1. LIBRARY TOOLS FOR TEACHING KATE PETERSON, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SHANNON KLUG, WRITING STUDIES September 2, 2009

2. Agenda  Research skills of Undergraduates  Tools for Teaching  Assignment Calculator  UThink blogs

3. IS RESEARCH HARDER OR EASIER TODAY?

4. Undergraduate Students  Start with Google and Wikipedia  Little discipline knowledge  Never used an academic library (may not have had librarian or library training in high school)  No knowledge of scholars or how scholarly communication works

5. Library Tools for Teaching 1. Unravel the Libraries (FYW) series of workshops  http://www.lib.umn.edu/research/instruction/modules/unravel.html http://www.lib.umn.edu/research/instruction/modules/unravel.html 2. CourseLib-page of library resources for your class  http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/courses.phtml http://www.lib.umn.edu/libdata/courses.phtml 3. Chat with a Librarian (24/7)  Click on “Chat” in upper left corner of Library website 4. E-reserves  http://www.lib.umn.edu/services/reserves http://www.lib.umn.edu/services/reserves

6. E-reserves  Can be used for a variety of materials  When licensed resources are linked inside e-reserve course pages, instructors no longer need to include them in traditional course packs  Not paying royalties on licensed articles saves students money!  Statistics show that students use e-reserves heavily  Submit PDFs or clean, single-sided paper copies  Library will evaluate non-licensed documents for fair use

7. Peer Research Consultants (Pilot)  Partnership with the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence and the SMART Learning CommonsMulticultural Center for Academic ExcellenceSMART Learning Commons  PRCs have completed WRIT 1301  Extensive training in information literacy, tutoring and cultural competencies  Hired three students for Fall

8. Peer Research Consultants (Pilot)  Available for one-on-one appointments and drop- ins in early October  SMART Learning Commons and MCAE  PRC can help with research  Selecting and narrowing a topic  Finding Books and articles  Finding scholarly articles  Evaluating sources  Basic citation creation

9. Questions?

10. Assignment Calculator  Debuted in 2002  Created in partnership with Center for Writing and Center for Teaching and Learning  Goal: Break down research and writing process for students into deadlines (get email reminders)  New beta version in 2009: https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/ https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/

11. Assignment Calculator-New Features  Customize assignments for your class  Research Paper  Poster  Media/Video  Add, delete, edit steps  Add course specific readings, etc. to a step  Move assignment online (where students live)  Students can sign up to get email reminders

12. Assignment Calculator

13.  Change the dates  Edit/add/delete steps  Get URL for your assignment  Post in WebVista/Moodle  Email to students  Put in syllabi  Hand out in class

14. Assignment Calculator  Demo: https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/ https://tools.lib.umn.edu/ac/

15. Questions?

16. UTHINK BLOGS

17. Reasons to use a blog in your class  Takes learning and engagement with classmates outside of the classroom  Asynchronous  Participatory / student centric  Encourages collaboration  Easy to share multi-media (links, images, video, etc.)  Learn how to write for a public forum

18. UThink Upgrade  UThink blogs are hosted by University Libraries  http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ http://blog.lib.umn.edu/  Upgraded to MT 4.25 on June 15, 2009  UThink now has a whole bunch of new features (including tagging, page creation, custom fields, etc.)  Example of new template  http://blog.lib.umn.edu/frans005/myblog/ http://blog.lib.umn.edu/frans005/myblog/

19. Things to consider  Will you have one blog for the class or will students have individual blogs?  How will you measure/encourage participation?  Privacy and anonymity  Will you moderate comments?  What will you do with the blog after the semester ends?  Can be labor intensive  What will you do with incorrect content / information?

20. Questions?

21. Contact Us  Kate Peterson  katep@umn.edu, 626-3746 katep@umn.edu  Shannon Klug  klugx004@umn.edu, 625-9236 klugx004@umn.edu