To assist you in preparing for the upcoming academic year, we've streamlined the purchasing process for educators, students, and parents. By compiling next year’s prescribed lists in Engage now, you’re already one step ahead.  Master the tools quickly and easily by enrolling in our mini-course on Teacha! Inspire. 

With Snapplify’s prescribed lists, you can create lists of required textbooks and any other resources, and then share these with students. Not only will this save everyone time, with no need to search for each title individually, but with all the correct titles in one place, there’s no risk of anyone buying the wrong book.


Prescribed lists are used for groups. If individual teachers need books to be bought for them by their institution, please consider using retail requests rather than prescribed lists. Retail requests need to be enabled for relevant users.


Engage users can have multiple permission types, and only users with 'Admin', 'Teacher' or 'Bookseller' permissions can set up prescribed lists. Talk to your school's ‘Admin’ (administrator) to give you this permission type if you do not already have it.


Creating your prescribed list

To create a prescribed list:


Step 1.  Open Engage and navigate to the prescribed lists by selecting ‘Textbooks’.Snapplify Engage interface showing the "Prescribed Book Lists" page with options to create, archive, assign owner, quote, publish, and search lists under the Textbooks section.


Step 2.  On the' Prescribed Lists' page, select the 'New' button.

Green-outlined "New" button used to create a new prescribed list in Snapplify.

Step 3. On the next page, enter the name of your prescribed list (the list name should be specific to ease discoverability and navigation, such as 'Grade 12 Core Subjects' or 'Grade 12 Maths Supplementary'), add the owner, assign a curriculum to your prescribed list (this helps you sift through the catalogue faster), then select the 'Save' button to save your changes.
"Create Prescribed List" form in Snapplify with fields for Name, Owner, and Curriculum, and buttons to Save or Cancel at the bottom.


Step 4. On the next page, update the curriculum level. You will be prompted to choose from the levels associated to your chosen curriculum. If no curriculum was set when you created the list, you can add it now.Snapplify filter panel for selecting curriculum and grade level. CAPS is selected for curriculum, and a dropdown shows grade options like Grade 1, Grade 10, and Grade 11.


Once the list is created, you will find it listed under the new prescribed lists.


You may also decide to duplicate a prescribed list that you created previously

  1. On the 'Prescribed Lists' page, find the prescribed list you would like to duplicate
  2. Open the prescribed list by selecting on the name
  3. On the next page, select the 'Duplicate' button.Green-outlined "Duplicate" button used to create a copy of a prescribed list in Snapplify.

Adding books to your prescribed list via the Prescribed section

Assigning books to prescribed lists in Engage via the Prescribed section:


Step 1. Go to the prescribed lists by selecting ‘Textbooks’.
Snapplify Engage interface showing the "Prescribed Book Lists" page with options to create, archive, assign owner, quote, publish, and search lists under the Textbooks section.


Step 2. On the' Prescribed Lists' page, select the title of your specific prescribed list to open it.


Step 3. Select the 'Add Titles' button to view a filtered list of curated titles.
Section showing "Titles: 0" with instructions to browse the store to add titles to the prescribed list. Includes green "Add Titles" and red "Remove Titles" buttons.

Update the filter section to the curriculum or curriculum level to ensure that you find the required title you are searching for. 
i.e. if the curriculum filter is set to CAPS and you are looking for an IEB title, update the curriculum filter to IEB so that you can find IEB related titles. Or if you are searching for a novel or literature title that is not aligned to a specific curriculum, remove all filters to see all titles.


Step 4. Browse the list of titles and add titles to the prescribed list by selecting the green + symbol next to each book and selecting 'Yes' when asked if you want to add the selected title.

Note: If your institution has enabled hardcopy purchasing, you will also be able to see here if a hardcopy edition is available. If you want to give students the option to purchase the hardcopy, you will need to select this format from the specific prescribed list page (details below).Snapplify interface for adding titles to a prescribed list named "Hard Copy Mixed List." Includes filters for title, author, category, grade, curriculum, and search bar. Shows five Brainline modules with options to add or remove, and pricing for PDF and hard copy formats.

Step 1. When you're finished adding titles to your prescribed list, navigate back to your prescribed list page by selecting the title of your list at the top left-hand corner of your screen, or selecting the 'Back' button in your browser. Alternatively, navigate to 'Prescribed Lists' and select the title of your specific prescribed list.


Step 2. On your prescribed list page, you will now be able to see all the titles you have added. 


If you have added titles that are available in both digital or hardcopy, you will be able to indicate here whether you want students to be limited to one of these formats, or if they can choose between the two. If you want to be able to give students/parents the option to select digital or hardcopy, you can leave both editions selected on this page. If you want to stipulate that all users buy the same format, be sure that only your preferred edition is selected.


Two Pearson SA eBooks with titles, ISBNs, language tags (Afrikaans and English), quantities, and pricing for both PDF and hard copy formats. One title has both formats selected; the other has only hard copy selected.


Adding books to your prescribed list via the Engage store


This option is only available to users with the Teacher and Admin roles, as Booksellers do not have access to the store in Engage.


To assign books to prescribed lists in Engage via the store:


Step 1. Navigate to the store by selecting  ‘Textbooks’ then ‘Browse Store’.Snapplify Textbooks Store interface displaying various book covers under the “Prescribed” tab. Navigation includes options for Prescribed Lists, Outstanding items, and Browse Store, with a search bar at the top.


Step 2. Search for various titles or ISBNs using the search bar at the top of your screen. To refine your search, or to find more search options, select 'Advanced'. Once you've typed in your search details (e.g. Grade: 8, Curriculum: CAPS, Subject: Life Orientation), select 'Search’. 


Step 3. Browse the selection to find what you need.


Step 4. When you’ve found the right book, select the three vertical black dots below the book cover and select ‘Add to Prescribed’ option from the pop-up menu. Select the name of your prescribed list and select 'Save' to add the book to the prescribed list.


Step 5. To review the titles on your prescribed list and see whether you have the option of selecting the hardcopy edition (if your institution has enabled hardcopy purchasing), you will need to navigate back to your prescribed list. First, navigate to 'Prescribed Lists' then select on the title of your specific prescribed list.


Step 6. On your prescribed list page, you will now be able to see all the titles you have added. 


If you have added titles that are available in both digital or hardcopy, you will be able to indicate here whether you want students to be limited to one of these formats, or if they can choose between the two. If you want to be able to give students/parents the option to select digital or hardcopy, you can leave both editions selected on this page. If you want to stipulate that all users buy the same format, be sure that only your preferred edition is selected.


Next, set up user groups for your annual order.


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