Kids eResources

On a mobile device:

• Tap an album or song to start listening.
• Download a song by tapping the three dots on the right hand of the song, then tap Download Song.
• View your downloaded songs or to download a song again by tapping the My Music icon at the bottom of the screen.

On a computer:

• Listen to albums or songs online by hovering over the cover image and selecting the Play button.
• Download a song by clicking the download button (down arrow) on the right side of the song.
• View your downloaded songs or download a song again by clicking the My Music icon on the left side of the page.

• In the Google Play or Apple App Store, search for Freegal Music.
• Install and open the app.
• You may choose to allow the app to know your location.
• If you don’t, fill in a postal code, city, or country in the next box.
• Choose Georgina Public Library from the list.
• Type in your 14-digit library card number and your PIN, and tap Log In.

Searching or Browsing 

The Home page will show you interesting songs, albums, artists, and playlists. 

• Select the links on the Home page to explore Freegal by trends, new arrivals, playlists, or artists.
• Select the Genres link in the navigation menu to browse by category.
• Tap the search icon at the bottom of the screen on to browse by album title, song title, or artist name (on mobile devices) or enter a title or artist into the search box at the top of the page (on a computer).

Creating Playlists

You can create playlists to save your favourite songs.

• Find a song you would like to add to a playlist.
• Select the three dots to the right of the song name (on a mobile device) or the list icon to the right of the song name (on a computer).
• Select Add to Playlist, then choose an existing playlist or Create New Playlist.
• If you selected Create New Playlist, you can name your playlist and add a description (optional). When you are finished, select Create Playlist.

After downloading the hoopla app, you can download content to your device.​

How to download movies, TV shows, audiobooks and music:

1. After you borrow an item, you'll see its info screen. 
2. Tap the download prompt or Download to your device.

Kids Mode helps parents and their children discover kid-friendly content. When you turn on Kids Mode, you'll only see content recommended for kids 12 and younger.

To enable Kids Mode, open the hoopla app on your device, select "Settings", select "Kids Mode", then select "Turn On". Turning on Kids Mode only affects the device and not your account. Need to turn off Kids Mode? Simply go back to settings and select "Turn Off".

hoopla now supports Amazon Alexa devices! You can play borrowed audiobooks and music albums directly on your Amazon Echo, Dot, Spot, and Show devices. Additionally, Alexa can tell you how many borrows you have left in the month, what you currently have borrowed, the Library’s phone number (if you need a person to talk with) and more!  When listening to music from Hoopla, you can use “Alexa next” or “Alexa previous” to go to the next/previous tracks. When asking Alexa to interact with Hoopla, phrase your command like this: “Alexa, ask hoopla…”

A hoopla eAudiobook experience is now available on Android and iPhone devices incorporating several key feature enhancements:

• Car & Activity Mode is a simplified interface with fewer controls and larger buttons for when you’re on the go.
• Chapter/Book Timer gives users a simple toggle to switch between viewing the time remaining in either the current chapter or the entire book.
• Playback Speed options have been increased to up to four times normal playback speed.
• Bookmark Notes can now be added to any audiobook bookmark, perfect for book clubs or educational listening.
• Sleep Timer has more options, including an End of Chapter option. Read more and watch the tutorial about these feature enhancements. 
• Sleep Timer has more options, including an End of Chapter option.

hoopla has released TV apps for AppleTV, AndroidTV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV 3rd Generation as well as the Chromecast Ultra device. Patrons can download a hoopla app to view content on their televisions. hoopla is not compatible with Kobo eReaders since they currently only support viewing in ePub, Adobe PDF, plain text, and HTML. The device must be able to download the hoopla digital app for it to be a compatible device as well as it has to run one of our supported operating systems. hoopla works on most devices running Android 4.4 and above and then all devices that run iOS 11.4 and above. 

Need to know how to set up hoopla on your TV, please read the hoopla FAQ page.

On November 1, 2023, the Kanopy play credit system will be replaced with a new ticket system.

Previously, GPL’s Kanopy users were offered 20 viewing credits a month to borrow 20 titles. Now, you will receive 40 tickets a month and can borrow a varying number of titles depending on how many tickets each title is worth. Every title is labelled with a ticket value and viewing window (the time you have to watch the title before it expires).

Films will require two tickets per play or four tickets per play for major studio productions. Shorts, which are single titles with a run time of 30 minutes or less, will require one ticket per play. Episodic content, like TV shows, will have variable ticketing and viewing windows dependent on total run time.

Kanopy Kids titles will not require any tickets to access.

The Great Courses will now be included in the ticket system. Most of this content will require five tickets per course with a viewing period of up to 21 days.

If you are interested in watching several of the Great Courses, hoopla’s BingePass may suit your needs — use one hoopla borrowing credit for unlimited access to hoopla’s Great Courses Library collection for seven days.