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Course Resources @ AUT

A comprehensive how-to guide for Course Resources Lists

1. About Course Resources

 

Course Resources is AUT's online reading list management system. The platform is called Talis Aspire.

Talis Aspire is used by over 100 institutions across New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Norway, Cyprus, Malaysia & China

 

Use of Course Resources lists enables:

 
  1.     Lecturers to provide direct and copyright compliant access to resources, monitor student engagement, indicate resourcing needs to Librarians
  2.     Students to access resources in a centralised, consistent way across courses, add private study notes, track their progress, report broken links
  3.     Librarians to support access → lists inform them which resources you need purchased, subscribed to, relocated, scanned, or link-checked
  4.     AUT to fulfil its legal obligation to report on our copying of copyrighted works to Copyright Licencing New Zealand (CLNZ)
  5.     CLNZ to distribute secondary royalties to copyright owners from AUT's licence fees
 
 

Lecturers are responsible for updating their 'Course Resources' lists ideally BEFORE Orientation Week.

This provides Librarians with time to ensure over 30,000 Course Resources for approximately 1,000 courses are purchased, subscribed to, relocated, scanned, and checked for broken links before teaching each Semester.

Librarians cannot support access to resources that are not on your Course Resources list!

Help Librarians help you by using Course Resources lists to share resources → Librarians maintain the links on lists for you!

Please do not share resources by listing or linking resources in Canvas pages, uploaded documents, or the Course Overview.

It is an infraction to upload PDFs of copyrighted resources to Canvas for students to download, or to share copies by email, social media, or Announcements. AUT's Copyright Policy requires copies of works to be shared via Course Resources.

For more information about using PDFs with no copyright, lapsed copyright, or waived copyrights see Attaching PDFs

 
 

Course Resources can be accessed through either:

 

1.   The Course Resources tab in your Canvas courses

Ensure the tab is not hidden or missing from your course menu.

2.   The Talis Aspire platform: http://resourcelists.aut.ac.nz/

Google Chrome is the recommended browser. Bookmark the link for future access.

 

2. Create a User Profile

 

Create a user profile the first time you access Course Resources:

 

To create your profile: 

  1.   Click  in the menu bar → use your AUT staff login
  2.   Click Create a profile (where the Log In button was)
  3.   Enter your first name, surname, and staff email address
  4.   Select an option in the 'I'd describe myself as' drop down
  5.   Select a Privacy* setting, then click Save profile
 

Make sure you always log in to Course Resources when editing lists.

 

*My profile is private:

  • only those with an AUT login can access and view your profile details. Only Librarians can see your name at the top of lists you own.
 
 

To edit your user profile in Course Resources:

 
  • Click your profile name in the menu bar, and select View Profile
  • Click the 'Edit profile' button on the right, then edit your details
  • Click Save profile when you have finished editing
 
 

To delete your user profile from Course Resources:

 
  • Contact the Library via ServiceNow if you would like your profile name removed from the system when leaving AUT
 
 

Your profile keeps track of the Lists you can edit and have been invited to edit:

 
  • Click  to see the lists you can edit
 
  • Click  to see the lists you have been invited to edit.
  • You can only edit these lists if you have accepted the email invitation to edit them
  • Click the three dots button  to the right of the list, and select Accept invite if you have not already
 
 

Your profile keeps track of all the resources you add to lists:

 

Click the tab 'My Bookmarks' in the main menu bar to see all the items you have personally added to lists.

  • Items will remain in 'My Bookmarks' regardless of whether they are currently on a list, or deleted from a list.
  • To remove an item from 'My Bookmarks', click the three dots button  to the right of the item and click Remove.
 

3. Install the Browser Extension

 

Install the Talis Browser Extension on your preferred browser:

 

The browser extension enables you to add resources to Course Resources lists. 

Select your preferred browser in the tab above. (You can install on all browsers if you wish)

 
 

To install the Talis Browser Extension on Google Chrome:

 
  1.    Go to 'My Bookmarks', click 'Install Bookmarking Extension' and choose Google Chrome (OR open this link)
  2.    Click 'Add to Chrome'
  3.    Now click the new Talis Aspire extension icon  in the top right of your Google Chrome browser window.     
  4.    Select Auckland University of Technology in the 'Institution' drop down, and click Save.
 

