Reading Lists

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Configurations in this section can only be performed with advanced permissions. Ensure that you have full permissions to the site or you are one of the reading list admins.

Summary

Reading Lists enable site administrators and users to manage the list of pages to be read. You can access Reading Lists by clicking the Sprocket icon ( ) available at the bottom left. Upon clicking this icon, the Configuration popup is displayed. Click the Reading Lists tab to access Reading Lists section.

Features

• Create and manage Reading Lists
• Issue pages to Reading Lists
• Create assignments and assign to users/user groups
• Manage list permissions
• Track assignment compliance
• Export date to Excel

To access the Reading List Admin Center, click the Read List Admin icon on the upper-right. The Reading List Admin Center pop-up is displayed.

Creating a New Reading List

Perform the following procedure to create a Reading List:

1. At the bottom of the Reading List Admin Center pop-up, click the New Reading List icon. The New form is displayed.
2. Enter a name for the Reading List in the Reading List Name field and click Create. The pages available within the site are displayed.
3. Select the check boxes adjacent to the pages you want to add to the Reading List.
   Use the Filter by Title option to search for a page.
4. In the Audience Type section, select one of the following:
   • Users & Groups
   • Users
5. In the Audience field, enter the users and groups.
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   As you type the users or groups, available options are displayed in the drop-down list.

6. Turn on the Require Fresh Reads option, if you want the readers to read the page even if they already have read it as part of another reading list.
7. In the Pages must be read after field, select a date from the calendar to read the selected pages again, if the users haven't read them after the specified date.
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   This option is available only if you have enabled the Require Fresh Reads option.

8. Turn on the Set Due Date option, if you want to set due dates for all the pages in the reading list to be read.
9. In the Due Date field, select a date from the calendar to read the selected pages on or before the specified date.
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   This option is available only if you have enabled the Set Due Date option.

10. In Admins field, add users as admins of the current reading list.
11. In Status field, select Active from the drop-down list to set the reading list as active.
12. Click Save button to save the Reading List. The reading list is saved and is displayed in the Reading List Admin Center.

Editing an Existing Reading List

From the list of existing reading lists in Reading List Admin Center, you can click icon to update the details of a reading list.

Notification Settings

On the Reading List Admin Center, click the Notifications tab and enable to option to receive notifications when a user completes the pages in a reading list. You can also manage the delivery schedule and the notification email content of the notifications on this tab.

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Only the users listed in the Admins field will receive these notifications.

Generating Reports

From the Reports tab, you can view the summary of the user specific and holistic reading list activity. You can also export the detailed reports as spreadsheets.

Sending Reminders

On the Reading List Admin Center, click the Reminders tab to schedule reminder emails and content to be sent the incompliant users.

Managing Assignments

To create assign Reading List to users or user groups, perform the following procedure:

1. From the list of existing Reading Lists, click the icon, adjacent to the Reading List you want to assign.
   The Assignments page is displayed.
2. Click the icon.
3. In the Assignment Name field, enter a name for the assignment.
4. Select the Audience Type as Users or Users & Groups.
5. In the Audience field, enter a keyword and select the User or User Group.

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You can assign the reading list to multiple users or user groups simultaneously.

6. Click Save button to save the Reading List.

Monitoring Compliance

After assigning the Reading Lists to users/user groups, you can click icon to monitor progress and completion status. This option is available in the following sections:

• Reading Lists
• Assignments
• Edit Assignment

Along with the Users list, the Compliance section uses a pie chart to depict the completion status.

Webpart Settings

You can configure the webpart display for the following options:

Configuration	Description
Show Title	Turn on to display the Reading List title.
Show in Panel	Turn on to display the Reading List in the panel.
Query All Site Collections	Turn on to display all the reading list items from all the site collections.
Only Show Unread Items	Turn on to display only the unread pages in the reading list.
Maximum Number of Items	Enter the maximum number of items to be displayed in the reading list.