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Tech Savvy ways to Engage Students: Cluster,

Shelflister, Kahoot!Colleen Bannon & Colleen Shaw

Information Services LibrariansHeartland Community College

Problemv College NOW

student orientation

Solution: Cluster

What is it?

u Private group sharing app and website

u Create a scavenger hunt using Cluster

u To the website! #VikingsVisitGroupB

Cluster

Challenges

u First group of students were unsure what was expected of them

u Photo releases

u Direction heavy for the students downloading the app

Successes

u Adapted scavenger hunt to our GENS classes

u Positive feedback on campus

u Students left:

u With student IDs

u Able to login to the portal

u Familiarity with library resources

u Reduced library anxiety

Problemv Stacks maintenance

What's on the shelf? What’s not on the shelf?

Improve student worker shelf-reading with LC call numbers

v Collection management

Small, aging collection

Solution: Shelflister

What is it?

u Voyager compatible website

u Created by Michael Doran at the University of Texas at Arlington

u Enter a range of barcodes or call numbers to generate a list of all the items between two items.

u To the website!

ShelflisterStacks Maintenance

u Challenges

u User error

u Motivating student workers

u Successes

u Find disparities in catalog

u Identify problems before patron complaints

u More accurate shelf-reading

Collection Management

u Challenges

u Not a replacement for walking the stacks

u Successes

u Easy way to create a list of books to pull and evaluate

Problemv Student worker staff

training

v COMM 101 review session

Solution: Kahoot!

What is it?

u Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform

u Create a multiple choice game for staff training and COMM 101 review

u To the website!

Kahoot!

Challenges

u Not a true assessment of individuals when game is played in pairs

u Technical problems

u Players may get kicked out

u Learning curve

Successes

u Good informal assessment and gives librarians a chance to review incorrect answers

u Great student and faculty feedback

Questions?

Colleen Bannon

colleen.bannon@heartland.edu

Colleen Shawcolleen.shaw@heartland.edu