Frequently Asked Questions

Aspire For Students

Blackboard And Aspire (staff)

How do I access Aspire off campus?

How do I link my module reading list to the hierarchy in Aspire?

How do I link my reading list to a Blackboard module?

How do I publish / re-publish my reading list in Aspire?

I've made a change to my Aspire list and republished - when will it show in the Blackboard module?

I've published my Aspire list - why can't I see it in my Blackboard module?

What happens when I publish a draft list in Aspire?

Copying Aspire Lists (staff)

How do I copy an Aspire list from one module to another?

How do I prepare for Aspire Reading List Copy?

How do I re-use an existing Aspire list in English for a Welsh-equivalent module (or vice versa)?

I teach the same content in different modules - do I have to create a new list for each module in Aspire?

Creating Aspire Bookmarks Staff

How can I share Aspire bookmarks with my colleague?

How do I add a DVD in Primo to Aspire?

How do I add a book in Primo to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book manually to my Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book that is not in Primo to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book to an Aspire reading list from a bookseller or publisher website?

How do I add a book to an Aspire reading list using its ISBN?

How do I add a chapter of a book to Aspire?

How do I add a course or video from LinkedIn Learning to an Aspire reading list? (Staff)

How do I add a journal article to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a web page or online video to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add an article to Aspire by manually adding the bibliographic details?

How do I add an article to Aspire using a DOI?

How do I add an article to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add an item to Aspire to use in a reading list later?

How do I complete the 'Create' or 'Create and add to list' forms in Aspire?

I want to add a book in Primo to Aspire but it has no ISBN - what can I do?

Where can a find a DOI for an article I want to add to Aspire?

Creating Aspire Lists (staff)

A module I convene will have a different module code next year - what must I do about the Aspire reading list for it?

Can I have a private reading list in Aspire?

Can I re-purpose an old Aspire list for a returning module?

Can I sort my Aspire reading list in alphabetical order?

Has a reading list been created for my module in Aspire and has it been published?

How can I tell if I have unpublished changes in my reading lists?

How can I tell if my Aspire reading list is linked to the hierarchy?

How do I add a reading list for a module awaiting approval?

How do I add the Aspire bookmarking extension to Safari on a MacBook?

How do I arrange for the library to stock the items on my module reading lists (teaching staff)?

How do I change my profile in Aspire?

How do I change the order of items in an Aspire reading list?

How do I copy an Aspire list from one module to another?

How do I create a module reading list in Aspire?

How do I create an Aspire reading list for a distance learning module?

How do I create my Aspire profile?

How do I embed one section within another in an Aspire reading list?

How do I import records into Aspire from Mendeley?

How do I link my module reading list to the hierarchy in Aspire?

How do I publish / re-publish my reading list in Aspire?

How do I remove a list from My Lists?

How do I save a module reading list I am working on in Aspire?

I teach the same content in different modules - do I have to create a new list for each module in Aspire?

I've added books and other items to My Bookmarks in Aspire - how do I add them to my Aspire reading list?

I've published my Aspire list - why can't I see it in my Blackboard module?

In Aspire can I see all the sections of a list at a glance?

Is my Aspire reading list ready to be published?

The item I want is not in any of the University libraries, what can I do?

There is no Create new list button in Aspire - how can I arrange for it to appear so I can add reading lists?

What are the deadlines for arranging library stock purchase and digitisation for taught modules?

What do I need to know about the module before creating a new reading list in Aspire?

Why must I set the Importance for everything in my Aspire reading list?

Why must the Resource Type be correct in an Aspire bookmark?

Digitisation And Aspire

As module convenor, can I upload a personally digitised chapter or article into my Aspire reading list?

Can I use the same digitised chapter or article in another reading list and module I teach?

Can the digitisation service source a chapter or article that the library does not stock?

How can I make the digitisation process quicker?

How do I add a chapter of a book to Aspire?

How do I add a journal article to an Aspire reading list?

How do I create an account to use the advanced features when reading a scanned chapter/article on Aspire?

How do I request a second chapter to be digitised under the licence extension by the CLA? (until 31 July 2021)

How do I request material to be digitised for a reading list?

How do I use the advanced features when viewing a scanned chapter/article in Aspire?

How do library staff make digitised readings available to students?

How does the digitisation service work?

How much can be digitised for a module?

If I use the same digitised chapter or article in subsequent years, do I need to re-request the reading again for a module?

It has not been possible to digitise a reading for a module - what can a module convenor do?

What are the benefits to digitising material on my reading list?

What are the details of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) licence which permits Information Services to digitise material?

What can be digitised under the Copyright Licensing Agency's Higher Education Licence?

What cannot be digitised under the Copyright Licensing Agency's Higher Education (CLA HE) licence?

What if I want more than two chapters from a book to be digitised for my reading list?

What is the Digital Content Store (DCS)?

When will digitised material be available?

Who can apply to have items digitised for a module?

Why are library staff unable to digitise a reading I've selected for my Aspire reading list?

Editing Aspire Bookmarks (staff)

Can I sort my Aspire bookmark list in alphabetical order?

How do I add a note to student or a note to library in Aspire?

How do I add an item to Aspire to use in a reading list later?

How do I add more information to a book or other item in Aspire e.g. a volume or url?

How do I edit an item in my Aspire reading list?

Why must the Resource Type be correct in an Aspire bookmark?

Editing Aspire Lists (staff)

Can I check to see what changes have happened recently to my list in Aspire?

Can I re-purpose an old Aspire list for a returning module?

Can I sort my Aspire reading list in alphabetical order?

How can I add an Online Resource button to an item in an Aspire reading list?

