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Add read-time estimates to resources

It could be useful if estimates of how long it takes to read/watch/listen to a resource were displayed. (I'm not sure if there is some kind of AI tool that could do this: https://martech.org/estimated-reading-times-increase-engagement/) This would...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 0 Reviewed - on hold

Enable students to mark a resource as useful (👍) or not useful (👎)

Currently students can only set reading intentions or write private notes on reading lists. It would be great if a student could also mark a resource with a thumbs up (👍) or thumbs down (👎) based on how useful they perceived it to be. This could b...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in  1 Reviewed - on hold

Enable a 'Key Theorist' label to be added to resources that are old but foundational

To enhance how reading lists can support the development of students' information literacy skills (particuarly among first-years), it would be useful if resources could be tagged/labelled as 'Key Theorist'. This would indicate to students that the...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Enable us to change which reading list item a digitisation is linked to

Currently, once a digitisation is linked to a reading list item, it cannot be unlinked/relinked to a different reading list item. This is highly frustrating. To would very useful if a digitisation could be unlinked/relinked to another reading list...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in  TADC 0 Reviewed - on hold

Add a 'Newest Edition' label to Books/Chapters based on metadata

Currently, if we want to indicate a Book/Chapter is the newest edition, we need to communciate this through Notes. It would be very useful if Books/Chapters were automatically tagged with a 'Newest edition' label based on their metadata. This woul...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Add a 'Peer Reviewed' label to Articles/Journals based on ISSN

Currently, if we want to indicate an article/journal is peer-reviewed, we need to communciate this through a 'Note to students'. It would be very useful if Articles/Journals were automatically tagged with a 'Peer-reviewed' label based on their ISS...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 2 Addressed feedback

Create a 'List Health' function in the list 'Analytics' dashboard

In the list 'Analytics' dashboard there is 'Resource health' function. It would be useful if there was also a 'List health' function, indicating: How long since any resources have been added or removed from the list (not just when the list was las...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Edit List 1 Planned

Limit the available 'Add field' options based on the Resource type selected

Currently, all possible 'Add field' options are able to added to the metadata window regardless of what resource type has been selected. To enhance the user experience, it would be helpful if only the fields necessary to reference the selected res...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Bookmarking 1 Planned

Improvements to the User Profiles data -- last login sortable, add profile status and creation date

Currently there is no quick way of telling if a profile is new, disused, or defunct. It would be very helpful if: the 'Last Login' column in 'All User Profiles' was sortable profiles were labelled as 'active' by default when they are created profi...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in User Profiles 3 Reviewed - on hold

Enable list student numbers to be updated -- in bulk via an uploaded report -- OR an LTI with enrolment systems

Currently the student number on lists has to be updated manually and individually. This is timeconsuming and tedious. It would be wonderful if the student numbers on lists could be updated in bulk via an uploaded report, the same way hierarchy nod...
Sarah @ AUT over 1 year ago in Reports 3 Reviewed - on hold