Digital Audio
Reserve: Information for Instructors
Digital Audio Reserve
(DAR) provides streamed audio access to music
owned by the University Libraries or the faculty member
through HuskyCT. Faculty must submit DAR requests several weeks in advance of need because this
service is labor intensive and the library can accommodate only selected
courses.
Instructors will need to complete the following
steps:
- Consult
with the M&DA Library's Access
Services Manager about deadlines and feasibility of
processing requests for your
course. Also consult the
DAR copyright
policy (PDF) for materials that may or may not be
included in DAR.
- If your course is
"accepted" for DAR, send the library a list that includes composers
(or artist, if more appropriate), composition titles, CD
call numbers, and track numbers). You will need to use the library's
DAR request form (it will be emailed to you). Arrange
a time to drop off any legally purchased personal recordings. If
the library does not own the recordings, consult the music
librarian
about purchase requests.
- As soon as your course is accepted for DAR, follow
the instructions for requesting
a HuskyCT site for your class. (Do this right away.)
A form for restoring previous courses is at that same
link. ("Restoring" will not make the audio links work; you will
still need to work with library staff.)
- As soon as you have your HuskyCT site, add
library staff as "section designers" for each section so
staff can upload materials. (Ask library staff for their
NetIDs.) Use HuskyCT's
gradebook to add and remove members. Include both the
access services manager and the music librarian, since
one serves as backup to the other.
- HuskyCT
automatically adds students to your courses, but consult
HuskyCT Help for Instructors for more
information.
- You will be notified
when course materials have been uploaded to HuskyCT. Check
all links to ensure that (1) files play back, (b) the correct
descriptive information scrolls by during playback, and
(c) the correct audio selections plays back. Notify the
library of any problems.
- The library has a
one-page instruction handout that you can distribute to
students. Please inquire.
Note: the library generally puts the physical CD on
reserve as a backup in case DAR is unavailable for
technical reasons. Please help students understand that
they are responsible for knowing library hours and for completing their
listening assignments in a timely manner. Note that audio
clips are available only to students enrolled in the
participating course, and that reproducing or distributing
clips is prohibited.
Problems?
This page was found at
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/music/dar_instructors.html.