K-12 Schools

Reserving & Bundling Content

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This exciting and highly requested Marketplace feature lets educators reserve and bundle titles from the general collection to offer exclusive access for specific students or scenarios.

Looking for more details? Find your answers by browsing this page or see our FAQs for more details.

How does it work?


1
Reserve titles

to remove them from the main collection.

2
Create bundles

from your pool of reserved titles.

3
Claim bundles

to receive the Sora access code.

4
Share access code with students

to let them unlock books in Sora.

How does it work?


How do students unlock books in Sora?


Click the at the top of the Explore tab. How do students unlock books in Sora image
Enter or copy and paste the access code provided by their teacher. How do students unlock books in Sora image
Once unlocked, bundles will appear at the top of the Explore tab. How do students unlock books in Sora image

It’s that simple! Students can browse and borrow titles in bundles for the access code duration.

Borrowed titles will then appear on their shelf, alongside other loans.

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Reserving & Bundling Content for your School


The flexibility of this feature can help you meet a variety of curricular needs. Here are a few examples of how you might use content bundles:

  • Bundling ELA curriculum titles for a school year
  • Creating a teacher-specific classroom library
  • Grouping books for topic or grade-level theme sets
  • Reserving titles for upper grade levels
  • Making On-Demand Class Sets available only to students who need them for class
  • Building a professional development collection accessible to teachers only
  • Organizing books for book clubs or lit circles
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