The Digital Reading Room at Athabasca University Colin Elliott Manager, Web Projects & Services
Outline Athabasca University What the Digital Reading Room is Why we have a Digital Reading Room How it works New features A successful project
Athabasca University
Athabasca University
Digital Reading Room
Digital Reading Room
Digital Reading Room
Why a Digital Reading Room? AU courses are all online One place to store links to library (and other) resources The library knows how to fix links Moodle isn’t good for some things No search No database to do a bulk find and replace
The Old DRR
The New DRR
The New DRR
The New DRR
New Features File uploads restricted to students registered in a course Accessibility Revisioning Embed codes
Embed Code
A Successful Project Extensive consultation Every suggestion received a response Presentations before putting it in production Careful testing/security testing Good training materials and support
Thank you coline@athabascau.ca