Resource Spotlight
Sora
Overdrive & Sora
OverDrive is a digital library offering both ebooks and audiobooks for the students and teachers of the Questar III region, anytime, anywhere! Sora is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet.
The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading.
What's the Difference?
Can I use my old OverDrive link?
No, please use this link: soraapp.com/library/questarbocesny
OverDrive Listen for Sora
It allows users to borrow audiobooks and listen to them right in their browser – no downloads or software required.
Dyslexic Font
Standard typefaces are often difficult to read for students with dyslexia as the letters are hard to differentiate and words tend to jumble together. Dyslexic fonts provide greater contrast in letters which solves this problem.
OverDrive Read for Sora
Read instantly in any modern browser
Multilingual Interface
This dynamic translation tool allows your OverDrive-powered website to be viewed in nine languages, giving students the valuable opportunity to practice applying a new language in a real-life environment.
Word to the wise
If your secondary students bemoan the Sora icon and think it "babyish", remind them that some of their favorite apps, like Snapchat and Waze, use very similar icons.
Sora Webinar Presentation
Sora Single Sign-on (SSO)
All of our member libraries now use single sign-on for Sora. OverDrive, the company, integrates with Google, Microsoft, Clever, and many more platforms.
Download graphics and videos to share on your school and library website, social media, emails, and more. Check out the Promoting OverDrive at Your School webcast for tips and tricks to reaching students on their socials.
OverDrive Student Privacy Resources
Questar III School Library System
Kerrie Burch, Director of School Library System, Model Schools, and Arts
Amanda Karian, School Library System Specialist
Website: http://libguides.questar.org/SLS
Location: 10 Empire State Boulevard, Castleton-on-Hudson, NY, United States
Phone: 518-479-6976
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QIIISLS/
Twitter: @QIIISLS