Adding materials to courses
Attaching an item to a course
These procedures are intended if you already have an item with a barcode in your catalog, and you wish to attach it to a course.
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Navigate to Administration → Local Administration → Course Reserves List
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Select an existing course.
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Choose Edit Selected from the Actions menu.
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Open the Course materials tab.
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Enter the barcode of an item you wish to attach to the course.
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You may optionally describe the relationship of the item to the course. For example, the item may be "required reading" or "optional listening".
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If necessary, you may temporarily change various characteristics of the item while attaching it. For example, if you are bringing a book from your typical stacks to the reserves room, you may wish to change the book’s shelving location, circulation modifier, and call number. The characteristics will remain in effect until the item is detached from the course or the course is archived.
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Press the "Add material" button.
Attaching a brief record to a course
These procedures are intended if you wish to attach a resource to a course, and the resource is not in your catalog.
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Navigate to Administration → Local Administration → Course Reserves List
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Select an existing course.
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Choose Edit Selected from the Actions menu.
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Open the Course materials tab.
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Open the "Associate brief record" tab.
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Fill out the metadata for the resource.
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You may optionally describe the relationship of the resource to the course.
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Press the "Add material" button.
After creating a brief record, it is represented as a bibliographic record in your catalog, which catalogers may edit and enhance at any time. When the resource is detached from the course or the course is archived, the bibliographic record will be automatically deleted.
Attaching a cataloged electronic resource to a course
These procedures are intended if you wish to attach a resource to a course, and the resource is an electronic resource in your catalog. An example of this type of resource is a library-licensed ebook that is used as a course textbook.
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In the staff catalog, find the electronic resource that you would like to add. In the record summary, note the Database ID.
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Navigate to Administration → Local Administration → Course Reserves List
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Select an existing course.
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Choose Edit Selected from the Actions menu.
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Open the Course materials tab.
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Open the "Associate electronic resource from catalog" tab.
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Enter the resource’s bibliographic ID.
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You may optionally describe the relationship of the resource to the course.
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Press the "Add material" button.
Unlike brief records, detaching this resource from the course or archiving the course will not delete the bibliographic record.