Signing Up with Hoopla
Getting Started with Hoopla Getting to Hoopla On the library’s homepage, select “Resources” on the main page bar and select “Hoopla” from the dropdown menu.
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Overview
This page provides basic information about Hoopla and how to sign up. Read the information on the screen and click “continue”.
2. Choose library
You can also access this page by going straight to the URL shortgrass.ca/hoopla. On the Hoopla page, select “Sign Up”.
Shortgrass may not appear in the automatically-generated list of libraries nearby that offer Hoopla. If this is the case, under the words “Otherwise, try to find your library in this list of libraries that offer hoopla”, find “Shortgrass Library System” in the drop down menu and select it. Click “continue”.
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3. Enter your library card information Enter your 14-digit library card barcode on the first line and your library card PIN on the second line. Click “continue”.
Borrowing From Hoopla You can access Hoopla by going to shortgrass.ca/hoopla and selecting “Sign In” at any time. You will be prompted to enter the email address and password you used to sign up for an account with Hoopa. You can find titles to borrow from Hoopla by selecting the “Browse” tab on the menu bar that runs across the top of the website.
4. Credentials You will also need your personal email address and a password to register with Hoopla. You will then use this to log in to the website when you return to borrow materials from Hoopla. On this page, enter your email address twice and then your password twice on the given lines. Click “continue”.
Congratulations! You are now registered with Hoopla and may now borrow movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and music from their service.
This will take you to Hoopla’s catalogue. Click on the tabs for Movies, Music, Audiobooks, or Television to explore results by that format.
You can also do a direct search for a title, author, musician, etc by entering your title or keywords in the search bar on the top menu bar.
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When you find an item you would like to borrow, click on the title for that item and go to its page. Click on the button that says “Borrow”.
Items that you have borrowed can be found on the top menu bar under “My Titles”. Click on “Borrowed”.
You can borrow 4 items per month from Hoopla. Once you have borrowed a title, movie and TV content is available for 3 days (72 hours). Music albums are available for 7 days. Audiobooks are available for 3 weeks (21 days). Borrowed titles will be automatically returned when your lending period is over. You can return the item before the lending period has expired by clicking the "Return" button on the title detail page, but returning a title early does not give users additional borrows for that month. If you need additional help visit www.hoopladigital.com/support. You can also always direct questions to the library staff either in person or over the phone at 403-502-8525.
From here, you can stream or download the items you have borrowed. You can borrow and view Hoopla titles in a regular web browser or you can download and use the Hoopla app on Android, iOS, or Kindle Fire. You can download the app by going into the app store on your device and doing a search for “Hoopla.”
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