Post on 25-Dec-2015
Blending the Library into your
Course Management System
Marianne FoleySUNY College at Buffalo
foleym@buffalostate.eduSUNYLA Conference 2010
For Today ….
• What is a nugget?• Buffalo State overview• Library nugget history• The library nugget at Buffalo State• Pointers and Positives• Live demo!• Feedback
What’s a Nugget?
• “A nugget is a component that presents a module of data that can be added to a portal page. Nuggets are synonymous with channels in some other portal systems.” – ANGEL 7.3 Administrator Reference
• Box within ANGEL that contains information or performs a function.
CMS at Buffalo State
• CMS is ANGEL• Adopted in 2005• Currently on Version 7.3• Hosted with ANGEL Learning (Blackboard)• All courses in ANGEL … • … but not all faculty/classes use ANGEL
ANGEL Use at BSC
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
# of Courses 2754 3039 851 3074 3076
#Enabled
605 547 156 1059 1188
% Enabled 22% 18% 18% 34% 39%
Library at Buffalo State
• ≈ 35,000 journals• ≈ 200 databases• 12 Reference librarians• Actively maintained web site• Myriad online guides• Multiple virtual reference avenues
Nugget Origins
• Reference librarian disturbed by Google default in ANGEL
• Wanted more library integration with ANGEL courses
• SUNY COCID - Library2LMS: Integrating Library Services into a Learning Management System
• Pauline Shostack presented OCC customized library nugget
Birth of the BSC Nugget
• Librarian suggested nugget to me
• Contacted OCC for HTML code
• BSC created an empty nugget
• Added BSC customizations
BSC Customizations
• Reference librarians identified key resources₋ Articles+ - combines 20 popular periodical DBs₋ Library Catalog₋ Encyclopedia Britannica ₋ Oxford English Dictionary₋ Research Services, Library databases, Subject guides
• ANGEL team chose tab and named nugget₋ Resources Tab → Information Resources₋ Institutional Resources nugget
• Went live in Summer 2008
Typical Course Home Page
Information Resources Tab
The Nugget
The Nugget & Its Code<div class="portal"><table border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="1" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><b>Quick Searches</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid; border-left: 1px solid; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 1px solid; border-right: 1px solid; padding-top: 0px">Library Catalog</div> <form style="margin: 0px" method="get" action="http://bsc.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4380/F" name="form1"> <input type="hidden" name="func" value="find-b" /> <input type="hidden" name="adjacent" value="N" /><input class="search" size="35" name="request" type="text" /> <select style="margin: 0px" name="find_code"> <option value="WRD" selected="selected">Keyword</option> <option value="WAU">Author</option> <option value="WTT">Title</option> <option value="WSU">Subject</option> <option value="020">ISBN</option>
Features
• Appears in every course in same place
Features
• Appears in every course in same place• Maintains color theme of course
User’s Theme Maintained
Features
• Appears in every course in same place• Maintains color theme of course• Compatible with 7.x versions
Features
• Appears in every course in same place• Maintains color theme of course• Compatible with 7.x versions• Single sign-on: one authentication!
Benefits
• ANGEL links to Google, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster Dictionary -- why not connect to your own library?
• Uses resources already purchased
• Librarians vet and update these resources
• Drills down to quality library resources
• Puts library at their fingertips
• Crucial to distance learners
The Current Nugget
The Current Nugget
The Current Nugget
Demo!
To Make Successful
• Need ability and rights to create nuggets
• Familiar with HTML and ANGEL programming
• Test! Test! Test! • Work with reference librarians• Make it single sign-on
Results• Very positive feedback from faculty• New faculty request nugget• BSC Ebsco database usage increased
dramatically in 2008-2009– 1st in state– 5th in world