How can I tell if I have unpublished changes in my reading lists?

How do I add a book using the Add Resource button to my Aspire reading list?

How do I add an article to Aspire by manually adding the bibliographic details?

How do I add some text to my Aspire Reading List?

How do I change the order of items in an Aspire reading list?

How do I complete the 'Create' or 'Create and add to list' forms in Aspire?

How do I delete a reading list from Aspire?

How do I edit a module reading list in Aspire?

How do I edit an item in my Aspire reading list?

How do I edit the attributes of my Aspire list e.g. title, semester?

How do I embed one section within another in an Aspire reading list?

How do I publish / re-publish my reading list in Aspire?

How do I remove a bookmark from an Aspire reading list?

How do I remove a list from My Lists?

How do I save a module reading list I am working on in Aspire?

How do I set the importance for an item in Aspire i.e. Essential or Further Reading?

How do I update my reading list for the new academic year?

I need to edit a reading list that was added to Aspire by someone else - what do I need to do?

I want to add a book in Primo to Aspire but it has no ISBN - what can I do?

I'm the co-ordinator of a module - how do I make myself the reading list owner in Aspire?

I've added books and other items to My Bookmarks in Aspire - how do I add them to my Aspire reading list?

In Aspire can I see all the sections of a list at a glance?

Is my Aspire reading list ready to be published?

What are the deadlines for arranging library stock purchase and digitisation for taught modules?

LinkedIn Learning And Aspire

How do I add a course or video from LinkedIn Learning to an Aspire reading list? (Staff)

Linking To Aspire

How do I add my Aspire reading list to Y Porth?

How do I create a link to a section in an Aspire reading list?

How do I make my DIS distance learning module available in Blackboard?

Primo And Aspire (staff)

Can I sort my Aspire bookmark list in alphabetical order?

Has a reading list been created for my module in Aspire and has it been published?

How can I add an Online Resource button to an item in an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a DVD in Primo to Aspire?

How do I add a book in Primo to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book manually to my Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book that is not in Primo to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a book using the Add Resource button to my Aspire reading list?

How do I add a journal article to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add a note to student or a note to library in Aspire?

How do I add a reading list for a module awaiting approval?

How do I add an article to an Aspire reading list?

How do I add more information to a book or other item in Aspire e.g. a volume or url?

How do I change my profile in Aspire?

How do I edit a module reading list in Aspire?

How do I edit an item in my Aspire reading list?

How do I edit the attributes of my Aspire list e.g. title, semester?

How do I import records into Aspire from EndNote?

How do I import records into Aspire from Mendeley?

How do I set the importance for an item in Aspire i.e. Essential or Further Reading?

How do I update my reading list for the new academic year?

I need to edit a reading list that was added to Aspire by someone else - what do I need to do?

I want to add a book in Primo to Aspire but it has no ISBN - what can I do?

I'm the co-ordinator of a module - how do I make myself the reading list owner in Aspire?

I've made a change to my Aspire list and republished - when will it show in the Blackboard module?

Where can I find self-paced training materials for Aspire Reading Lists?

Where can a find a DOI for an article I want to add to Aspire?

Publishing Aspire Lists (staff)

Can I have a private reading list in Aspire?

How can I tell if I have unpublished changes in my reading lists?

How do I link my module reading list to the hierarchy in Aspire?

How do I publish / re-publish my reading list in Aspire?

I've made a change to my Aspire list and republished - when will it show in the Blackboard module?

I've published my Aspire list - why can't I see it in my Blackboard module?

Is my Aspire reading list ready to be published?

What are the deadlines for arranging library stock purchase and digitisation for taught modules?

What happens when I publish a draft list in Aspire?

Removing Aspire Bookmarks (staff)

How do I remove a bookmark from an Aspire reading list?

Sections In Aspire (staff)

How do I add, move or delete a section from an Aspire reading list?

How do I create a link to a section in an Aspire reading list?

How do I embed one section within another in an Aspire reading list?

In Aspire can I see all the sections of a list at a glance?

Starting With Aspire (staff)

Can I re-purpose an old Aspire list for a returning module?

Has a reading list been created for my module in Aspire and has it been published?

How do I access Aspire off campus?

How do I add an item to Aspire to use in a reading list later?

How do I add the Aspire bookmarking extension to Chrome?

How do I add the Aspire bookmarking extension to FireFox?

How do I add the Aspire bookmarking extension to Safari on a MacBook?

How do I add the Aspire bookmarking extension to my browser?

How do I arrange for the library to stock the items on my module reading lists (teaching staff)?

How do I change my profile in Aspire?

How do I complete the 'Create' or 'Create and add to list' forms in Aspire?

How do I create a module reading list in Aspire?

How do I create my Aspire profile?

How do I log in to Aspire Reading Lists?

How do I view analytics for my Aspire reading list? (staff)

There is no Create new list button in Aspire - how can I arrange for it to appear so I can add reading lists?

What do I need to know about the module before creating a new reading list in Aspire?

Where can I find help with Talis Aspire?

Where can I find self-paced training materials for Aspire Reading Lists?

Troubleshooting Aspire (staff)

Can I suggest a new bibliographic style or feedback on existing styles in Aspire?

I want to add a book in Primo to Aspire but it has no ISBN - what can I do?

I've published my Aspire list - why can't I see it in my Blackboard module?

There is no Create new list button in Aspire - how can I arrange for it to appear so I can add reading lists?

Where can I send feedback about my experience of using Aspire Reading Lists?

Using The Aspire Dashboard (staff)

How do I view analytics for my Aspire reading list? (staff)