Title: eBooks from OverDrive to Kindle
Audience: OverDrive and Kindle users
Date: Spring 2022
Software Utilized for the Project: Adobe Captivate
About the Project: This software simulation lesson was created in Adobe Captivate for my Introduction to Authoring course in Spring 2022.
My public library subscribes to OverDrive and I frequently use it to download audiobooks to my phone. However, previous attempts to download eBooks to a dedicated eReader used to require special software and a physical USB connection. I found it tedious and had stopped using my public library’s OverDrive eBook collection.
At the time of this assignment, I had recently discovered that improvements in technologies have made downloading OverDrive’s eBooks to my Kindle much easier. I wanted to create a lesson to share how easy it is and hopefully encourage people to take advantage of the thousands of free eBooks their public library offers.
The learning objectives for this lesson were:
Upon completion of this course, the learner will:
- Locate OverDrive
- Log into OverDrive with their public library card number
- Select an eBook to digitally borrow
- Send it to their Kindle
I love these interactive software simulations. I believe having real hands-on experience with immediate feedback is a very valuable way to train employees on how to use a new software or do a new process that involves software.
I imagine one downside is these software simulations probably have to be recreated fairly often as software interfaces change so often. Even small differences between what is shown in an online tutorial and the live software learners are trying to use can add barriers to successfully using the software in the real world. Still, these are an important tool for corporate training.