Scaling Up Library Resources for Students: Course Views at NCSU LITA National Forum October 17, 2008 Kim Duckett and Jason Casden ______________________________________________.

Scaling Up Library Resources for Scaling Up Library Resources for

Students:  Course Views at NCSUStudents:  Course Views at NCSU

LITA National Forum

October 17, 2008

Kim Duckett and Jason Casden

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Background______________________________________________

Our Environment

• Large institution = 30,000+ students

• Total courses = 6,000+

• Former WebCT campus

• Current CMS environment is mixed– BlackBoard Vista– Moodle pilots– “WolfWare” locker system

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History of Course Resources

“Course pages” by subject specialists– Hand tailored to assignments– Used with library instruction sessions– Assignment focused

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Problem: Limited Reach______________________________________________

History of CMS Integration

Request process in WebCT since 2004– Links to subject specialists’ course pages – Faculty could select content – Web pages created off template – Links inserted by librarian

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A distillation of the most student-centric stuff the library offers.

______________________________________________What is Course Views?

Branded: Library ToolsLaunch date: August 2008

Goals______________________________________________

Goals

1. A Course View for every course

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Goals

1. A Course View for every course

2. A scalable and sustainable system for library course content delivery

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Goals

1. A Course View for every course

2. A scalable and sustainable system for library course content delivery

3. Library content customized as much as possible to the course

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Collaboration

• Students

• Faculty

• Subject specialist librarians

• Campus partners

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Demo______________________________________________

www.lib.ncsu.edu/course

Technical Architecture______________________________________________

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/ENG/101

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/ENG/101

Course Identifiers

Customized content based on existing institutional course identifiers.

NC State example: ENG 101

• ‘ENG’ = curriculum code

• ‘101’ = course number

• ‘ENG 101’ = full course identifier

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Content Customization______________________________________________

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

Course level:ENG 101

Kawanna

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

English 101______________________________________________

Course level:ENG 333

Kim

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

English 333______________________________________________

Curriculum level:ENG

Cindy

Cascading Selection______________________________________________

English (default)______________________________________________

Integration______________________________________________

Blackboard Vista

Blackboard Vista

Moodle

Moodle

WolfWare

WolfWare

QuickSearch

QuickSearch

Library Homepage

Library Homepage

Learning Commons Website

Learning Commons Website

Usage______________________________________________

Date range: 8/20/08 – 10/16/08

Project Information

• Project home: www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews

• Library Tools:

www.lib.ncsu.edu/course

Additional team members: Tito Sierra, Joe Ryan

Questions?______________________________________________

Contact Us

Kim DuckettPrincipal Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning

[email protected]

Jason CasdenDigital Technologies Development Librarian

[email protected]

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