Between 19th June 2023 and 18th July 2023 - To enable rollover to proceed sucessfully please refrain from duplicating existing lists, creating new lists or assigning new Blackboard courses to existing lists/new lists. All lists will rollover from July 17th 2023.
Reading List Rollover will take place in Mid July 2023. All lists should migrate over and map to the new Blackboard course codes.
This means that you should find that the 'Reading List' link in the Blackboard Ultra course shell maps to the correct reading list (if you did previously have an online reading list for that module in the 2022-23 academic year).
Steps required to make rolled-over lists available.
As part of the roll-over process, all lists will revert to Draft status so will not be visible to students at this stage. You will need to check that content is showing correctly, delete unwanted items, and add new items as required.
You can follow the guidance to check your rolled over lists and update them following the process we used last year. If you did not do this last year, follow the guidance and contact us if you need further help.
You might want to use this opportunity to look over your reading lists, thinking about diversifying content and considering new editions, or purchase/digitisation requests. If you need any support in this respect, please contact your Academic Librarian and Skills Tutor.
Once checked by you, and any new content added the list will need to be ‘Published’ to become visible to students.
The reading list will then be available for students to use once you make your 2023/24 Blackboard course module public to students.
If you use Teams rather than Blackboard then you can integrate your reading list into the module Teams site as well. See our guide on adding lists to Teams.
Adding to Blackboard and MS Teams
You should find that the 'Reading List' link in both the Blackboard Ultra and Blackboard course shells maps to the correct reading list (if you did previously have an online reading list for that module in the previous academic year).
If you need help with finding that link please contact the TILE team or email anshul.lau@staffs.ac.uk
To add to MS Teams you can add a new tab using the Website option and add the URL for the Reading List. See our guide on adding lists to Teams.
For help with the reading list itself (content or functionality) please contact the Library on readinglists@staffs.ac.uk
Setting up new reading lists
If you have a new module then there will not be a list automatically mapped to this. This will include those modules that have moved to 20/40 credits. You can create a new list from scratch and associate this with the relevant Blackboard course. See the section of the training guide on creating a new list.
In Blackboard when you click the Reading List link then you will be prompted to create a new list and associate it with the course/module.
Ordering new books and other resources
All new book requests now need to be made Leganto. This includes new editions of books already on your list, plus new books. To ensure the process works correctly follow the steps under the ordering new books section of this guide.
Digitisation requests
Leganto provides the opportunity to manage digitisation in a more streamlined way and digitisation requests can be made as you add content to your list. See the section on submitting digitisation requests for instructions on how to do this
