing, started a student reading bookclub, cleared a hurdle with getting students to team up for 2022’s Battle of the Books, engaged your school’s teachers on how they can utilize these resources in their classroom, or made a successful case for funding. No idea or accomplishment is too small!
You can submit your tiny case study idea by email at wsdlc-info@wils.org or complete the idea form, and we will reach out to you with the next steps!
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The WSDLC project managers and the team at OverDrive are always available if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
Not sure who to contact? Check out this handy guide on the WSDLC website: https://wsdlc.org/who-to-contact-with-questions/.
