Talis Engage enables students to easily view and collaboratively annotate resources from directly within their reading lists, with built-in copyright checks for faculty when adding resources.
Academic libraries are central to ensuring students get access to the books, articles and other resources they need for their course. A Resource List Management System (RLS) is the library’s greatest asset in managing this task; whether the institution uses Talis Aspire (our RLS that fully integrates with any library system), our new Talis CourseFlow offering that helps North American libraries better manage course reserves, or another RLS.
But how can institutions further enhance the digital learning experience within resource lists, while improving efficiency for faculty and students?
Talis Engage is a new built-in digital resource reader and social annotation feature available in both Talis Aspire and Talis CourseFlow. Designed to support collaboration, boost engagement, and streamline content access, Talis Engage keeps students focused — all within their course resource list.
Talis Engage transforms the resource lists built on Talis Aspire or Talis CourseFlow into interactive learning spaces. It enables faculty to upload additional teaching materials (whether their lecture slides, PDFs, images or other file types) directly into their resource lists, while checking for copyright compliance. Students then get streamlined access to these resources via the new digital resource reader, and can make personal or collaborative annotations directly in materials, to empower active learning and group discussions.
Talis Engage is embedded into the usual user experience within resource lists on the Talis Aspire and Talis CourseFlow platforms. This means that faculty can engage students where they know they already are — without the need for additional engagement or teaching tools.
This gives both faculty and students a simple workflow:
All the while, Talis Engage keeps the library at the heart, with options for librarians to require copyright checks on resources that faculty upload, and usage insights into student engagement and commenting available in Talis Advanced MIS.
Read on to learn more about the key features and what they look like in action.
Talis Engage transforms reading lists into centralized hubs where students can access all learning materials. Faculty can easily upload and manage a wide range of materials into their lists, including MS Office files, audio, text documents, and PDFs.
Talis Engage integrates with the CCC and CLA (with other copyright agency integrations under review) so library admins can ensure that faculty stay compliant when uploading materials. Talis Engage copyright checks both books and journals, streamlining the process to save both faculty and librarians time.
Students can view the resources uploaded online, in the Talis Engage reader, and also download the resources for offline use, to learn anywhere, anytime.
Talis Engage encourages deeper student engagement with course content through personal notes and collaborative discussions—directly within materials, whether an image, audio file, PowerPoint, text or more.
Talis Engage is available on request now for all institutions subscribed to Talis Aspire or Talis CourseFlow. Please note that it is currently not available for customer institutions based in Canada, but this will be coming soon. Customers can contact support to enable Talis Engage for their institution.
Is your institution looking to boost library impact and enhance the student learning experience? Request a demo to see how the new Talis Engage feature works in Talis Aspire or Talis CourseFlow. If you’re not sure which solution is best for you, get in touch and we can guide you.
