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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
• Uses the CLT Reading List template
• Includes creating stable links to:
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E-journal articles
E-books
E-pack items
Other web based sources
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
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
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
Identifying e-books
• Library now has several large ebook collections
• E-book are on the library catalogue
• Need to check the ‘linked resources’
field
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
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’)
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
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
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
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
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