Learn how to save time and reuse your Reading Lists again in the future. This video explains why Reading Lists need to be rolled over into the next semester's Canvas course shell and how to do this. Learn how to rollover your Reading List into a new course shell and how to publish the list so it is visible to your students.
Reading Lists: 4. Rollover (4:26 mins), RMIT Library Teaching & Research, Microsoft Stream (RMIT login required)
You can save time and re-use your Reading Lists again in the future. Be careful not to delete the list at the end of the teaching period for the course as it will not be recoverable.
Instructors and collaborators can re-use Reading Lists for the same course with a new term code. It is a separate process to the Canvas rollover.
1. Locate the current/old Reading List that you want to rollover
Go to 'Lists' and search for the Reading List you want to rollover. Select the Reading List title to open the list.
2. Select 'Roll Over list'
In the Reading List view, select the ellipsis […] in the top right-hand corner under the list title to display the Reading List options menu.
Select 'Roll Over list'
3. A Roll Over pop-up window appears
Enter the course code that you want to roll your list over TO.
Available courses will start appearing as you type.
Select 'OK'.
If the new course is not provisioned in Canvas yet, it may not be available to select.
4. The 'Roll Over' settings window will pop up
The old Reading List name will appear. Edit the Reading List name to change the term code from the previous offering to match the new term code you selected.
E.g. ‘The Professional Experience (1910)’. Change it to ‘The Professional Experience (1950)’
You must leave the default options to enable the citations to roll over without error.
Permalinks and LTI links in the new Canvas shell will point to the rolled-over list.
Select 'ROLL OVER'
5. A Warning window will pop up
“The original course is still active. If you continue, the original Reading List will no longer be available using existing permalinks, which now point to the new list. Continue?”
This indicates that permalinks in the old Canvas modules that point to items in the original Reading List will cease to work once the Reading List is rolled over. You can be reassured that the permalinks within the new rolled-over Canvas modules will be active and connect to resources in the rolled-over Reading List.
Confirm by selecting 'OK'
6. A confirmation window will pop up
Select 'CLOSE'
7. Edit the list header
The rolled over list is now available with a 'DRAFT' status in the new canvas shell. Usage analytics are re-set to zero.
Edit the Reading List header to reflect the new title and term code. You can remove the text '(Rolled over)'.
The Reading List description field is inherited from the older list. Edit the field to update the new term details.
8. Publish the Reading List to your students
Access the Reading List in the new/current course shell. The Reading List will have a DRAFT status and needs to be PUBLISHED to be visible to students.
Before you publish, you can add new citations to the list and send them to the Library for review or delete citations that are no longer required.
Select 'Publish'
A 'Publish List' window will appear. Select the 'Course students' radio button, then select 'CONFIRM'