NCompass Live: Eleven Ways Your Current Tutorials Are as Forgettable as Barb and What to Do About It
Channel: Nebraska Library Commission
Date: 2018-02-28

Strategies for Creating Accessible and Usable Online Library Instruction Using New Technologies and Other Stranger Things

Recorded on Feb. 28, 2018
NCompass Live - http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/

Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a rut when you create another LibGuide, screencast or other library instruction? Does it feel repetitive and not-at-all-creative? Are you still getting questions about how to use a database, despite creating detailed screencasts on each one? Are you unsure if what you are creating on the web is accessible to all of your learners? In this workshop, we will address some core skills around universal, instructional and graphic design that you can implement to make your online library instruction more effective. We will share, compare and contrast some tools we've used in innovative ways to create library tutorials and guides like reveal.js, Scalar, Timeline.js, Captivate, Articulate Storyline and address the accessibility criteria for each one. Finally, we will apply these tools with you to show how they can work together to create good-looking, usable, accessible and unforgettable online library instruction. Downloadable templates will be made available to attendees.

Presenters: Lindsay H. Matts-Benson, Instructional Designer, University of Minnesota Libraries; Andrew Palahniuk, Peer Research Consultant, University of Minnesota Libraries.