As you are easing back into the school year, we’d like to welcome you back to the WSDLC and give you a recap of what’s happened with the WSDLC over the summer. Please note: If this message sounds familiar, we did send one very similar last month. We have a lot of exciting things happeningContinue Reading Back to School
Our Getting started month is winding down. October will be MARC records month! We’ll post training content on October 7th. Meanwhile, you can schedule a 20 minute one-on-one session with OverDrive to get all of your questions answered: October 16 between 9-12 October 21 between 1-4 Contact Connie Bowman (cbowman@rakuten.overdrive.com) to schedule a session. If neither dateContinue Reading MARC records month is coming soon!
Good morning — As part of our project management work for the WSDLC, we coordinate an annual process to bring suggestions for improvement to OverDrive. We discover these suggestions from your feedback. To start this process, we’re looking for your suggestions: what would you like to see improved in the OverDrive platform? We know it’sContinue Reading Looking for your suggestions for OverDrive
Good morning! This month is our Getting started month. To help you started with the WSDLC collection, OverDrive is scheduling 20 minute one-on-one sessions to answer all of your questions. They will be available on 9/19 from 1-4. Please schedule by noon on 9/16 if you’d like a set session. Otherwise, you can always askContinue Reading Set your one-on-one appointments with OverDrive for help getting started and with MARC records!
Good Morning and a warm welcome back to each of our WSDLC members. Flipped Classroom months is one of the components of the 2019/20 WSDLC training plan. During the Flipped Classroom month, materials are available for members to review and OverDrive staff are ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer members’ questions. Information aboutContinue Reading September Flipped Classroom: Getting Started
WSDLC training plan by month There are six components to the WSDLC training plan: “Flipped classroom” months: Review a set of materials about the topic on your own. Schedule a 20-minute one-on-one session with OverDrive to get your questions answered. Starting in September with a “Getting started” month. Topical FAQs: From the questions members askContinue Reading WSDLC Training Schedule
We learned from OverDrive that Sora is now available in 9 languages in addition to English: • Simplified Chinese • Traditional Chinese • French • German • Italian • Japanese • Russian • Spanish • Swedish How can students update their language settings? Students using Sora in a web browser at soraapp.com can easily update Sora’s display language from the welcome screen or the new Language settings optionContinue Reading Sora available in additional languages!
Good Afternoon, As you are easing back into the school year, we’d like to welcome you back to the WSDLC and give you a recap of what’s happened with the WSDLC over the summer. Sora The assignments feature has been removed from the landing page of the Sora app per requests from users. Publishers There haveContinue Reading Summer Recap
With the help of the WSDLC community, we have new promotional materials to share that you can use with teachers, parents, and students as they return to classes this fall: Getting Started with WSDLC customizable half-sheet handouts (.doc) Bookmarks (customizable) – Getting Started with WSDLC (.doc) WSDLC Half Sheet for Teachers (.doc) Getting Started withContinue Reading New Promotional Materials for Fall 2019
The WSDLC collections have two features that allow schools support reading and classroom work; Title Assign and Curated Lists. Title Assign is an excellent way to work with students individually, as it allows you to assign titles for up to 180 days to specific students. The titles appear in a student’s Sora account whenContinue Reading Title Assign vs. Curation
