How to add a Reading List to your Blackboard Module

In the previous version of Blackboard, Reading List links were added automatically to each module. For the time being, until we can develop the software to do the same thing in Blackboard Ultra, Reading Lists will need to be added manually to each module.

Fortunately, the process is fairly easy, and for a single module, pretty quick.

Adding a Reading List comes in two stages. Firstly, module leaders need to review the content of, and then publish or request a review for their Reading List for 21/22. This is the same process as happens every year, and is separate from what takes place in the VLE. Secondly, module leaders will need to “get” the “link” for their Reading List and insert it into their Blackboard Ultra module.

How to Review and Publish your Reading List

1. Go to the Reading Lists Online website (readinglists.tees.ac.uk) and log in.
2. Find the appropriate Reading List either by using the search box or by clicking on My Lists.
3. Check the list details and contents. Amend, add or remove any items as necessary. To support the hybrid model of delivery colleagues should prioritise electronic resources rather than print as far as possible. See libguides.tees.ac.uk/RLO/Promoteonlineresources for more information.
4. Publish the list if you’ve made changes to it OR Request Review (found under Edit menu) if no changes have been made.

This part of the Reading List process is managed by Student and Library Services, and for additional support, colleagues should see the Guide for Updating Reading Lists for 2021/22 or contact their Academic Librarian.

How to add your Reading List to your Blackboard Ultra module

1. Firstly, and most importantly, log out of the Reading Lists Online website (click on your name, and then Log Out in the drop down menu). This is necessary to avoid inadvertantly giving students a link to a Reading List that only staff can access.
2. Search for your Reading List using the search box on the front page of the Reading Lists Online website. Ensure you select the list for the correct year (e.g. 2021-22). Click on that list to display it.
3. Next, right click in the url box at the top of browser window and select Copy. This copies the link for the Reading List to your clipboard.
4. You’re now finished with the Reading Lists Online website.
5. Go to Blackboard Ultra (bb.tees.ac.uk), sign in, and go to the appropriate module.
6. Go to the Library Resources page in your module and identify the Module Reading List content item.
7. Edit this content item (by clicking on the three dots to the right of the item).
8. Click on the Module Reading List link, and then on the highlighted purple “link” icon at the top of the editor window.
9. A popup window will appear. Paste the link you copied at step 3 into the Link URL box.
10. Click Save, and then then Save again – and you’re done!

How to add a Lib Guide to your Blackboard Module

Adding a Lib Guide is very similar to adding a Reading List.

1. Firstly, go to the list of Subject Lib Guides maintained by Student and Library Services.
2. Identify and click on the guide appropriate for your module.
3. Copy the link for this Lib Guide by right clicking in the url box at the top of browser window and selecting Copy (the same process as for the Reading List).
4. Go to Blackboard Ultra (bb.tees.ac.uk), sign in, and go to the appropriate module.
5. Go to the Library Resources page in your module and identify the Subject Lib Guide content item.
6. Edit this content item (by clicking on the three dots to the right of the item).
7. Click on the Subject Lib Guide link, and then on the highlighted purple “link” icon at the top of the editor window.
8. A popup window will appear. Paste the link you copied at step 3 into the Link URL box.
9. Click Save, and then then Save again – and you’re done!