Version 2.1 features

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Version 2.1

Version 2.1 was first launched November 22, 2004. 2.1 is the base version for ReservesDirect 2 (see the history of ReservesDirect). First implementation was at Emory University and went live on November 22, 2004.

Course

• Add / Edit Course
• Lookup Course

Class

• Add / Edit Class
• Activate (Renew) Class
• [Deactivate Class]
• Lookup Class (by Instructor / Semester / Class)
• Aliased class cross-listings (retains class cross-listings when a given class name is edited)
• Selective proxy access (Instructors may restrict proxy access to particular courses, as well as create and delete their own proxies)
• Optimized team teaching (Multiple Instructors may fax, upload, edit class)
• “Preview” feature in faculty / staff interface (allows view of what course will look like to students)
• Improved setup for semester selection of courses (making it easier to set up a course for the correct semester—now given a fixed choice of semester rather than having to type them in)
• Export class—RSS feed of class to Blackboard/LearnLink, backwards compatible with existing 1.x RSS feeds
• Sortable list of reserve items—instructor/proxy/staff
• Selective item activation for a class being reactivated (for both Instructors and Staff, allows reactivation of a course along with some, all, or none of the associated items)

User

• Add / Edit / Delete User (Student / Instructor / Staff / Proxy / Special User)
• Authenticate user against LDAP servers (create profile in local database if first login)
• Edit my profile
• Lookup User (Student / Instructor / Staff / Proxy / Special User)

Item / Copies

• Add / Edit (Annotate) / Delete Item
• Upload Item (Browse)
• Link Item (URL)
• Add eReserve from Archive (search)
• Request previously used physical item from Archive. Includes ability to “Request” item and have that request delivered to reserves staff processing queue
• Fax Item
• Delete item from specific reserve list
• Add Physical Item (Book, CD, DVD, etc.), library (ILS, cataloged) or personal copies
• Set reserve items for specific class to Active/Inactive or Hide until activation date
• Ability to add multiple documents from a search results list to a class
• Icons in all display lists of items to indicate type of document (PDF, Word, Text, URL, audio, video, etc.)
• For students, links to helper applications needed to view items in a reserves list

Notification

• Email notification when system errors occur (errorEmail)
• adminEmail (Reserves Direct email not yet used—potentially for emailing system admins with problems)

Notes

• Ability to attach notes to any item, class, user, etc. If another instructor reactivates item from database, notes created by original instructor should do not carry over with item, unless permanent content notes relevant to material
• Item-level permanent (“Content”) and temporary (“Instructor Comment”) fields

System-wide

• Ability to “skin” interface colors and header/footer to blend with localized branding
• Help files including browseable “chapters” for each tab of interface and index. Also include *Quicktime tutorials on basic reserves functions for instructors.
• Login authentication error message for failed logins