Talis Aspire Ideas Portal
This fall term, we piloted a mediated list creation option by giving instructors a Google form to request this and provide us with their syllabus. We then created the list on behalf of the instructor. The mediated list creation option had to be run through a Google form and we used another spreadsheet to assign staff and track progress. Although this worked well, I believe it would be better if such requests could be tracked like a regular review, so staff can work from a single place.
In short, an instructor should have the opportunity to upload a syllabus/list of readings with their course information in Talis Aspire, then we receive an email and see it appear in the reviews section.
Why did we start a mediated list creation option? Instructors struggle to remember how to use Talis Aspire when they only use it once or twice per year to create a list. Our staff find it easier to create the list on behalf of the instructor, as they are experts at adding correct bookmarks and metadata, rather than fixing an instructor's bookmarks/metadata.
