About working with the Learning Resource Requests tool

All of a course's learning resources:

• Resources produced by the UOC: modules, videos, etc. (all those featured in the Choose from the learning resources).
• External resources: articles, book chapters, URLs, etc.
• Manuals and handbooks (you can request them as an external resource).
• Software (you can request it as an external resource).

Please note: The only resources that should not be requested using the Learning Resource Requests tool are coursebooks and any items on the recommended reading list, which still need to be ordered using the Request to purchase a book for Studies or Administrative staff service form.

The tool takes information from GAT, both to identify the coordinating professors and to interpret the programming (semesters, programme of study, identical courses). Therefore, information entered in the GAT software must be consistent and accurate.

One of the most critical pieces of information the Learning Resource Requests tool takes from GAT is course identicalness. If a course is not marked as identical in GAT, it will not appear as identical in the Learning Resource Requests tool either.

There are several ways to get there:

• F6.
• The shortcut on the Campus homepage.
• UOC Library website.
• IntraUOC (Across-the-board applications / Library / Learning resources / Learning Resource Requests tool).
• URL: https://gpra.uoc.edu/GPRA_docfront/en/docencia/menu.

Use your Campus username and password to log in.

If you have more than one role at the UOC, you can switch between profiles in the Learning Resource Requests tool.

This document provides instructions on how to switch between profiles, so that you can access the specific set of permissions that comes with each of them.

Draft requests are requests that have not yet been sent to the Library and, as such, will not be processed.

All requests made using the Learning Resource Requests tool can be worked on as drafts. When coordinating professors decide that a request is ready for processing, they must send it to the Library.

Draft requests allow coordinating professors time to think about the resources they want for a course. This way, when they finally decide on their course design, they can have prepared all the requests they need to send to the Library.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to conduct searches and use filters in the tool.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to make one request for two identical courses and how to make separate requests.

In this diagram you can see what options the tool offers when it comes to working with:

• Resources of the same course
  • From the last semester the course was taught
  • From semesters prior to the last

• Resources from other courses

Express renewal is a quick way for coordinating professors to renew all the resources used in the previous semester. This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to do this.

If there is a resource you want to stop using, you must enter a request using the Learning Resource Requests tool. This document provides instructions on how to remove a resource that you have been using in previous semesters.

Although classrooms allow you to hide resources, this option does not remove them. This means that students will still be able to see them wherever else they can view resources, e.g., in My learning resources or the course plan.

The only way to completely remove a resource is via the Learning Resource Requests page.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request a new in-house resource.

In-house resources are those produced by the UOC, for which an author is hired (e.g., a text-based module or a UOC-produced recording).

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request an external resource.

External resources are those owned by third parties. The UOC gains access to these resources through purchases or rights management so that you can use them in your classrooms.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to reuse another course's in-house and external resources for your course.

Reusing resources means taking advantage of external or in-house learning resources that are already being used in another course by using them in your course, too.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request the translation of an in-house resource from your course or one reused from another course.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request an errata sheet for an in-house resource.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request a revision or update of an in-house resource from the same course or one reused from another course.

This document provides step-by-step instructions on how to request a minor change to an external resource that is already part of your course.

This document provides instructions on how to correctly fill in the details required in the "Authorship details" section.

The How to make requests section of this page explains how to use the Learning Resource Requests tool to request a commission for teaching design consultancy or content curation.

This document tells you how to interpret the status of the resources that you've requested.

This document tells you how to submit original work via the Learning Resource Requests tool.