K-12 Schools Staff Training

Getting Started with Sora: The Reader Experience (July 2026)

Duration: 30 minutes

Ready to learn the basics of Sora so you can start exploring and help others get started, too? Join us live to ask questions of our K-12 experts and walk away with confidence using Sora.

This session is primarily a demonstration of the user experience in Sora. Students and educators have access to all of the same great features within the app. In this webinar, you'll learn how to:

• Sign in with your school credentials
• Browse, borrow, and enjoy ebooks & audiobooks
• Personalize the reading experience with adjustable settings
• Define words & create annotations
• And more!

Audience: K-12 school partners who are new to or would like a refresher on Sora, where students read.

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Supporting & Engaging Adolescent Readers with TeachingBooks

Duration: 20 minutes

Explore resources from TeachingBooks that support adolescent readers as they continue to build reading competence. Identify resources and tools to build vocabulary, critically examine text, uncover layers of complexity and the richness of texts, and empower readers to self-select titles.

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TeachingBooks Essentials

Duration: 20 minutes

Enrich and enliven the connections readers have with books and authors. Discover a variety of resources including author recordings, lesson ideas, custom reading lists, and more.

• Find and share resources for titles you use
• Locate ready-to-use activities and teaching ideas
• Discover newest and favorite features
• Create and analyze lists

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How to Get the Most Out of Your TeachingBooks Account

Duration: 20 minutes

Access to TeachingBooks is for everyone in your community. Make sure everything is set up just right, so access is seamless for students, faculty, and families. Join us and discover multiple ways to easily promote access.

• Single sign-on (SSO)
• Buttons and widgets
• Resource sharing options

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Leverage Your Booklists and Collections with TeachingBooks

Duration: 20 minutes

State award lists, core or supplemental reading lists—even your own booklists can be helpful instructional tools. Your state-funded TeachingBooks license provides data and resources you can use for collection development. With the power of list analysis and filtering, discover how to save time, validate purchases, and empower your students with data and resources that meet your needs.

• Leverage your lists as instructional tools
• Streamline collection development
• Align resources to student needs

Note: Times shown in Eastern Standard. We understand the timing may not suit everyone but signing up ensures that a recording is sent the day after the live session so you can view at your convenience.