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Curriculum Support
Faculty needing materials to support their online courses should contact their liaison librarian.
Course Reserves: Electronic reserves (e.g., book chapters and articles) can be made accessible to students in support of online classroom instruction through Canvas by filling out the request form. For more information about physical or electronic reserves, visit Course Reserves on Porches or email ereserve@udayton.edu.
Streaming Video: If there is a film that you had hoped to show in your class but no longer can, we can search our digital content providers to see if the film is available to add to your class Isidore site. Please visit our page on requesting streaming video titles to learn more, or email Christina Beis directly at cbeis1@udayton.edu with the film title and the course and section numbers.
Online Library Instruction
The Roesch Library teaching team remains available to provide instruction and research support in ways that work best for your course. Multiple options are available, including Zoom conferencing; chats or forums in Isidore; electronic worksheets and handouts; and online research guides.
To request library teaching support, please use this form.
Learning objects: In addition to teaching research skills and creating research guides, librarians at Roesch Library have created other learning objects that might be helpful for your courses. To request help with a learning object, please use this form.
Examples:
- Library TutorialThis tutorial is delivered through Isidore. It includes three modules and three quizzes and is intended to support the learning outcomes associated with ENG114, ENG198 and ENG200. If you are interested in using this tutorial for your course, email Heidi Gauder, hgauder1@udayton.edu
- Keyword BrainstormingThis activity asks students to brainstorm synonyms for their main ideas and join them with Boolean commands.
- Planning the Research ProcessThis worksheet takes students through the process of developing keywords, identifying needed information and creating a search string.
Other sources for learning objects
- Project CORACommunity of Online Research Assignments is an open access resource for faculty and librarians.
- ACRL Framework for Information Literacy SandboxAn online repository of materials related to the Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.
- MERLOTA curated collection of online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
