 | Engagement Examples |
Synchronous Examples
• Embed materials within your guide that your students will need during your session.
• Share your guide at the beginning of a class/session as the go-to site for this topic.
• Illustrate how to search from the Library, Museums and Press homepage to find your guide.
Asynchronous Examples
• Work with faculty to embed your guide in a Canvas course. Guides that are embedded in a Canvas course are at the "point of need," in the online classroom environment, right when students need them the most.
• Instructions for embedding a LibGuide into Canvas linked here.
Why Teach with LibGuides?
LibGuides, simply put, are webpages. However, LibGuides are distinct from our public-facing Library, Museums and Press websites. Those webpages contain general information, departmental messaging and policy-related material. LibGuides, in comparison, are more detailed pages devoted to specific topics or course-related materials.
After some initial training and practice, the LibGuides platform becomes an easy way to assemble topical, subject-related or course-connected sites for your instructional needs. As with any webpage, there are user-experience conventions and accessibility standards to implement (seen below in the Tools section). However, as is also the case with web design, LibGuides is a very flexible platform to encompass a wide variety of information and media.
The vast array and scope of LibGuides at the University of Delaware can be seen here.
Questions about LibGuides? Please contact:
Maria Barefoot - LibGuides Administrator
Kaitlyn Tanis - LibGuides Co-Administrator
Tools & Resources
Learn how to create a LibGuide from scratch from the platform development company, Springshare.
Best practice recommendations from University of Delaware's LibGuides Advisory Team.
Step-by-step guide for converting older LibGuides to the recommended UD TEMPLATE.
Various steps to embed a guide into Canvas.