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