Looking to expand students’ access to digital books with little more than a tap of a finger? Check out this live webinar on Public Library CONNECT, a game-changing Sora feature that enables students to borrow age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks from their school and public library….
We’re thrilled to announce that the Sora student reading app has earned another accolade! In August, Sora was honored as part of Tech & Learning’s new Awards of Excellence program, “The Best Tools for Back to School.” Award recipients were divided by grade level and…
Team OverDrive Education is excited to announce that all of our Sora reading app partners can now access the no-cost Sora Starter Collection, which features hundreds of always available ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs from Sourcebooks, Jump!, Bellwether, Triangle, Lerner, Kaleidoscope, Rosen, Abrams and Duke Classics….
By: Kristen Hein, Product Support Specialist In this recurring series, we’ll feature a different librarian, media specialist or educator who’s become a Sora champion at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. We’ve asked…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist That’s a wrap on Sora Sweet Reads 2021 and boy, what a year it was! Thanks to you and your students reading across the globe, we saw usage across a record 48,000 participating schools in over 30 countries! And for…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager We hope you have the OverDrive Resource Center bookmarked as the place to get marketing, informational and training materials about Marketplace, the Sora student reading app and more. If you haven’t visited the site in a while, check it out…
Digipalooza ’21 wrapped last week, but we’re still reliving the wonderful time we had connecting with more than 1,700 of our school and library partners all over the world for three amazing half-days. We listened to authors and thought leaders across the industry (including keynotes…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Back to school season might be right around the corner, but there are still two weeks left of Sora Sweet Reads! Don’t miss out on these amazing reads—over 30 free and simultaneous-use juvenile and young adult ebooks (and select audiobooks)…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager One thing your students may not know (besides the fact that the title of this post is a Wilson Phillips song) is that a digital title acts like a physical book in one very important way: it’s unavailable to borrow…
On August 1, 2021, the school app dashboard, Clever, has scheduled a change in their integration service that will disable content access levels and access to Advantage account purchases in the Sora app. We are asking our school partners to replace Clever’s single sign-on (SSO)…
Digipalooza ’21 is only 15 days away, and we’re so excited to connect with all our partners for three amazing half-days of virtual educational sessions, networking, and fun! (Don’t want to miss out? You can still register!) As busy educators, we know that your attention…
By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison Sora’s most recent upgrades are here! Check out what’s new in the student reading app. Filterable reading stats Students can now filter their reading statistics on the Me tab using Sora’s new date picker. They can choose to see all…
