Update on Intute Your guide to the Best of the Web JISC RSC South West Web conference, 26 November 2008 Angela Joyce, ILRT, University of Bristol

Your guide to the Best of the Web

What are Intute & the Virtual Training Suite? 2 FREE related services Intute is a free , national Internet service aimed primarily at higher education, providing the very best web resources for teaching, learning and research - and funded by JISC The Virtual Training Suite is a free service which provides online Internet tutorials, for over 65 subjects. Also funded by JISC as part of the Intute service

Intute is a free , national Internet service aimed primarily at higher education, providing the very best web resources for teaching, learning and research - and funded by JISC

The Virtual Training Suite is a free service which provides online Internet tutorials, for over 65 subjects. Also funded by JISC as part of the Intute service

Intute homepage http://www. intute .ac. uk /

Who are we? The Intute Network is: A consortium of seven universities 70 partner institutions providing subject expertise and advice Created by the community for the community

The Intute Network is:

A consortium of seven universities

70 partner institutions providing subject expertise and advice

Created by the community for the community

How we work: Intute is primarily funded for H.E. but all services freely accessible for F.E. Central management is at MIMAS, Manchester Distributed staff around the UK give technical support and edit the Intute database; they run additional services; authors write the VTS tutorials

Intute is primarily funded for H.E. but all services freely accessible for F.E.

Central management is at MIMAS, Manchester

Distributed staff around the UK give technical support and edit the Intute database; they run additional services; authors write the VTS tutorials

Our target audiences Primary audience is H.E. students and… F.E into H.E. , F.E Lecturers E-learning professionals Researchers Librarians

Primary audience is H.E. students

and…

F.E into H.E. , F.E

Lecturers

E-learning professionals

Researchers

Librarians

Intute catalogue Search/browse Intute catalogue Over 123,000 records, each one hand selected and described by a subject specialist Simple or Advanced searching options with tips Browsing of sections - popular

Search/browse Intute catalogue

Over 123,000 records, each one hand selected and described by a subject specialist

Simple or Advanced searching options with tips

Browsing of sections - popular

Subjects offered Something for nearly everyone From music to management, or nursing to nuclear physics! 4 subject groups will go – move to more ‘granular’ approach at subject level, e.g.. Intute: Law

Something for nearly everyone

From music to management, or nursing to nuclear physics!

4 subject groups will go – move to more ‘granular’ approach at subject level, e.g.. Intute: Law

Supporting Internet Training Virtual Training Suite - http://www. vts . intute .ac. uk / Free online Internet training tutorials for over 65 subject areas Currently being updated with new template & emphasis

Virtual Training Suite - http://www. vts . intute .ac. uk /

Free online Internet training tutorials for over 65 subject areas

Currently being updated with new template & emphasis

Supporting Internet Training (2) Use our free support materials http://www. intute .ac. uk /support.html Quick Guides to Intute PPT Presentations Best of the Web booklets – online versions

Use our free support materials

http://www. intute .ac. uk /support.html

Quick Guides to Intute

PPT Presentations

Best of the Web booklets – online versions

JISC findings – library/LRCs (1) The JISC Attitudinal Survey 2008 pinpoints e-Resources/electronic content as key challenge in F.E. & H.E. Information skills/information literacy also a priority http://www. jisc .ac. uk /media/documents/publications/attitudinalsurvey2008librariansreport. pdf

The JISC Attitudinal Survey 2008 pinpoints e-Resources/electronic content as key challenge in F.E. & H.E.

Information skills/information literacy also a priority

http://www. jisc .ac. uk /media/documents/publications/attitudinalsurvey2008librariansreport. pdf

JISC findings – students and ICT Great Expectations report http://www. jisc .ac. uk /publications/publications/ greatexpectations . aspx ‘ There is also an opportunity to help students understand best practice for checking the validity of internet sources used for research, something which 69% of students believe they are doing despite evidence elsewhere suggesting they may lack the critical and analytical skills to do so rigorously .’

Great Expectations report

http://www. jisc .ac. uk /publications/publications/ greatexpectations . aspx

‘ There is also an opportunity to help students understand best practice for checking the validity of internet sources used for research, something which 69% of students believe they are doing despite evidence elsewhere suggesting they may lack the critical and analytical skills to do so rigorously .’

Intute is evolving New plan 2008-2012 - to respond to changes in education and online usage, e.g.: More direct marketing to students Enhanced search system More granular structure for resources

New plan 2008-2012 - to respond to changes in education and online usage, e.g.:

More direct marketing to students

Enhanced search system

More granular structure for resources

Recent market research & usability testing… FDS consultancy – market research Pure Usability – testing of main site and integration services VTS survey

FDS consultancy – market research

Pure Usability – testing of main site and integration services

VTS survey

Awareness of various websites - Students

Usability testing 2008 On-site & remote testing conducted Liked Intute concept Wanted some improvements Findings will feed into website re-design & new subject-based approach. Eg. Intute: Law, Intute: Veterinary

On-site & remote testing conducted

Liked Intute concept

Wanted some improvements

Findings will feed into website re-design & new subject-based approach. Eg. Intute: Law,

Intute: Veterinary

We also offer Additional Services Intute blogs – keep updated Intute Repository Search for papers http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs/ Intute Helpdesk – email us comments, suggestions

Additional Services

Intute blogs – keep updated

Intute Repository Search for papers http://www.intute.ac.uk/irs/

Intute Helpdesk – email us comments, suggestions

Personalise My Intute Create your own account Save searches and records, plus non-Intute Tag records with your own keywords Weekly email alerts Export data into your websites or VLEs

My Intute

Create your own account

Save searches and records, plus non-Intute

Tag records with your own keywords

Weekly email alerts

Export data into your websites or VLEs

MyIntute tag cloud

Content for the Community Integrating Intute content Intute content and services are available for use in your own institution or website Advice on how to use our content available from: www.intute.ac.uk/integration/ Quick Guides at: http://www.intute.ac.uk/integrationguides/

Integrating Intute content

Intute content and services are available for use in your own institution or website

Advice on how to use our content available from:

www.intute.ac.uk/integration/

Quick Guides at:

http://www.intute.ac.uk/integrationguides/

Example of newsfeed… http://mail.ilrt. bris .ac. uk /~ cmamj /

Intute on UsPaCe… http://www. uspace .org. uk /blog/ Intute plug-in gadget

Blackboard at City of Bristol College MyIntute used to import dentistry sites

University of Exeter http://www.library.ex.ac. uk / intute -i/

More Integration Examples See our del.icio.us page at http://del. icio .us/ angejoyce /integration/ See our Exemplars at http://www. intute .ac. uk /integration/exemplars/

See our del.icio.us page at

http://del. icio .us/ angejoyce /integration/

See our Exemplars at

http://www. intute .ac. uk /integration/exemplars/

Finally…. We welcome feedback from the community. Please feel free to contact us: www.intute.ac.uk/feedback.html Thank you! [email_address]