Managed Learning Environments: School Consultation
The Tipping Point: SpringyCamp November 2012
1. THE TIPPING POINT:
INCREASING LIBRARY
SERVICE
USAGE AMONG STUDENTS
WITH SPRINGSHARE WIDGETS
MARLIESE THOMAS,
USER ENGAGEMENT LIBRARIAN
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
@MSTHOMAS
2. WHAT’S THE POINT?
Seek to increase instruction impact
• Quantity of requests from upperclassmen and
subject-specific classes
• Quality and impact of instruction sessions with
Core Curriculum students
Strive to provide a higher level of service
• Some faculty using Moodle heavily
• Non-traditional students not on campus or
schedules make library visits inconvenient
3. POINT OF NEED
Distance students
Athletes who are required to attend study
halls elsewhere on campus
Students burning out on tech overload
4. POINT OF CONTACT
Put chat widgets EVERYWHERE!
Ask Us!
LibGuides
Moodle
…and it continues.
5. Embed in our link resolver landing page –
Springshare reformatted script for us
Also embedded in our EBSCO Discovery Service Results List
8. POINT OF PRIDE
Faculty love the idea… once they understand
what it is
Section Designer is the way to go
Extra benefit of staying part of the class
communication system (true embedding)
We can track usage through LibChat’s Stats
referrer links
9. LibChat
From 1 June – 7 November, 2012
104 from LibAnswers (Ask Us!)
38 from LibGuides
13 from Link Resolver page or EDS
2 from Moodle
10. WE’VE ONLY HAD SIX MONTHS…
You never know what might happen next!
Thanks!
Marliese Thomas
msthomas@samford.edu
Editor's Notes
Distance studentsAthletes who are required to attend study halls elsewhere on campusStudents who are already burdened with multiple technologies and websites for class managementSamford students are above average on campus and civic engagement, leading to conflict with some library reference hours.
At first, I created a basic widget code set and created a LibGuide showing faculty how to add this to their Moodle course pages. Through experience, we found this wasn’t very successful. However, instructors can add me as Course Designer, allowing me to make aesthetic changes but not have access to students’ academic information. Thus, I can do any customizing and embedding they request. Once Stephanie routes the request for Moodle embedding to me, I contact the professor for details to decide what customizations are appropriate.
Once we saw the potential, we brainstormed:On our link resolver landing pageIn the EBSCO Discovery Search results pageOther Springshare content that could be similarly customized and embedded in MoodleWe’re still working on this one, because Springshare keeps rolling out more options!
