Adding ARES E-Course Reserves to a Bb Learn Course Shell

Adding a Course Reserves to a Course, along with Link in Left Navigation Panel

If you wish to use ARES electronic course reserves, we recommend creating a "Course Reserves" link (if one isn't present) and area using the following instructions.

  1. In your Bb Learn course shell, click the plus or "+" sign at the top of the left-hand navigation panel (course menu).
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  2. Click "Content Area."
  3. Enter "Course Reserves" for the "Name."
  4. Enter a "Description" (if you wish).
  5. Check the "Available to Users" box.
  6. Click "Submit."
  7. Click the new "Course Reserves" link in the left-hand navigation panel (course menu).
  8. Click the "Tools" drop-down menu.
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  9. Click "ARES Course Reserves." -- Do not click "More Tools" and then click "Ares Course Reserves."
  10. For Name," enter "Course Reserves."
  11. Click "Submit."

Once you have a "Course Reserves" area in your Bb Learn course shell, the instructions in the next section show how to request course reserves materials or items.

If you want to move where the left navigation panel "Course Reserves" area link appears, moving it up higher or lower in the left navigation panel, see the following webpage:

Alternative Instructions:

Request an Item to be Added to your Course Reserves

Here is how to place a request in your "Course Reserves" area in your Bb Learn course shell.

  1. First, make sure you have added a course reserves area to your course.
    (a) See the following webpage for instructions, then return here.
    (b) Bb Learn Course Reserves -- Adding ARES E-Course Reserves to a Bb Learn Course Shell
  2. Click the "Course Reserves" in a "Content Area."
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  3. Click "Add Reserve Item."
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  4. Click the icon for the type of item you want to reserve for your class.
    Options are: Article, Chapter, Book, Misc. File Upload, Audio, Video
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  5. Enter the bibliographic or identifying information for the item you want to reserve.
    Enter information in fields on the right.
    Example screenshot below shows an Article form, but you might have chosen another reserve item type
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  6. Scroll down, and make sure your course is selected.
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  7. Scroll down, and click "Submit Item" to submit your request for this item to be included in your course's reserves.

Alternative Instructions

Linking to 1 Course Reserve Item in your Bb Learn Course

You always have to link to the entire "Course Reserves" webpage.

Links to individual course reserve items will break when a course copy is done after the current quarter.

Our recommended work-around is to make a "Course Link" (different than above) to the "Courser Reserves" webpage,

  • and give that "Course Link" the name of the individual item,
  • and add "Scroll down for item" or such in the description for the "Course Link."

See the following webpage for how to create a course link.


Import Items from a previously taught course

Here is how to import items from a previously taught course in your Bb Learn course shell.

  1. Before importing items, you can browse course materials entries by clicking "View Item".


  2. You may also notice the course number when browsing, the course number is helpful when doing a quick search.
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  3. Come back to your own page:
    Item Tools > Add Reserve items
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  4. The form presented current and previous course details.
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  5. You can use "Ctrl" + "F" to do a quick search with the course number that you would like to import.
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  6. If imported successfully, the main page will present the following information:
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  8. If you want to edit reserve items, come back to the main page and reserve items form:
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  9. You may click "view items" to view details or click "Edit"
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  10. After you click "Edit", you can edit item information.
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Additional Course Reserves Questions

Contact reserves@drexel.edu if you have any questions about the review and approval process; or the status of any course reserve materials or items that have been copied, imported, or added; or about physical Drexel Library course reserves.

More information about Drexel Library course reserves can also be found at the following link: