1. The Digital Reading Room at Athabasca University
Colin Elliott
Manager, Web Projects & Services

2. Outline Athabasca University What the Digital Reading Room is
Why we have a Digital Reading Room
How it works
New features
A successful project

3. Athabasca University

4. Athabasca University

5. Digital Reading Room

6. Digital Reading Room

7. Digital Reading Room

8. 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

9. The Old DRR

10. The New DRR

11. The New DRR

12. The New DRR

13. New Features
File uploads restricted to students registered in a course
Accessibility
Revisioning
Embed codes

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15. 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

16. Thank you