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Creating a reading list in Moodle

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Creating a reading list in Moodle. Learning Technologists, Centre for Learning Technology. Aims and objectives. To show you how to make your reading list available in Moodle

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Creating a reading list in Moodle

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  1. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Creating a reading list in Moodle Learning Technologists, Centre for Learning Technology

  2. Aims and objectives • To show you how to make your reading list available in Moodle • Uses the CLT Reading List template • Includes creating stable links to: • E-journal articles • E-books • E-pack items • Other web based sources

  3. Why construct an online reading list? • Saves your students time and effort • Helps large numbers of students gain access to reading materials • Encourages your students to do their reading! • Adds value to your Moodle course • Exploits the electronic resources available in the LSE Library

  4. Why use our template? • Simple clean interface: web format means it opens in Moodle • Contains useful links to help pages • Reading lists look consistent across Moodle courses • Has features built in such as links opening in a new window

  5. Online reading list - issues • Spoon-feeding? • Students become lazy and may only read the online readings • Students don’t learn how to use the library to undertaken research using various databases • If not kept up to date paper reading lists can have incorrect classmarks or bibliographic details

  6. Identifying e-books • Library now has several large e-book collections • E-book are on the library catalogue • Need to check the ‘linked resources’ field

  7. Linking to websites • Need to check links are stable otherwise recommend linking to the home page e.g. www.lse.ac.uk • Make sure links open in a new window

  8. E-packs (scanned readings) • These are scanned readings which are requested via the Library • Many produced under a licence and need to be ‘renewed’ each year • Further help and advice about the service from Library Epacks website(search for ‘electronic course pack’)

  9. E-journals • Check the catalogue or e-journals portal before creating a link! • Can add links to journal articles but need to ensure links are ‘stable’ or ‘persistent’ • DOIs (Digital Object Identifier) are a type of stable URL many journals use • Also need to include library proxy server to ensure links work off-campus • Instructions and help on CLT website

  10. E-journal linking tools • E-journals link fixer tool • can be added to your Moodle course as a block • CrossRef tool • to look up a DOI when you have a citation

  11. Adding the list to Moodle • FrontPage files uploaded as a ‘resource’ in Moodle • If require editing do this in FrontPage and re-upload the page • Check links are working regularly

  12. Conclusion • Online reading lists very useful for students but take some time to create • Need to keep reading lists up to date • If using the epack service need to renew readings each year • Don’t download PDFs from journals and put them in Moodle

  13. For further information CLT website >Library resources http://clt.lse.ac.uk/library-resources/index.php CLT website > linking to e-journals http://clt.lse.ac.uk/library-resources/E-journals/index.php E-mail: clt-support@lse.ac.uk

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