The BC Libraries’ Course Resources tool in Canvas is designed to help instructors work with the library to incorporate material in their courses. Instructors can use the tool to build reading lists that include books, chapters, articles, and videos owned by the library, and free web resources, podcasts, and more.
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This page contains instructions to help you get started. For individualized help with choosing resources, contact your subject librarian.
Start in Canvas. If your Canvas site is not yet available, use the direct access.
Lists are rolled over from year to year based on course code, section, and term, NOT instructor. You may see lists that do not belong to you. Feel free to ignore lists you do not want. You can create a new list from scratch or re-use (copy) an existing list.
If you have copied over a Canvas site, the previous Course Resources list may not be rolled over to your new Canvas course. Lists only roll over based on course code, section, and term. If that is the case, then you can copy an old list to your new Canvas site. Find your old list, and click Copy list.
If you used shareable links from the old list and you want those to continue to work, then make sure the default "Yes" is selected when you create the new list.
Publishing a Canvas site, does not publish the Course Resources list. You must click "My list is ready" each semester in order for your list to be viewable to students and for the library to be notified to work on your list.
If you would like to use the same list for multiple courses including multiple sections, you can add the courses by using the Manage course association in the top menu to add additional courses to the list.
Collaborators can help manage or edit your list. To add a TA, Designer, or Librarian to your list, click List info at the top, then Manage collaborators. Enter a name or full BC email address (firstname.lastname@bc.edu).
If you do not find a name, add the person to your Canvas course as a TA or Designer. Once added to your course, they will appear on the list of collaborators to invite.
To change a person's role from a Collaborator (Can edit list) to an Owner (Can manage list), select Manage collaborators and use the drop-down list.
