{"id":2924,"date":"2016-04-15T12:13:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T19:31:54","slug":"overdrive-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2016\/04\/15\/overdrive-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"OverDrive Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bendor.libraryreserve.com\/10\/45\/en\/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-15-at-12.04.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2926\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-15-at-12.04.20-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-15 at 12.04.20 PM\" width=\"776\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bendor.libraryreserve.com\/10\/45\/en\/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">OverDrive<\/a> is a great place to access books 24\/7. It has been widely accessed throughout our district and will likely continue to grow as we add to the digital library. If you&#8217;re an avid user of <a href=\"https:\/\/bendor.libraryreserve.com\/10\/45\/en\/SignIn.htm?url=Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">OverDrive<\/a>, you may have noticed some updates recently made to OverDrive Read and OverDrive Listen:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>OverDrive Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">The menu icon is updated.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-04-08\/5gd6qw\/28502\/137136\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"55\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cReadability Settings\u201d was changed to \u201cReading Settings\u201d and the menu icon was updated.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-04-08\/5gd6qr\/28502\/137134\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"137\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Sepia<\/strong>\u00a0was added as a lighting option in \u201cReading Settings.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-04-08\/5gd6qp\/28502\/137132\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"82\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Notes &amp; highlights<\/strong> pages are now available for titles borrowed in OverDrive Read. If you open an eBook in OverDrive Read and make notes and\/or highlights in that eBook, those notes and highlights will display on the <strong>Notes &amp; highlights<\/strong> page, even if you don&#8217;t have the title checked out anymore. This allows students to refer to their notes for homework, book reports, etc., after the lending period ends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-03-31\/5dblb1\/28502\/136564\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Notes &amp; highlights<\/strong> pages show highlighted passages, the colors of the highlights, and any notes made in the eBook. The pages also show reading information such as how many pages were read, how long the book was open, and more.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Keep in mind:<\/strong> Depending on the length of the highlighted passage, the\u00a0<strong>Notes &amp; highlights<\/strong> page may only display a portion of the passage.<\/p>\n<p>The Notes and highlights page is accessed from the user&#8217;s Account.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>OverDrive Listen<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>A sleep timer<\/strong> is now available. It\u2019s set at 30 minutes by default, but can be changed based on the user\u2019s preference. Simply swipe (or click and drag) to set a different time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-04-08\/5gd6mm\/28502\/137124\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"135\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">Moved the <strong>playback speed<\/strong> control to the header. Click or tap the\u00a0<strong>speedometer<\/strong> icon to adjust the speed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\">The header now simply includes the playback speed control, menu, and sleep timer for quick access to the most utilized features.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.overdrive.com\/l\/28502\/2016-04-08\/5gd6mp\/28502\/137126\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"63\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy reading!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OverDrive is a great place to access books 24\/7. It has been widely accessed throughout our district and will likely continue to grow as we add to the digital library. If you&#8217;re an avid user of OverDrive, you may have <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2016\/04\/15\/overdrive-updates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  OverDrive Updates<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":2928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"2016-04-15 12:16:00","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}