1. Getting Started with OverDrive wrdsb.lib.overdrive.com

2. Learning Objectives Know how to get started with OverDrive Read.
Know how to get started with OverDrive Listen.
Find more help!

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Student Login (PAL)

4. Visit: wrdsb.lib.overdrive.com
Find a Title
Visit: wrdsb.lib.overdrive.com
Explore books by:
Or search by title or author:

5. WRDSB Library Learning Commons.
Find a Title
You can also search for OverDrive titles from the
WRDSB Library Learning Commons.
Search for a book at your library.
Limit collection type to “eBook” and click refresh.
Select “Connect to resource” to sign into your OverDrive account and borrow the book.

6. Click Sample to read the beginning of a book before Borrowing.
Find a Title
Click Sample to read the beginning of a book before Borrowing.
Check the book format to see if it an eBook or an Audiobook.
FIlter searches to see one format at a time:

7. Borrow a Title “Borrow” directly from book jacket. OR
Click for more information,
then click “Borrow”.

8. Enjoy the Title DISABLED at school
Return early to take out a different book.
Return early to take out a different book.
Note:
Downloading is disabled while at school (because of sharing devices). Click READ instead!
You can download titles into the OverDrive App. You must do so from home. This is not supported by ITS at school.

9. OverDrive READ Read instantly. No set-up needed.
Read on virtually any device.
Read anywhere.
Sync across sessions + devices.
OverDrive READ Video

10. OverDrive READ Features
Click or tap the right or left edges of the eBook to turn the pages.
Click or tap and hold a word to define it, make a note, or highlight some text.
On larger screens, click or tap the bookmark icon to save a bookmark. On smaller screens, tap the top-right corner of the screen to save a bookmark.

11. OverDrive READ Features
Click or tap the middle of the screen to bring up the seekometer,
which lets you scroll quickly through the book and see where you've made bookmarks and highlights.
Directly above the seekometer, you'll see the timeline, which you can also use to scroll through the book or select the markers to jump to your previous (or furthest reading position).

12. OverDrive READ
Menu
On smaller screens, tap the middle of the screen, then tap the menu icon.
Large Screens
Overview: Read a summary of the eBook
Search: Look for a word or phrase in the eBook text.
Chapters: Browse the eBook's table of contents and quickly jump to chapters.
Marks: View the bookmarks, notes, and highlights you've placed in the eBook. Click one to return to that part of the book.
Readability Settings: Adjust the eBook's text size, lighting, and font (available for most eBooks).

13. Readability Settings
In many OverDrive Read eBooks, you can adjust the readability settings to change how the eBook looks.
Text scale: Use the slider to adjust the size of the text in the eBook.
Lighting: Choose day (black text on a white background) or night (white text on a black background).
Book design: Choose a preset design you like, or select DIY to customize font, justification, and line spacing.

14. OverDrive LISTEN
Listen to audiobooks instantly in a compatible web browser.
No set-up, software, or apps needed.
Create bookmarks, highlights, & notes.
Adjust audio settings.
Sync across sessions and devices.
*OverDrive Listen requires an internet connection.

15. OverDrive LISTEN Features

16. The Bookshelf Visit your Bookshelf to:
See all the books you have checked out to Read.
Add a Title
See your Holds
Change your Settings
To see your Bookshelf click your Account:

17. Account Features

18. Help Resources
More help is available from the Overdrive website. Just click “help” at the top of your screen!
Or visit: