myReadings

To begin using myReadings, you will have to add it to your myCourseLink / D2L course site.

a) Within myCourselink, open up the course where you wish to add myReadings. Then click the CONTENT tab.

b) Under the Table of Contents on the left, add a new module titled MyReadings. You can drag this module up and down within the Table of Contents.

c) Within your myReadings module, click on Existing Activities and select External Learning Tools. 

d) From the list of External Learning Tools, choose MyReadings. A MyReadings icon will show up in your module. 

 

 

e) Before proceeding further with course list set-up, please follow this step to make myReadings open in a new tab - this alleviates some visibility problems your students might have with myReadings.

- Click on the down arrow beside myReadings and select "Edit Properties in Place"

 

Ensure the box "Open as External Resource" is checked.

 

 

 

f) To continue with course set-up, please click into myReadings. The step above may leave you in an "editing properties" stage - to get around this, click the main CONTENT tab in the top left of D2L, and then click on myReadings again.

You will now see some reading list set-up options. To create a brand new list, choose Create a New List from Scratch. We will describe the "existing list" option under the "Rolling Over" tab.

For your list name, we recommend something appropriate for your course, such as PSYC 1001 Readings.

g) Choose a template.

A template merely refers to how many sections (of readings) will be pre-populated into your myReadings list. It is easy to modify (by adding or deleting sections) your reading list later if necessary.

Commonly, "Weeks" would be used, which would create a section of "Week 1" readings, followed by "Week 2" readings, etc.

It is possible to reorganize your sections afterwards if needed.

You are now able to add items to myReadings. Please remember, if you would like library assistance, you can send a list of readings to library staff, for us to add your items, by any of these methods:

- attaching the list as a file in our "course reserves request" form on this page.

- email the library directly (see Contact Us page on this guide)