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Talis Aspire Resource List news: promoting resource lists to students

Univeristy of Ediburgh LogoUse the Resource List tool in Learn and Moodle to promote your Resource List to students.

We have found that academics responsible for each of the top ten most viewed lists use the Resource List Tool in Learn to promote their list(s) to students.

We recommend embedding your list in your Learn or Moodle course. This is very quick and easy to do using the Resource Lists Tool.

Adding the Resource List Tool in Learn and Moodle (PDF)

Top Ten Lists from Semester One 2014/15

  1. Sociology 1A (Susie Donnelly)
  2. American History 2 (Semester 1: Tutorial Reading Lists) (HCA)
  3. British Society, 1650 – c. 1880 (Social History 1.1) – Tutorial Readings (HCA)
  4. Social Anthropology 2 – (John Harries)
  5. British History 1 – Essay Readings 1 (HCA)
  6. British History 1 – Essay Readings 2 (HCA)
  7. British Society, 1650-1900 (Social History 1.1) – Essay (HCA)
  8. Greek World 1A: Essay Readings (HCA)
  9. British Society, 1650 – c. 1880 (Social History 1.1) – Assignment (HCA)
  10. Medieval Scottish History – Essay Readings (HCA)

If you would like any help adding the Resource List Tool or have any questions about the Resource List service, please get in touch: library.learning@ed.ac.uk

More information on how to make the most of Resource Lists can be found on the Resource Lists using Talis Aspire webpage and the ResourceLists@Edinburgh Blog.

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Stephanie Farley

Library Learning Services Assistant

 

Sociology 1A – Students and Tutors

Univeristy of Ediburgh LogoWhen Sociology 1A came in as the top active list for semester one we asked list owner Susie Donnelly, co-convenor of the course, for some feedback. In addition to her own experience using Resource Lists @ Edinburgh, Susie also asked her fellow co-convenor, the tutorial representatives, and the students (via the course Facebook group).

“The Resource Lists sync with the library better, especially for books – I might go as far as to say it encourages students to use the library more.” Angus Bancroft – Co-convener of Sociology 1A

Tutorial Reps:

  • Great e-resource for the readings.
  • Resource list – organised and easy to use.
  • The resources on Learn are brilliant.
  • Resource List was a great tool, everything was so accessible to students.

Feedback on the Sociology 1A Facebook group
(lots of “likes”!)

It’s great that everything is so accessible. While it is important that students still learn how to use the library, a resource list like this makes things a lot less stressful, particularly as a lot of the books that contain the readings will be in high demand and there may not be a lot of copies. I particularly like being able to download the readings as PDFs so that I can highlight and make notes on them on my laptop … I think that more courses should adopt a resource list like this. – Emma McFarlane, Sociology 1A student.

More information on how to make the most of Resource Lists can be found on the Resource Lists using Talis Aspire webpage and the ResourceLists@Edinburgh Blog.

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Stephanie Farley

Library Learning Services Assistant

How to use Resource Lists @ Edinburgh – A guide for students

Univeristy of Ediburgh LogoWe now have around 300 published resource lists for courses across the university and as this number steadily grows so too does the number of students now accessing readings and resources via Resource Lists @ Edinburgh.

To provide more information about the service and the many ways it can benefit students we have included an ‘Information for students’ section on our website and created a short guide with some hints, tips and tricks on how to get the most out of this service.

The new page is now live on the Resource Lists @ Edinburgh using Talis Aspire website and includes a link to the Resource Lists @ Edinburgh using Talis Aspire: A Guide for Students (PDF).

Please feel free to point students towards either the webpage or the pdf document. Both can easily be found by linking directly or by using the search function on the University website.

More information on how to make the most of Resource Lists can be found on the Resource Lists using Talis Aspire webpage and the ResourceLists@Edinburgh Blog.

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Stephanie Farley

Library Learning Services Assistant