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Scaling Up Library Resources for Scaling Up Library Resources for
Students: Course Views at NCSUStudents: Course Views at NCSU
LITA National Forum
October 17, 2008
Kim Duckett and Jason Casden
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Background______________________________________________
Our Environment
• Large institution = 30,000+ students
• Total courses = 6,000+
• Former WebCT campus
• Current CMS environment is mixed– BlackBoard Vista– Moodle pilots– “WolfWare” locker system
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History of Course Resources
“Course pages” by subject specialists– Hand tailored to assignments– Used with library instruction sessions– Assignment focused
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Problem: Limited Reach______________________________________________
History of CMS Integration
Request process in WebCT since 2004– Links to subject specialists’ course pages – Faculty could select content – Web pages created off template – Links inserted by librarian
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A distillation of the most student-centric stuff the library offers.
______________________________________________What is Course Views?
Branded: Library ToolsLaunch date: August 2008
Goals______________________________________________
Goals
1. A Course View for every course
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Goals
1. A Course View for every course
2. A scalable and sustainable system for library course content delivery
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Goals
1. A Course View for every course
2. A scalable and sustainable system for library course content delivery
3. Library content customized as much as possible to the course
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Collaboration
• Students
• Faculty
• Subject specialist librarians
• Campus partners
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Demo______________________________________________
Technical Architecture______________________________________________
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/ENG/101
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/ENG/101
Course Identifiers
Customized content based on existing institutional course identifiers.
NC State example: ENG 101
• ‘ENG’ = curriculum code
• ‘101’ = course number
• ‘ENG 101’ = full course identifier
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Content Customization______________________________________________
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
Course level:ENG 101
Kawanna
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
English 101______________________________________________
Course level:ENG 333
Kim
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
English 333______________________________________________
Curriculum level:ENG
Cindy
Cascading Selection______________________________________________
English (default)______________________________________________
Integration______________________________________________
Blackboard Vista
Blackboard Vista
Moodle
Moodle
WolfWare
WolfWare
QuickSearch
QuickSearch
Library Homepage
Library Homepage
Learning Commons Website
Learning Commons Website
Usage______________________________________________
Date range: 8/20/08 – 10/16/08
Project Information
• Project home: www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews
• Library Tools:
www.lib.ncsu.edu/course
Additional team members: Tito Sierra, Joe Ryan
Questions?______________________________________________
Contact Us
Kim DuckettPrincipal Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning
Jason CasdenDigital Technologies Development Librarian
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