This guide covers the following:
A. List-Level Modifications
B. Section-Level Modifications
C. Item-Level Modifications
1. Once you are on the reading list, you wish to change. Click the List Menu (ellipsis) and select Edit List.
2. In the List title field, change to your desired title and click Save.
You can also change the reading list status.
You can also add a list description, a syllabus URL or a file for the syllabus, a start and end date, a Creative Commons license, and manage collaborators.
Marking a List as a Sample List
Sample lists can be used as templates for other lists and/or courses. List owners, Readings & Resources course operators, and librarians can assemble lists of resources (such as for a specific course or a specific topic) and indicate that the list is a sample list. Other instructors can easily discover sample lists and can copy the full list, specific sections, or individual items to their own lists.
1.From the Edit list form, there is a checkbox to Mark as sample list and Save.
2. Your list is marked as a sample list.
Lists can be filtered by Sample list using the List > Filter > List type. As with other types of lists, instructors can only discover and access sample lists that have been published to All Students or Anyone. If you duplicate a sample list, the Sample tag is removed from the new list and the Mark as sample list checkbox is cleared.
Readings & Resources allow you to collaborate with other faculty within the institution to develop reading lists.
Managing a List's Collaborators
A user must be a list owner or collaborator to edit a list.
To view and manage list collaborators:
1. Click List info. The current collaborators are displayed.
2. A pop-menu will appear. Click the option Manage Collaborators.
2. Select Add collaborators.
3. In the Search for collaborators field, enter all or part of a name, and select the name from the drop-down list.
4. You can toggle permissions for each user between List owner and Can edit list.
5. Select Save. Readings & Resources sends the collaborators an invitation email.
Note:
If a user is already a collaborator, select Can edit list > List owner to change the user to an owner.
To change an owner to a list editor, select List owner > Can edit list.
To remove a collaborator from the list, select the trash icon beside the user's name.
A list owner can add or remove other collaborators.
A collaborator with permission to edit a list cannot add other users as owners or collaborators and cannot delete the list.
The list creator is the list’s first owner. The list creator does not have more privileges than any other owner of the list.
Only reading list owners and collaborators can lock lists. When a reading list is locked, you cannot edit the list.
To lock a list:
1. Click the List menu from the drop-down menu and select Lock list.
The reading list is locked.
Only a librarian or the user who locked the list can unlock the list. A locked list can be duplicated.
To unlock a list:
1. From the list menu, select unlock list.
2. In the Link to course field, you can begin by typing a Course code or name and selecting a course to associate with the list.
3. Instructors can change the start and end dates and the number of participants. Click Save.
Note: Changing the dates of a course sets the default dates for lists created for this course; it does not change the dates of any existing lists.
To associate an existing list with multiple courses:
1. Select Add another course in the Manage link to the course pane.
Once another course has been associated, the reading list will show multiple.
To edit or remove an associated course:
1. From the list actions menu, select the Manage link to course.
2. Select the ellipsis or Course Menu on the course you want to remove in the Manage link to the course screen.
Adding a Section
1. Starting on the main menu of Readings & Resources, click Add. A drop-down menu will appear; select New Section.
2. Enter the section Title. If relevant, enter a Description.
3. To make a section viewable during a specific date range, enter a Start date and End date, and Check display section during these dates only.
4. Select where in the list the section should appear.
5. Select Add.
Editing a Section
You can find the editing section menu in the section header. Click on the ellipsis, and a drop-down menu will appear with options to:
Edit section -
1. Click on the section menu (ellipsis).
2. Click on the Edit section.
3. Change or edit the following information: title, description, and start/end date.
Copy section - Allows you to duplicate a section:
1. Select the Copy section in the section menu of the section that you want to copy.
2. Enter the new section's name.
3. Select the list into which to place the new section.
4. Select Copy.
Delete Section - Any section that is no longer required can be deleted.
1. Select the section menu icon
2. Select the delete section. The Delete section confirmation window appears.
You can always edit an item or citation.
To edit an item:
1. Hover the mouse on the item to see several menu options.
2. You can click on either of the following icons: edit item or item menu > edit item.
There will be several options available to edit.
Items action
Links & availability
Items Details
Library discussion
Readings & Resources allows you to send a message to the library staff.
When you click the items menu, there is a list of options for the item: copy item, move item, set complete, manage link to the library, quick cite, save as favorite, export to RefWorks, and delete item.
Tags on items are a great way to communicate about a specific resource to your students and the library. You can add several tags to any item.
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To add an item tag:
1. Select an item and expand its view.
2. Click on the Add tag field, and a drop-down list of tags will appear.
3. Select one or more applicable tags.
To remove an item tag:
Select 'X' for the tag that you would like to remove.
