Research Guides: Library Resources in Canvas: Course reserves

What are course reserves?

Course reserves are high demand materials related to a specific course that professors make available to students via the library. E-reserves are downloadable via Canvas, physical reserves are available for short term lending at the library's Circulation Desk.

The instructional video below demonstrates how to add the "Course Reserves " link (formerly called Ares*) to your Navigation menu in your Canvas course. This link is separate from the "Library" link that may already appear in your course.

*The name "Ares" has been changed to "Course Reserves", but the steps to enable the link through the Settings-->Navigation tab have remained the same.

1) Add Course Reserves to the navigation menu in your Canvas course

Log into Canvas and select your course.
Add the Course Reserves link to the Course Navigation Menu by selecting Settings and choosing the Navigation tab.
Under the Drag items here to hide them from students list, select the menu︙to the right of “Course Reserves” and enable it.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and save your changes.
Select the “Course Reserves” link you added to your navigation menu and choose a semester to be taken to the Course Reserves homepage.

2) Request items be placed on reserve

Make new requests or import items you had on reserve previously by choosing Add New or Import Previous items under the Instructor Course Tools Menu.
Choose “Import items” to the left of a previous or current course.
Uncheck the box next to any items you don’t want to import. Select Import items to complete the process.
Select a request form icon from the top of the page to submit a new request.
Fill out as much information as you can to help us process your request as quickly as possible.
Choose if you would like library staff to handle the request or if you would prefer to bring the material to us for scanning or for placing on physical reserve.
Upload your own file or request us to purchase items for reserve.
Choose Submit Item and your request will be processed.

Get Help with Reserves