LibApps Directions for Library Staff

• While editing, click on the pencil () icon next to the current Type/Group at the top of your course guide.
• In the window that appears, select Course Guide from the Guide Type dropdown. 
• It should now look like this:
  
• NOTE: Do not use the Group dropdown.

• For Subjects, select the option for the appropriate semester. For example: "Course Guides Spring 2023." This indexes the guide, allowing it to show up under the proper category on the LibGuides/Research Guide home page. Do not select any other subject category.
• If you want to add keywords to help the course guide show up in search results, use the Tags field as shown below:
  

Names for published course guides take the following form:

[Subject Abbreviation] [Course Number] - [Course Instructor's First name Last name] - [Semester] [Year]

For example:

EGL 102 - Carol Bustamante - Spring 2022
EAS 100 - Benson-Lira - Fall 2021

Friendly URLs for your published course guides use the following format:

Subject Abbreviation Course Number Course Instructor's Last name Semester Year

For example:

https://researchguides.oakton.edu/EGL102BustamanteSpring2022
https://researchguides.oakton.edu/EAS100Benson-LiraFall2021

The uppercase letters in the above examples allow us to visually separate the words without using underscores.  However, the two following examples link to the same guide.

https://researchguides.oakton.edu/EGL102BustamanteSpring2022
https://researchguides.oakton.edu/egl102Bustamantespring2022

To create a course guide for your instruction session, you can either start fresh or copy content/layout from an existing guide. Your students should be able to find your name on the course guide. (Unless you are co-teaching a library workshop with another Oakton librarian, you won't need to have someone add you as an editor to a course guide).