The Talis Aspire extension is now successfully installed and ready to use. Make sure the extension is always visible.

  • If you cannot see the extension icon in your toolbar, or it is not working, please see the Troubleshooting Guide
 

 

To install the Talis Browser Extension on Microsoft Edge:

 
  1.    Go to 'My Bookmarks', click 'Install Bookmarking Extension' and choose Microsoft Edge (OR open this link)
  2.    Select 'Get extension' at the top of the screen, then 'Allow', then 'Add extension' in the pop-ups
  3.    Click the new Talis Aspire extension icon  in the top right of your Microsoft Edge browser window. 
  4.    Select Auckland University of Technology in the 'Institution' drop down, and click Save.
 

The Talis Aspire extension is now successfully installed and ready to use. Make sure the extension is always visible.

  • If you cannot see the extension icon in your toolbar, or it is not working, please see the Troubleshooting Guide
 
 

To install the Talis Browser Extension on Mozilla Firefox:

 
  1.    Go to 'My Bookmarks', click 'Install Bookmarking Extension' and Mozilla Firefox (Or open this link)
  2.    Click 'Add to Firefox', then click 'Allow' then 'Okay' in the pop-ups
  3.    Click the new Talis Aspire extension icon  in the top right of your Mozilla Firefox browser window.*     
  4.    Select Auckland University of Technology in the 'Institution' drop down, and click Save.
 

The Talis Aspire extension is now successfully installed and ready to use. Make sure the extension is always visible.

  • If you cannot see the extension icon in your toolbar, or it is not working, please see the Troubleshooting Guide
 
 

To install the Talis Browser Extension on Safari:

 

  1.    Open the Apple App Store on your Mac
  2.    Search for 'Talis Aspire Reading Lists Bookmarking'
  3.    Click on Install, then Open, then Enable the extension
  4.    Right-click the new Talis icon and choose 'Manage Extension'
  5.    Select AUT as your 'Institution' in the preferences tab
  6.    Click Save.

 

The Talis Aspire extension is now successfully installed and ready to use.

*For help please see the Troubleshooting Guide

 

You can also install the Add to My Bookmarks button on your browser:

 

The  Bookmarklet is the Talis Browser Extension's predecessor, but it can still be used.

 
  1.    Ensure your browser's bookmarks toolbar is visible* 
  2.    Go to  and click 'Install Bookmarking Extension'
  3.    Click 'Manually install the bookmarklet' at the bottom of the pop-up
  4.    Drag and drop the blue box 'Add to My Bookmarks' into your toolbar.
  5.    Click Close.    
 

The Add to My Bookmarks button is now successfully installed and ready to use.

*If you are unsure how to make your toolbar visible, please see the Troubleshooting Guide for your preferred browser

4. Learn about Lists

 

Lists are administered by the Library. Librarians 'rollover' each course's list ahead of teaching.

 

Please only update and use the List rolled over for you by the Library before teaching.

  • Rolled over lists are specifically configured for use during a particular semester / term / trimester etc.
  • Rolled over lists are automatically embedded in the Course Resources tab of their corresponding Canvas course
 

Please submit a Course Resources form via ServiceNow if the wrong list has been rolled over by the Library.

 
 

List Titles follow a naming convention:     Course Code - Course Name: Subtitle if applicable

 
 

Lists display which Time Period they have been configured for eg. Semester / Term / Trimester etc.

 
 

Lists display who is the chief editor under the List Title. This is called the List Owner.

 

 

Lists display which Course they are associated with. All lists must be tagged with a Course Code.

 

 

Lists display the number of enrolments in the course. Student numbers are updated Mid-semester.

 

 

 

Lists with a red Private label have restricted access, so only those with an AUT login can view them.

 

5. How to Edit Lists

 

Now that you are ready to use Course Resources, follow the Steps in 'Get Sorted before Teaching'

 

This includes instructions on how to update and edit the Course Resources List for your Course.