You can now quickly connect your Blackboard course(s) to ARES, USC Libraries’ e-reserves system. ARES allows students to access course Libraries-managed e-reserves materials ranging from PDFs, Word documents, and web links to full text journal articles and instructor uploads.
Instructors: If you have already created your course in Course Reserves (aka ARES), please notify IDD Staff at idd@usc.edu before following these instructions.
Instructions
- Click on the ‘plus’ (+) icon above the course menu
- Click on Course Link
- Click on Browse
- In the pop-up window, scroll down, and click on Ares Course Reserves LTI.
- Select Available to Users, then Submit
- A link to the app will be added to your course menu. Click Ares Course Reserves LTI.
- Click on Choose a semester
- Choose the current semester, then click on Create Course
- Your course reserves will appear on the page.
For More Information or Help
If you have any questions with your course reserves please contact your subject librarian or visit http://libguides.usc.edu/ares-help
For questions about Blackboard, please contact blackboard@usc.edu.