• Accessing ebooks in Destiny Discover 

    You can use either your district issued ipad or a non-district device to read all of our ebooks at home! 

    1. You will first need to sign into TIGERID.
      • Using yourdistrict issued ipad, click on TIGERID to sign in.
      • Using a non-district issued device, go to northallegheny.org to sign into TIGERID. 
         
    2. From your dashboard in TIGERID, choose Destiny Discover. You will now need to click on Sign on with TIGERID. 
       
    3. In Destiny Discover, our ebooks are listed first. Click on See All to view all of McKnight's ebooks. 
       
    4. Find the ebook you would like to read. 
       
    5. For most of our Follet ebooks, you will need to click on checkout.
      • You will be able to open and read ebooks right on your device by clicking on the menu bar and scrolling down to checkouts.
      • Since these books can only be read by one person at a time, if the book is already checked out, you will be able to put it on hold by clicking the hold button. 
         
    6. We also have ebooks that are multiuser and can be read by several people at the same time. These books will not have a checkout button. To read these books, simply click on Open.
      • Since you are not actually checking out these ebooks, you might want to click on Favorites to make it easier to find ebooks that you are currently reading. 
         
    7. At this time, you will only be able to check out one ebook. As our ebook collection grows, we will increase this. Remember, ebooks are available throughout the entire year - including during the summer!

     

    Accessing ebooks in Sora

    You can use either your district issued ipad or a non-district device to read all of our ebooks at home! 

    1. You will first need to sign into TIGERID.
      • Using yourdistrict issued ipad, click on TIGERID to sign in.
      • Using a non-district issued device, simply download the app or go to soraapp.com/home.
      • You will be able to search for North Allegheny School District. go to northallegheny.org to sign into TIGERID. 
         
    2. From your dashboard in TIGERID, choose Sora.

    3. Now select North Allegheny School District from the select your school menu and click on Sign in using North Allegheny School District.
      • Don't be alarmed if you are taken back to TigerID and asked to sign in again. 

    4. Make sure your account is connected Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh/Northland Library. You do not have to have a Northland Library card to do this. TigerID will give you access to these books.
      • Under Explore on the left side of your screen, you should see Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3. Click on that.
      • If Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is not listed, click on +Add a Library.
      • Search for Northland and then click on This is My Library.

        You must be signed in through Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 first, otherwise it will ask you for your public library card number. 
    5. Now, click on Search for a Book at the top of your screen.
      • Make sure that the Search all of my libraries box is checked. 
      • You should see ebooks from both Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

    6.  To borrow the ebook, click on Borrow. You can also put a book on hold if it isn't available right now.

    Please see Ms. Falkner or Mrs. Mautino if you have any problems or questions.

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