Requesting, linking, and managing e-readings

You can ask for documents such as book chapters, journal or newspaper articles that are required for student reading, to be made available electronically. Any work that isn’t your own must be registered for Copyright Compliance. Please ensure that you have read and understood the Copyright Guidelines before proceeding to request e-readings.

For additional information, an updated version of the Readings Quick Guide is available from Knowledge Media to help you produce high quality readings for your students.

Point your students directly to e-readings from within your DSO site, by following these instructions.

To activate and link to individual e-readings in your DSO site

Navigate to your DSO unit homepage and to the page you wish to add the e-reading to.

  1. Select the Add Content Link drop-down menu

  2. Click on Resource: Find Link and Add menu item

  3. Select Create Resource: Find Link and Add


Check if your reading is already available in the Learning Repository

  1. Use the search box to check if your reading is already available. Search using any information from the reading citation, such as author, article or book chapter title, or journal name. (Tip: enclose phrases in double quotes, e.g. “educational research online”)

If your reading is available, activate it

  1. Click on View More Details

  2. Tick the check box for the reading and click on Activate and Add

  3. Select dates for availability of readings. The default time period is set as the trimester of offer for your unit. Use the date calendar to select different active start and finish dates if required.

  4. Select the preferred referencing style as prompted.

  5. Click on Activate and Add once more to complete the process

  6. A link in the form of an icon to that reading will appear on your DSO unit page automatically.

If your reading is not available, complete a contribution form to request it

  1. Return to the Add Content Link drop-down menu

  2. Click on Resource: Contribute to LR menu item

  3. Select the Create Resource: Contribute to LR button

  4. Request a reading by selecting the appropriate form for a journal or newspaper article, an extract from books or other publications, or an extract from a website.

  5. Complete one form for each reading required.

  6. Once submitted, your request will be processed by the KMD Copyright team and Library staff.  Subsequent to approval, requests are usually processed within 5 working days.

Activated readings are automatically added to unit reading lists accessible from the Library homepage.

 

To activate and link to an individual e-reading directly from the Learning Repository

Use these instructions if you wish to include a link to e-readings on webpages, or in locations other than DSO.

  1. Log directly into the Learning Repository homepage using your Deakin username and password.

  2. Use the search box to check if your reading is already available. Search using any information from the reading citation, such as author, article or book chapter title, or journal name. (Tip: enclose phrases in double quotes, e.g. “educational research online”)

  3. If your reading is available, activate it.

  4. Click on View More Details.

  5. Tick the check box for the reading and click on Activate

  6. Select your unit code

  7. Select dates for availability of readings. The default time period is set as the trimester of offer for your unit. Use the date calendar to select different active start and finish dates if required.

  8. Select the preferred referencing style as prompted.

  9. Click on Activate once more to complete the process.

  10. The reading has now been automatically added to your unit's e-reading list on the library website. You will now need to manually link the e-reading to your webpage.

 

 To manually link to an individual e-reading

  1. From the Library homepage, enter your unit code in the unit materials box

  2. Check limit to:e-readings and click on Find unit materials

  3. If a number of Trimester options are offered, select the relevant trimester

  4. Check you are satisfied that the readings list is the correct one for your unit

  5. Choose a specific reading and select View Links

  6. Copy the appropriate e-reading link and paste it where needed 

  7. This URL is permanent. It is not influenced by the trimester or period of offer of readings, nor the active or inactive status of a reading. If a reading list is rolled over to a new time period, URLs for individual readings remain current and unchanged.

 

To link to a list of readings

  1. From the Library homepage, enter your unit code in the unit materials box

  2. Check limit to:e-readings and click on Find unit materials

  3. Check you are satisfied that the readings list is the correct one for your unit

  4. To create a permanent link to the reading list, click on View Links against any reading

  5. Copy and paste the Links for use in DSO Reading List URL or Links for use elsewhere Reading List URL

  6. This URL is permanent for the trimester or period of offer of readings.

  7. If a reading list is rolled over to a new time period, a new URL is created. Repeat this process to link to the new reading list.


To roll over active readings from trimester to trimester, or unit to unit

To make e-readings accessible from one trimester to another, or from one unit to another

  1. From the Library homepage, search for e-readings for the unit in question

  2. Follow the link to the e-reading list for the unit

  3. Select the Admin Login link situated on the top right hand side corner of the reading list

  4. Login with your Deakin username and password

  5. Follow the prompts provided and select a new trimester period, or a new or additional unit of offer.

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9th December 2011