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Online Teaching and Learning Resource Guide For Faculty

This guide is intended to help faculty learn about library services and resources available during remote learning

Screencasting

Screencasting allows users to create videos by recording your computer screen or webcam, and is usually accompanied by audio narration.  With screencasting, instructors can record themselves navigating through and explaining an online resource, or they can record themselves as they lecture with presentation slides.  Screencasts can be easily edited and exported to platforms such as YouTube or Vimeo.  There are many screencasting programs available and paid subscription versions can be very sophisticated.  Below, we've highlighted Screencastify, which the Library uses regularly and is free and open-source. 

Interactive Tutorials

An interactive tutorial demonstrates "how-to" do something online. These types of video tutorials offer focused step-by-step instructions that users progress through interactively, and can be used to teach a skill, introduce a new technology, or navigate an online resource.  

16 STEPS

1 This tutorial works best in full-screen mode.  To open up this tutorial in another window, click on the square on the bottom right-hand side of this box. 

Then continue by clicking on the highlighted areas on the screen.  

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2 Starting at the Library's homepage, scroll down to find the catalog search. 

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3 The SLC Library recently changed its search function to make electronic materials much easier to find.   

To look for e-books in the catalog, simply select the E-Books tab before performing your keyword search. 
 

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4 Type the title of the book you're looking for into the search bar and either click Go or hit Enter. 

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5 Instead of narrowing your results to only what is in the SLC Library's collection, we suggest leaving your search set to Libraries Worldwide.   

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6 Because of campus closures due to COVID-19, many publishers have made their collections freely accessible. 

This first result says it's Held by other libraries, but you are still able to access the e-book by clicking on the View eBook button. 

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7 To find out more information about the book, click on the Title. 

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8 From here, click on View Description to get more bibliographic information.

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9 Here you will find details about the book, such as publication information, as well as what edition it is.  

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10 If it's not the edition you're looking for, click on Explore Editions and Formats to see other editions of the book.

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11 To access the e-book, simply click on the View eBook button. 

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12 This will bring you to the e-book within whichever database is providing access to it. 

In the case of the Internet Archive, you will have to create a free account to borrow the book for 14 days. 

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13 If you were not able to find the e-book you were looking for, the Library may be able to purchase it for you.   

To suggest a purchase, go back to the Library's homepage by clicking on the link for Sarah Lawrence College. 

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14 Click on the Suggest a Purchase button on the right-hand side of the page.    

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15 Then, fill out the Suggest a Purchase form with as much detail as possible. 

On the form, you are given the option to be notified when the e-book comes in.     

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16 Have questions? We're here to help! 

Email us at
reference@sarahlawrence.edu.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1672360/SLC-Library-Tip---How-to-find-e-books-in-the-catalog

Video Tutorials

Video tutorials can demonstrate a process online, or explain a concept in a visually engaging way.  Unlike interactive tutorials, users experience these as videos, and not as a set of interactive steps.  The videos are created by choosing or uploading images, annotating these images with explanatory text, and adding audio by either recording your voice, or adding music to enhance the user's experience. 

Questions?

Reach out to us at reference@sarahlawrence.edu