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Pioneer – Utah’s Online Library

August 2014Josh Whiting

(http://pioneer.uen.org/k12/)

Pioneer provides Utah students with a library of digital reference materials, tools, and resources for research, including EBSCO, Digital Science Online, NoodleTools, SIRS, Culturegrams, World Book Encyclopedia, Utah Digital Newspapers, and much more.

To obtain the student home access login information for Pioneer please contact a school or district library or technology staff member. You can also contact the Utah Education Network for help or additional information at resources@uen.org or 1-800-866-5852. (Pioneer is only accessible to students within the state of Utah so the login information cannot be shared on this public website.)

SAFARI Montage

August 2014Josh Whiting

(http://safari.graniteschools.org)

SAFARI Montage is an educational video library and digital content management system for students and teachers in Granite School District. It provides thousands of licensed educational videos that can be played in the classroom or accessed from home. It also provides the ability for teachers to upload their own video and other digital content to share with students or archive.

To watch SAFARI Montage videos on a home computer, a plugin program called the SAFARI Montage Media Player needs to be installed on the computer:

SAFARI Montage videos can be accessed on iOS and Android mobile devices with no plugin installation necessary.

You can find more resources and help for SAFARI Montage at http://granitemedia.org/safari.

OverDrive Digital Library

August 2014Josh Whiting

(http://granite.lib.overdrive.com)

Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library provides students and teachers with access to a large library of popular ebooks and audiobooks for independent, recreational, or teacher-assigned reading. These books can be read on a computer or checked out and downloaded to a wide array of mobile devices via the OverDrive Media Console apps. OverDrive is currently available to all students and teachers grades 7-12, and is also being piloted at several elementary schools for the 2014-15 school year. Students log in to OverDrive by choosing their school name and using their student number. Teachers and staff members log in by choosing “Teachers” as their school name and entering their district computer username and password.

Destiny Library Catalog

July 2014Josh Whiting

(http://destiny.graniteschools.org)

Destiny is the library catalog system for all school libraries in Granite School District. To access Destiny, follow the link above and then choose your school from the list. Click on the Catalog tab to search for books and materials available your school’s library, as well as digital resources such as OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks, SAFARI Montage videos, information from online databases, and more.

When students and teachers log in with their district username and password, they can also place holds on materials, view their due dates and fines, create resource lists, post reviews, and recommend books to fellow students within in their school.

For more information and help with Destiny, please check out the resources below or ask your school librarian or media assistant:

Canvas

July 2014Josh Whiting

(https://graniteschools.instructure.com)

Canvas is a learning management system used by all Granite students and teachers grades 7-12 as an online support and supplement for face-to-face classes. [Read more…] about Canvas