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Add Library Resources to Moodle

What is it?

This page explains how you can incorporate a variety of library resources to your course's Moodle site. This will allow your students to directly access course-related library resources from within Moodle. This page tells you how to add these blocks to Moodle:

"Ask a Librarian" Chat
Library Resources
Collaborate with a Subject Librarian in Moodle
Connect Students to a Subject Librarian
Course Guide and Course Reserves

"Ask a Librarian" Chat

This block allows your students to instantly contact a librarian via instant messaging, right from within Moodle. When a librarian is not available to chat, the options to email the library or make an appointment with a librarian are displayed instead.

Here is what the 'Ask a Librarian' Moodle Block looks like:

To add the "Ask a Librarian" chat block:

1. Log into your Moodle course.
2. Click the button.
3. In the Blocks menu, select Ask a Librarian.
   
   
   
4. The block will be added to your course.
   You can use the arrows in the block to position it in the sidebar.

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Library Resources

This block gives access to frequently used library resources with just one click. This makes it simpler for students to find and use useful library resources and services.

Here is what the 'Library Resources' Moodle Block looks like:

To add the Library Resources block:

1. Log into your Moodle course.
2. Click the button.
3. In the Blocks menu, select Library Resources.
   
   
4. The block will be added to your course.
   You can use the arrows in the block to position it in the sidebar.

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Collaborate with a Subject Librarian in Moodle

Adding a librarian as a collaborator in your Moodle course can be helpful for your students.

The librarian can more fully understand course assignments before helping students, can add library resources to the course page, and can participate in online discussions, recommending library resources and research strategies at the point of need.

To add a librarian as a collaborator in your Moodle course:

1. Log into your Moodle course.
2. Click the button.
3. From the Administration menu, choose Assign Roles.
   
   
4. Click the Teacher role.
   NOTE: the Teacher role will allow the librarian to add blocks and resources to the course site. If you prefer to give Non-editing teacher or Student role, the librarian will be able to participate in online class discussions and see the course contents, but will not be able to add blocks or resources to the course site.
5. Search or browse to find the librarian's name.
6. Highlight the librarian's name then click the button.

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Connect Students to a Subject Librarian

Give your subject librarian a presence on your Moodle course page! This helps students know who to contact and how to reach him/her.

Here is what the 'Course Librarian' Moodle Block looks like:

To add a Course Librarian block to Moodle:

1. Log into your Moodle course.
2. Click the button.
3. In the Blocks menu, select HTML.
   
   
4. In the section that you just added, click the icon.
5. In the Block Title field, type 'Your Course Librarian'
6. Copy the following code into the Content field:

<img border="0" style="max-width: 140px;" src="http://library.trincoll.edu/images/staffphotos/johndoe.jpg" alt="Profile Image" /><br />
<b>John Doe</b>
<p><b>Contact info:</b><br />
<a href="mailto:john.doe@trincoll.edu?subject=Contacting%20you%20from%20Moodle">Send Email</a><br />
860-297-1111<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Make an appointment:</span><br />
<a href="http://librarian.trincoll.edu" target="_blank">Library Scheduler</a><br /></p>

7. Change the 4 items shown in bold to your course librarian's contact info.
8. Click
9. The block will be added to your course.
   You can use the arrows in the block to position it in the sidebar.

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Course Guide and Course Reserves

You can provide one-click access to any or all of these from your Moodle course:

• library's course guide for your course
• library's course reserves for your course
• a specific library database
• a specific item from the library catalog

Here is what Library Resources for Your Course could look like:

To add Library Resources for your course to Moodle:

1. Log into your Moodle course.
2. Click the button.
3. Click on and choose Link to a file or website.
4. In the Name field, type a name for the resource that will be meaningful to your students.
5. Leave the Summary field empy (it doesn't get displayed anyway.)
6. In the Location field, copy the URL for the resource.
   Here is how to obtain the URL for a variety of different resources.
7. Click the button.
8. The resources will be added to your course.

 

 

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