Courtney McGough and Michael Campbell Engaging Students with Library Materials: How LMS Administrators, Faculty, and Librarians Can Collaborate for Better Learning Outcomes
Introductions Courtney McGough, GALILEO Michael Campbell, GeorgiaVIEW
Outline GALILEO-GeorgiaVIEW Collaboration Integrations – GeorgiaVIEW process – GALILEO and other library integrations Getting library resources into courses Collaborations
GALILEO-GeorgiaVIEW Collaboration Facilitate inclusion of library and learning resources in online courses Promote student use of library resources by reducing barriers Supports the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative
GeorgiaVIEW Integrations Process
Partnership with Campuses Maintain Vendor Contacts D2L System Integrity Community
Production January Applications Integrated Production October Applications Production April Applications
Interwoven (Deep) Integration Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) Remote Plugins (LTI 2.0) Valence – requires programming skill
LTI Warnings Don’t install LTI if: Integration requires one LTI configuration per course or assignment Instructors must install their own LTI links
Steps to Integrate for Instructors Contact your Campuses LMS Administrator Avoid vendors contacting Administrators Who is my D2L Brightspace Administrator
Steps for Administrators Open ticket with ITS Helpdesk GeorgiaVIEW will help set up or obtain vendor support Test in DEV first
Steps for Admins (continued) Campus approves of application in DEV If new, tool is reviewed by GeorgiaVIEW How this may affect other orgs on the same server Any security concerns Upon approval, request is given ok for PROD Campus approves of setup in PROD ITS Ticket is closed
How much time does an integration take? Anywhere between 2 weeks to 3 months Rule of Thumb Notify Admins 1 to 3 months before an integration is needed.
Remind Campus Departments to work with LMS Administrator for any third party discussion and implementation ITS Helpdesk requests from campus will be rerouted to engage LMS Administrator Open separate ticket for each integration needed
Integrations
GALILEO Integrations Previously… – GALILEO password-embedded link [your current password] – But, someone had to update the password each time it changed
GALILEO Integrations Now… GALILEO Auto-Authentication Widget GALILEO Search Box Soon… Films on Demand And others…
GALILEO Auto-Authentication Widget With this integration, when users log in to GeorgiaVIEW, they are automatically logged in to GALILEO Contact your primary campus administrator
GALILEO Search Box Widget A Discover GALILEO search box can be added to a course page or to the main landing page Contact your primary campus administrator
Films on Demand Allows faculty to insert a Films on Demand video into their course using the Insert Stuff button
UGA Libraries in eLearningCommons
Getting Library Resources into Courses
Tips for Linking to Library Resources Why linking? Linking to – Articles – Searches – Journals
Link to Articles Use the persistent link in the article’s citation information – Permalink in EBSCO databases (e.g., Academic Search Complete) or in discovery searches Academic Search Complete – Document URL in ProQuest (e.g., Research Library) Research Library – Document link in LexisNexis AcademicLexisNexis Academic
Find Articles
Link to Articles: EBSCO and Discover GALILEO
Link to Articles: ProQuest
Link to Articles: LexisNexis Academic
Link to Searches
Tip: Search Alerts Click the Alert link to be notified by when a new article matching your search has been added
Link to Journals Two ways: – Journals A-Z – use the Capture Citation or URL on SFX/Find It menu Journals A-Z – Publication record in an EBSCO database
Link to Journals Through Journals A-Z, use the Capture Citation or URL link at the bottom of the SFX/Find It menuJournals A-Z
Link to Journals Publication record in EBSCO databases
Link to Journals
Tip: Journal Alerts Click the Alert link to be notified by when a new issue of the journal has been added
Ask a Librarian
Collaborations
Georgia State University Library and Columbus State University Librarians can: Provide correct (persistent) links to articles/journals Create guides for library resources specific to a class and add them in your course Provide orientation/instruction sessions using Collaborate in D2L Develop tutorials for a particular class Offer individual research consultations within D2L Work with faculty to develop assignments that build research skills
Collaborations University of West Georgia Librarians can: – Assist with putting items on reserve – Add reserve items into D2L
Collaborations Georgia Highlands College Library Librarians can: Create brief course- or assignment-specific tutorials Offer research instruction sessions online Virtual office hours
Collaborations Georgia Highlands College Library Librarians can: Compile a course-specific resource list and include in D2L
Collaborations Georgia Highlands College Library Librarians can: Add a chat widget in the course for students questions
Collaborations Georgia Highlands College Library Librarians can: Set up and monitor discussion boards for library-related questions from students
Collaborations Georgia Highlands College Library Adding a librarian as an Instructor in your course will allow them to add content to the course
Ask a Librarian
Questions
How do you find educational materials for your classes? How do you get them into your courses? 52
Do you have an example of a librarian, faculty member, instructional designer, and/or campus admin working together to get library materials into their course?
Does your institution use one of these integrations? What has been your experience with it?
In conclusion…
Take-Away Points Add the GALILEO integration (if you haven’t already) – talk to your campus D2L admin Talk with your library about the services they offer to faculty and students
Thank you! Courtney McGough, GALILEO Michael Campbell, GeorgiaVIEW
Special thanks to: Gina Papa, University System of Georgia, GoVIEW Sherry Clouser and Carrie Bishop, University of Georgia Center for Teaching and Learning Denise Dimsdale and Laura Carscaddon, Georgia State University Library Elijah Scott, Jeannie Blakely, and Susanna Smith, Georgia Highlands College Library Lorene Flanders and Carol Goodson, University of West Georgia, Ingram Library Mark Flynn and Jacqueline Radebaugh, Columbus State Library
Resources Embedded Librarian Program at Georgia Highlands College by Jeannie Blakely: Embedded Librarians: What is an Embedded Librarian? Georgia Highlands College Library LibGuide: = = Image of fish from FCST 1010 LibGuide at Georgia Highlands College: = = Electronic Reserves in D2L at University of West Georgia by Carol Goodson: To Boldly Go: E-Reserves from Home-Grown to Standalone to CMS by Carol Goodson and Katie Mitchell:
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