Getting Started with Course Management Systems Workshop
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This document summarizes an ALA webinar about best practices for integrating academic library services into course management systems (CMS). The webinar covered why libraries should be involved in CMS, designing a library approach, project management tips, and assessment. Speakers discussed keeping integration simple, building relationships on campus, and ensuring scalability. Assessment examples included analytics of library resource usage in CMS and surveys of faculty and students. The webinar provided an opportunity for questions and discussion of challenges and opportunities in CMS integration.
Getting Started with Course Management Systems Workshop
- 1. ALA Webinar Getting Started with the Course Management System Best practices for academic libraries
- 2. Lily Todorinova, Undergraduate Experience Librarian, Rutgers University [email protected] Lindsay Johnson, Public Services Manager & Subject Librarian, HSS & Law Libraries, University of Alberta [email protected] ALA Webinar
- 3. Overview ๏ Why the CMS? ๏ Designing your library’s approach to the CMS ๏ Project management tips & lessons ๏ Assessment ALA Webinar
- 4. Overview ๏ 2 Question Breaks ๏ Polls ๏ Discussion & Q&A ALA Webinar
- 5. Background ๏ ALA Annual in Las Vegas, 2014: “Libraries in the Course Management System” ๏ ALA Midwinter in Chicago, 2015: “Assessing Integration of Library Services into Course Management Systems" ๏ ALA Annual in San Francisco, 2015: “Lessons Learned: Libraries, Course Management Systems, and Future Directions" ALA Webinar
- 6. Why the CMS? 51% 11 % ALA Webinar + Source: http://www.educationdive.com/news/12-learning- management-system-providers-and-what-they-bring-to- classrooms/97613/ 7%
- 7. The CMS International Market ALA Webinar
- 9. Which CMS platform does your institution use? ALA Webinar A. Blackboard/Moodle A. Blackboard/Moodle B. Canvas C. Sakai D. Pearson E. Other or homegrown
- 10. A. Yes B. No ALA Webinar Has your institution gone through the process of reevaluating (or changing) their CMS?
- 11. “ Embedded librarianship occurs in the online space familiar to students who log in daily for course work...it delivers relevant library resources and services needed by students grappling with course-specific research assignments in the campus LMS. Undergraduates associate this familiar online environment with the academic world. They may conveniently log in 24/7.” - Tumbleson & Burke, 2013 Why the CMS? “Blended learning is generally defined as, “an instructional approach that substitutes online learning for a portion of the traditional face-to-face instructional time”. - Owston, York & Murtha (2013)
- 12. ALA Webinar
- 13. Educause Report, The Current Ecosystem of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education: Student, Faculty, and IT Perspectives https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers1414. pdf ALA Webinar
- 14. FINDINGS ๏ 15% of higher learning institutions will replace their CMS in the next 8 years ๏ Faculty and students value the CMS, but rarely use any of its advanced features and full capacity ๏ User satisfaction is highest for the most basic of CMS features and lowest for features that involve collaboration and engagement ๏ Although students’ general digital skills may be strong, they do not transfer to a proficiency in the use of the CMS ๏ 86 % of faculty and 83 % of students use the CMS ALA Webinar
- 15. “To meet users’ needs and expectations, the next-generation LMS should be mobile friendly, personalized, customizable, adaptive, intuitive, integrated, and designed to enhance student learning.” ALA Webinar
- 18. LESSON 1: Keep it simple ALA Webinar
- 19. Project name ๏ Students and faculty value traditional functionality ๏ Avoid flash, as well as page crowding ๏ Users do not want extraneous features. The more seamless the library content is, the less likely it is for users to view it as unnecessary ๏ Available by default is ideal. Opt-in works as a compromise
- 20. Project name Example 1: Link to course guides (libguides) Example 2: Simple “library block”
- 21. LESSON 2: Relationship Building ALA Webinar
- 22. Important Questions ALA Webinar What is the organizational, political, and technological context? ๏ Who maintains the CMS at your institution? ๏ What is your existing relationship with that group? ๏ What is the best way to establish contact with them? ๏ Buy-in from library administration & CMS administration. Who should present a proposal on collaborating with the library? ๏ What CMS platform(s) does your institution use? ๏ Find your community of practice. Explore possibilities for integration of library services. ๏ What can you bring to the table?
- 23. Proposal Example
- 25. Poll ALA Webinar
- 26. Does your institution use more than one CMS platform? a. Yes. b. No. ALA Webinar
- 28. Scalability: Staffing & Technical Considerations ๏ Build on existing infrastructure - link to existing services (ex. Embed a chat widget. Is using a third party software inside CMS a problem for CMS developers?) ๏ Direct contact with librarians, service points, or both? ๏ Features that instructors can add themselves (ex. customizable block) OR librarian added to class OR option for both. ๏ How can instructor “enroll” a librarian in the course - librarian role available? ๏ Mapping to library guides to push content (ex. Canvas) -- guides must be of constant excellent quality ๏buy-in from all staff ๏ What does the mobile interface look like? ALA Webinar
- 30. Scalability: Examples Automatic library modules in every newly created CMS course (University of Chicago) Introduction to the Libraries CMS course for all students (Nova Southeastern University) ALA Webinar
- 33. Assessment ALA Webinar ๏ Work with the course instructor to assess the impact of your presence in the course ๏ Analytics: Counting clicks, using LibGuide or Google Analytics ๏ Surveys ๏ Case Study: University of Alberta
- 34. U of A Libraries: Current Stats on use of the Library Block in Moodle ๏ Total uses of block in all credit courses: 730 ๏ Total number of eClass credit courses Fall 2015: 2231 ๏ Library block is in ~30% ALA Webinar
- 35. Google Analytics: CMS to Library Website
- 36. Google Analytics: CMS to Library Ask Us page
- 38. What to Include in the Block?
- 39. Design update: new look! 2013-2015 Current
- 40. Assessment: Use Study Survey What Kinds of Questions Did We Ask?
- 41. General Survey Responses Small Classes Visited by Librarian 31% 68%
- 42. General Survey Responses Small Classes Visited by Librarian 50% 95%
- 44. Questions ๏ How do you plan to approach this project? What information do you need to start? ๏ What are the pros/cons of a wide-scale integration of library resources for all CMS courses? ๏ How will faculty on your campus respond to this initiative? ๏ Is there a librarian at your institution who works with user experience issues, including the CMS? What expertise do you need to get this project on board? ALA Webinar
- 45. Questions ๏ How do you plan to deal with scalability? ๏ What are your library’s measures of success for this project? ๏ Is the role of the library in the CMS worth assessing? In what ways can it contribute to showing the effectiveness of the library? ๏ What innovations in CMS design do you wish to see in the future? ALA Webinar
- 46. Resources ALA Webinar UAlberta Libraries Bibliograpy and Examples: ๏ Bibliography Credit: Carlene Slobodian ๏ One-pager proposal Credits: Debbie Feisst, Angie Mandeville, and Lindsay Johnston ๏ Tips sheet for faculty/instructors Credits: Kim Frail and Debbie Feisst ๏ Eclass promotional slide Credit: Hanne Pearce
- 47. Join the CMS Google Group! ALA Webinar
- 48. Q & A ALA Webinar
- 49. THANK YOU ALA Webinar Lily Todorinova ([email protected]) Lindsay Johnson ([email protected])
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