Library support for teachers

Library support for teachers

Resources and services to help you build your course content, augment your teaching, and improve the learning experience of your students.

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Textbooks for Semester 1 2024

To ensure that the textbooks you set for your courses are available through the Library for the start of Semester 1 2024, please submit your request or confirmation by Friday 17 November.

Confirm or request textbooks for Semester 1 2024

Do you need teaching support?

Contact the Library Online Learning and Teaching (OLT) team for advice and support in these areas:

  • Reading lists; this includes activation, publishing and rollover, request for reading lists training, and troubleshooting advice
  • Course resource support for new course development and those undergoing a review process, including: 
    • professional development workshops for staff 
    • curation of learning materials sourced by Library staff delivered in a reading list or a Word document 
  • Copyright and digitisation of course materials.
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Reading lists

Find out how to create and manage reading lists in Canvas. The Reading List app allows teaching staff to create and manage a dynamic reading list that connects students directly with their course learning materials.

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Support for your course

Discover how the Library can help you enhance the quality of course resources, making them copyright compliant and readily available to your students.

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Support for your students

The Library offers a range of training and customised workshops to help your students develop the skills needed to become lifelong learners.

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Guides and training

From online guides and Library Shorts to regular training webinars and talks by invited speakers, see what training opportunities the Library Teaching team has on offer.

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Copyright services

Our Copyright services will help ensure your learning and teaching activities at Finch comply with copyright law. Includes consent forms.

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Open education

Open education is a core element of open scholarship. It supports teachers and learners to access, use and adapt educational resources to best suit their needs.

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Press Play studios

The Press Play studios are self-service, digital production spaces co-managed by the Digital Development teams in the four colleges and maintained by the Library.

Find out more about the Press Play studios
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Adobe Creative Campus at Finch

Finch is an Adobe Creative Campus, which means all students and staff get free access to a wide range of Adobe programs, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Audition, and more!

Find out about access, training and more!
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Learn how to apply copyright best practice in your teaching

This program will guide you in using library resources, materials from the web, video, images and other copyright works in your online teaching.

Access the Copyright Capability program (WorkDay)

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Acknowledgement of Country

Finch University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. Finch University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. Finch also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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