Courseware Integration at Innovative Libraries

Denyse Seaman, Baylor UniversityJennifer Fritz, Dartmouth CollegeJohn Culshaw, University of Colorado at BoulderJonathan Jiras, Rochester Institute of TechnologyBarbara Doll, Saint Francis University

Innovative Users Group MeetingMay, 2006 – Session H4

Denver, Colorado

Baylor University

Courseware: Blackboard 7 Needed a way to integrate BearCat

electronic course reserves without having to reauthenticate

Libraries tab allows searching of BearCat from within Blackboard

Available in every course from within Blackboard

Libraries Tab in Blackboard

Blackboard Course Tools

BearCat Course Reserves

Blackboard Building Block

Code available with no guarantees or warranties

https://bearspace.baylor.edu/Group_Online_Teaching/Blackboard/Building%20Blocks/ Library%20Reserves/libraryreservesv21.war

Other Integrations

Audio Reserves To Go Ipods Streaming from a QuickTime server Enhanced Syllabus available from

Blackboard course EzProxy, BearCat and Blackboard

(BU InfoLinks)

Course Reserves—Enhanced Syllabus

Link to Audio Clips

Dartmouth College

Courseware: Blackboard Solutions:

Refpacks Innovative’s courseware integration

product

The old way

Refpacks

Refpack modules are the convenient store, not the supermarket

Seven major categories Each category has two sections:

reference and journal databases Limited resources (with exceptions)

Refpack set-up

Blackboard programmers create a module template

Bibliographers become module administrators

Module administration

Refpack administration

Editing the Refpack

Preview Refpack

Adding a Refpack

Refpack added

User customization of Refpack

Customized!

Layout customization

Courseware integration product

Catalog search module Patron account module

CIB set-up

Numeric IP address of your Blackboard server.

Unique patron identifier Millennium patron record and

Blackboard user record MUST have a common identifier

Innovative provides two building blocks, your Bb admin installs them

CIB search module

Catalog passed through

Patron record pass through

4:30 TODAY!

First Looks: Integrating Blackboard with Library Services Gail Bonath - Grinnell College DeeAnn Allison -University of Nebraska-

Lincoln Dinah Sanders - Innovative

Sakai

John CulshawUniversity of Colorado at Boulder Libraries

What is Sakai?

“Community Source Software” Collaboration and Learning

Environment Course Management model Also supports research collaboration

Who is Sakai?

Core Schools (Michigan, Indiana, MIT, Stanford)

Sakai Educational Partners Program Sakai Commercial Affiliates

Sakai Partners + Innovative

Carleton College Dartmouth College Northeastern University Ohio State University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Nebraska and more…

What to do with Sakai?

Institutions are in a variety of stages of exploration and implementation

Lots of pilots in Fall 2005 and Spring 2006

Fullest implementation at core schools

Many sites running legacy CMS systems concurrently with Sakai pilot or production services

Sakai at Colorado

Pilot in Fall 2005 Campus made decision to continue

to monitor Sakai progress but opted to renew commitment to WebCT as primary CMS

Sakaibrary

Indiana and Michigan 18-month project to integrate

access to library licensed digital content within Sakai

Sakai: What’s Next

Many sites monitoring growth of the community and associated applications

Opportunities for sites with appropriate resources to help build the Sakai toolset

Rochester Institute of Technology

Courseware: Desire2Learn Solution – Library Resources Link Server

Similar in concept to an OpenURL Link Server Modular, ColdFusion application Uses III Oracle Interface Integrates library resources, contact

information, and course reserves. Resources are specific to the course, program,

and/or academic department. Available by default in every course and from

every screen within Desire2Learn

Library Website

Library Resources Link Server

Desire2Learn

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Library Resources Link Server

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Desire2Learn

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Role

Library Resources Link Server

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Dynamically Generated Webpage

Desire2Learn

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Role

Library Resources Link Server

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Links to Resources

Library Website

Role

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Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

Additional Tabs

Enhancements

Use ERM Resource Records. Special Resources for Graduate Students. Integrate with other courseware systems. Promote it as a service for professor

authored course pages independent of the campus courseware application.

Make it a database driven application.

Rochester Institute of Technology

More information: http://library.rit.edu/desire2learn/

Flash video summary (6 minutes) PDF handout Screen shots Live URLs Sample code Web accessible recorded presentations

Saint Francis UniversityPasquerilla Library

The Instructional Technology Specialist works closely with the library staff. A link to the library is provided on the main WebCT screen as an aid to patrons.

WebCT – Courseware used at Saint Francis University

When requested by instructors, a page is created that is linked from the course page within WebCT.

Display of a Course to Saint Francis University Students

The Library Page specifically created for use in WebCT courses

What’s on the page?

Link to Library web OPAC Link to course reserves for the course

http://library.francis.edu/search/rnurs%200339

Link to discipline specific subject guides Feed of library blog Contact information of various library

departments

Newer pages have more links – we are still promoting the idea

Link takes user to the reserve materials for this course

Questions for anyone on the panel

Denyse Seaman, Baylor University Jennifer Fritz, Dartmouth College Jonathan Jiras, Rochester Institute of

Technology John Culshaw, University of Colorado

at Boulder Barbara Doll, Saint Francis University

Thank you!!!