Testing: Video Guides and Guided Tours

Owned by J Armstrong
Last updated: Nov 22, 2022

Goals

To test and assess which Video Guides and Guided Tours we want instructors to be able to access.

Content to Test

  • Video Guides
    • Getting Started Videos (7 videos)
  • Guided Tours
    • Add and edit list items (6 tours)
    • Manage the reading list (5 tours)
    • Grant access to students (1 tour)

Steps for Testing

  1. Open any Reading List in Canvas
  2. Click on the ? icon in the header and expand the sections by clicking on the + icon.
  3. Review each video and each guide and vote/comment in the below chart.

Provide Feedback

Video Guides
Creating a list
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: The video showed three reading list templates. Perhaps we should use those three to match the video?

Adding resources with Cite It
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: I found this to be very helpful.

Adding resources from the Library
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: Question about the default settings for the checkbox. Could the default be to have it unchecked?

Need to make sure that instructors know that when they add a physical item that we will assume that they want us to make it available digitally. How to? Via a note at the top of the page?

Adding your own resources
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: An error occurs when you try to play the video.

Editing a resources list
  • Use
  • Don't Use (unless we change tags)

Comments: Need to make sure that instructors know that this is about editing the organization of a list and adding info to individual items on list. 

The video mentions tags that we don't use. Recommended, essential, optional, lecture readings. Should we use these?

The video mentions public notes, which we use for communicating "make available physically." We maybe should change this practice.

Publishing your list
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: This video is also about sending the list to the library for review. 

Mentions that the instructor can add any notes for the library in the side panel. Perhaps we should switch to using this for folks to let us know that they want to make something available physically?

The choice to allow anyone to view the list might be a problem with copyright things. We likely don't want faculty to choose this option. What is the default option?

Enabling collaborative annotations on PDFs
  • Use
  • Don't Use (until we enable this feature)

Comments: What do we have to do to enable the ability to use collaborative annotations?

Also shows how to upload PDFs to your list, which might be even more useful for folks than the annotations bit.

Guided Tours
Adding an item based on a library resource
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments:

Adding a file to an item
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments:

Managing item tags
  • Use
  • Don't Use (until we decide on tags)

Comments: We haven't decided how we want to use tags yet. Right now, the tag options are: waiting for recalled copy, COOP purchase, MISSING.

Adding a public note to an item
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: I wish there was a second pop up after you click on an item showing where to type public note.

Managing an item's due date
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments:

Add an item from an external source
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: The video for this explains it much better. 

Associate a list with a course
  • Use
  • Don't Use (didn't work)

Comments: Doesn't appear to work; lists are automatically associated with courses.

Publish your list to students
  • Use
  • Don't Use (didn't work)
Send your list for library review
  • Use
  • Don't Use
Communicate with the library about list.
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments:

Communicate with the library about item.
  • Use
  • Don't Use (didn't work?)

Comments: I didn't see what to do next after clicking on an item.

Reuse your list
  • Use
  • Don't Use (didn't work/couldn't test)

Comments: Nothing happened when I clicked on the tour. 

Create a shareable link
  • Use
  • Don't Use

Comments: The instructions say, "click Shareable Link," but the text is actually "Create a shareable link."