Reading Lists is a service integrated with Canvas that enables you to successfully link and manage course materials. If you want your students to read, see or hear Library, Internet or desktop content, use Reading Lists to make course materials readily available.  

Benefits:

• Easily add, edit and delete content
• Reuse lists, term to term.
• Capture Internet content with CITE IT!
• Promote Zero Textbook Costs for students
• Provide stable access to content through library licensed renewals/purchases. 
• Reserve Staff available to support access
• Track student engagement with materials through analytics

Process:

• Add [CITE IT] to Bookmarks Panel 
• Create lists with materials from ASU Library, the Internet or personal files
• Tag individual items to let the library know check-out periods, a print resource needs to electronically available or streamed, etc.
• Use the Send List  button to verify and request materials from the library. Get your list in early... especially videos
• Communicate with the Library Course Reserves from inside Reading Lists as needed
• Publish  list when ASU Library confirms Reading List 

Instructional Designers: Contact Course Reserves if your administrative account needs to be added to Reading Lists

Contacts: Course Reserves (Technical Questions)  Lisa Kammerlocher (Training)

Watch Dr. Leigh Wolf describe how she uses reading lists in courses in the Ed.D program at Mary Lou Fulton Teacher's College

1. Click on the "My lists" tab on the left hand side of the page. From here, instructors can select the "New List" button to create a list from scratch.

2. A window will pop up at the top of the screen with options to fill out the Title and a Description of the course. Once completed hit the "Create" button.

3. From this screen, select the "Blank" template option to create your blank reading list.

4. The course draft will appear with an option asking the Instructor to associate with a course, that option will allow Instructors to enter the course title or code. Instructors can skip this step by selecting the "Not Now" option.

5. Now that the Reading List has been set up, ASU Library Reading Lists will prompt the Instructor to start adding sections.

1. On the professor’s main ASU Library Reading List course page there is a button near the top right side, underneath the course information labeled “New Section.”

2. Once selected, A new field will pop up with a couple editing options.

• Instructors can give their sections specific titles.
•  Instructors can add descriptions describing the material in the section.
• Instructors can assign start and end dates to organize their sections and can also make these sections disappear to their students when the dates have passed.
• Once the instructor is finished with editing the section, they can click the “Create” button to publish the section or “Discard” to remove the section.

3. Once the section is created, professors can now designate requested materials to them and better organize their course. 

The webinar presented by ExLibris on using ASU Library Reading Lists is below. You will discover the core functions of the product and see some specific examples of how to add resources from ASU Library and other sites. 

This library guide was adapted from the University of Sunshine Coast, Leganto: Creating Reading Lists. https://libguides.usc.edu.au/leganto