Course Readings

Course Readings is a new reading list management system for USC. This new system offers a number of advantages for course coordinators and students. It enables the course coordinator to develop a reading list within a Blackboard course site and push it through to the Library for actioning.

Course Coordinator Benefits

You can :

• Create interactive lists of citations from a range of sources - Library, YouTube, Streaming Video, Websites
• Monitor student engagement with course resources through the system analytics
• Promote student engagement by enabling the feature that allows students to recommend resources and post comments
• Easily update content at any stage of the semester
• Reuse elements or duplicate whole lists for other courses
• Include your tutors as collaborators to allow them to edit the list as well

Student Benefits

• A comprehensive reading list can be linked directly from their course Blackboard site
• Linked directly to the full text for their resources
• Student can interact with the lists and recommend resources to peers (optional feature moderated by the Course Coordinator)

Training is available regularly throughout the semester. Please book in for one of the training sessions via the below link. If no training sessions currently suit your available time, please contact your Liaison Librarian to organise a time that suits you.