Course Convenors will be required to provide a list of the Learning Resources for their course via the Reading List Service to support student learning in each course of study.
Reading Lists will be available to Course Convenors for review from Week 5 of the preceding trimester. Reading lists will be based on the previous trimester’s published list. Academic staff are required to review and update the list no later than the University’s date for publication of the Course Profiles as specified in the Course Profile Requirements. This will allow adequate time for the Library to acquire or digitise resources for Week 1 of Trimester.
A required resource is essential to student learning in the course and includes information, activities and tasks that facilitate student achievement of the course's learning outcomes.
A required resource maybe authored, co-authored, edited, published or developed by a staff member provided that:
- the Head of School/Department approves the setting of the resource via the Course Profile System; and
- the required learning resources are currently available through Information Services and accessible in the appropriate format for the course
To meet the requirements of the Higher Education Support Act - 2003 (HESA 2003) Information Services in acquiring required resources maximises their availability to ensure there is no cost to the student in accessing any required resources. This is consistent with the University's Charges for Learning Resources and Other Items for Students.
The TEQSA Guidance Note Staffing, Learning Resources and Educational Support advises that full-text, digital access should be available for required resources as listed in Course Profiles.
Required resources are normally available in the on-campus bookstore and students may choose to purchase a personal copy of the resource.
As a result no changes may be made to the list of required resources after the Course Profile has been published nor may the Course Convenor request the on-campus bookstore to order resources as being required, if they are not in the Course Profile reading list and not available for access through the Library.
Course Convenors who deploy e-learning plug ins, within Learning@Griffith course sites, that include active e-commerce features, may be in contravention of the Higher Education Support Act - 2003 (HESA 2003).