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Course Readings

Course Readings is a NUS Libraries service that provides course-related materials made available, either electronically or physically.

Manage readings or reading list

There are 8 ways to manage your readings or reading list. 
Note: At a minimum, we recommend that you refer to and follow up (if applicable) with reading list status, reading status and hide/unhide readings from students as they affect the visibility of the readings to students. 

*Reading list status Change reading importance Update Course Settings
*Hide/Unhide readings from students Organize readings using groups Export reading list
*Reading status  View reading statistics  Delete readings

Reading list status

Each reading list has a status which reflects the availability of readings within it. 

  

Reading list status Explanation Action required from faculty
Active

Reading list is visible to students once it has been published. 

The visibility and accessibility of each readings within it depends on each reading status and if the readings are hidden/unhidden.

 None
Future Reading list and its readings are not yet visible to students (e.g. the start date of the reading list has not yet commenced). None
Past Reading list and its readings are no longer available to students (e.g. duration set for reading list has passed). 

None. 

[Note: If you wish to reuse the reading list in another Course, please refer to Reuse an existing reading list from previous semester.]

 

Reading status

Each reading has a status which may impact the availability of the reading. 

Reading status Explanation Action required from faculty
Active

Visible to students once:

  • your reading list is active and published; 
  • the reading itself is not hidden;
  • the reading itself is not awaiting Copyright Declaration 
 None.
Declaration required Copyright declaration for this reading has not been done.

Please ensure that the reading is copyright compliant and then select it for copyright declaration. 
Follow the steps shown in the Copyright declaration process.
Expired No longer available to students (e.g. duration set for reading list has expired).  None­.
[Note: If you wish to reuse the reading list in another Course, please refer to Reuse an existing reading list from previous semester.]
Need review Needs your review. This may be due to circumstances such as missing data in the mandatory fields or readings that have multiple matches. Select the "edit button" to update the reading request you filled in previously (e.g. add in missing data in the mandatory fields).
Pending Approved but not yet visible to students (e.g. the start date of the reading list has not commenced yet). None.
Processing Being processed by library staff. You may receive an email if further action is required. None.
Rejected This request has been rejected. 

Please mouse over the rejected status to find out why the reading request was rejected. An email has been sent to you with the reason for the rejection. 
If you have any queries, please send an email to  clbfrm05@nus.edu.sg
Removed Request was rejected while active.

An email is sent to you with the reason for the removal. 
If you have any queries, please send an email to  clbfrm05@nus.edu.sg
Submitted Submitted to library for processing. If action needs to be taken, you will receive an email. None.

 

Hide/unhide readings from students

Hiding an active reading means the reading will not be visible to students.
Unhiding an active reading means that the reading will be visible to students once the reading list has been published.

Readings with other statuses are not visible to students. 

  • To hide/unhide a reading from students, select the "Hide" button.


* You can right-click, "open image in a new tab" to view the image more clearly.   

Change reading file/link or importance

If you need to change the reading importance of a reading, do note that this can only be done for some readings (e.g. readings that have an Active, Pending or Needs Review status).  

1. On the right of the reading within the reading list, select "edit". 
* You can right-click, "open image in a new tab" to view the image more clearly.   

2. You can "Change the reading link/file" or amend the "Reading Importance": Required are Compulsory Readings while Recommended are Supplementary/Additional Readings.  


* You can right-click, "open image in a new tab" to view the image more clearly.   

3. Click on Submit or Update to save the edits.  

Organize readings using groups

By default, all readings within each Course Reading list are first placed in a folder known as Ungrouped readings.
You can create multiple groups and then move the readings into the group of your choice thereafter.  

Create New Groups

  1. Click on Lists and choose an existing list.


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  1. Click on New Group.

  1. Enter your preferred group name and click on Create.
    E.g. Each group can represent an academic week (e.g. Week 1) and be filled with the readings for that corresponding week.

  1. You can repeat steps 1-3 if you have more than 1 group to create.

Move readings into groups

The readings can be moved into their intended groups either a single reading or multiple readings at a time. 

Move single or multiple readings around – Drag and drop or use Move To function

  • Select the reading(s) that you want to move and click on the arrow button, hold to drag and drop the reading into its intended group.
  • Alternatively, you can click on the "Move To" button at the top navigation bar to place selected readings into the appropriate groups.


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Update Course Settings

The options you select in Course Settings will be applicable to all readings and reading lists within the same Course.

  1. Near the top of Course Readings, select Course Settings.
  2. Choose the appropriate School and preferred Citation Style for your course. Click Update.

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View reading statistics

Individual reading- Statistics for each reading shows the total number of accesses for each reading per student. 

Overall student usage of readings- The total active students and their accesses are captured across the readings on the top left corner. 


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Export reading list

  1. Select 1 or more readings within the reading list. This can be done even if you have readings from different groups within the same reading list.
  2. Click on Export and select the option you prefer.


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Delete readings

Course Readings allows you to either delete 1 reading or the entire reading list and all its readings.
Please be careful in deleting readings or lists as they cannot be restored.

Delete single reading

  1. Within the reading list, select the reading you want remove.
  2. Click on  that is usually found on the right side of the reading. 

Delete entire list and its readings

  1. Scroll to the top of the reading list.
  2. Click on Delete list.


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