You can update a prescribed list at any time to ensure it stays aligned with your curriculum and learners’ needs. This guide outlines how to safely add or remove titles, the effects of editing published lists, and best practices for maintaining them.


Your prescribed list becomes live when you publish it. If you need to update your prescribed list (by adding or removing titles, or editing the user groups, for instance), you can only do so by unpublishing it.


Only the owner of the prescribed list can publish and unpublish a list. If you need to edit a list and you are not the owner, you will need to contact the owner to unpublish the list first.


How to edit or make changes to a prescribed list:

Tip: Only unpublished lists can be edited therefore you'll need to first check if the list is under the ‘Unpublished’ tab, if so go ahead and 

  1. Once logged in to Engage, navigate to the prescribed list by navigating to the ‘Textbooks’ then ‘Prescribed Lists’.
    Snapplify Engage interface showing the "Prescribed Book Lists" page under the Textbooks tab, with buttons for New, Archive, Assign Owner, and Quote, and a search bar for lists.
  2. All the prescribed lists are displayed. Select the relevant tab that indicates the status the prescribed lists is in (Publish or Unpublished) Filter options for Prescribed Book Lists in Snapplify with “Published” selected and underlined; other options include New, Unpublished, Archived, and All.
  3. Find your relevant prescribed list, then select its title to open it.
  4. Select the ‘Unpublish’ button at the top of the page (if it is in a Published state), if not proceed to step 6.Red-outlined "Unpublish" button used to remove a published item from public view in Snapplify.
  5. Next, select ‘Yes’ in the pop-up to confirm that you want to unpublish the prescribed list. Confirmation dialog in Snapplify asking, “Are you sure you want to unpublish this prescribed list?” with "No" and "Yes" button options.
  6. Make changes to your prescribed list, as needed.
  7. Select the ‘Publish’ button at the top of the page to make your prescribed list live again.
    Green-outlined "Publish" button used to make a prescribed list publicly available in Snapplify.
  8. Then, select ‘Yes’ in the pop-up to confirm that you want to publish the prescribed list.
    Confirmation dialog in Snapplify asking, “Are you sure you want to unpublish this prescribed list?” with "No" and "Yes" button options.
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 the 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.


Impact of Editing a Published List

ActionImpact
Unpublish ListUsers cannot view/purchase titles in the prescribed lists until republished.
Remove TitleThe title is no longer required; users may still retain access if already owned.
Add TitleNew title will be available to purchase once the list is republished.


When a prescribed list is unpublished, titles on the list will no longer reflect on each user's prescribed order, and users will no longer have Early Access to these titles (i.e. they will be automatically removed from the Snapplify Reader app, unless they have already been purchased). The list must be republished to restore access and ensure that students and staff purchase the correct titles.


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