Description
Librarians obtained data detailing course websites that imported one or more of the library modules from Canvas Commons during the 2021-2022 academic year. A questionnaire was designed and sent to faculty for these courses: 90 Fall 2021 courses taught by 55 individual faculty, and 81 Winter 2022 courses taught by 52 faculty. We removed 11 faculty from the Winter list who were contacted about Fall courses, which resulted in 41 unique faculty to whom we sent the Winter survey. 17 surveys were completed for an 18% response rate. Interviews were then conducted with 6 faculty who volunteered to talk in depth about their experiences.
Understanding why and how faculty integrate asynchronous library instruction into university courses can significantly help libraries with strategic planning. Insight from this assessment helped factor future space-planning for onsite instruction; improved module design to meet the needs of faculty whether the modules are required or optional; developed differentiation of modules to reflect discipline or level of course; and how to meaningfully assess DLOs as both a communication tool and a learning object in the future.