Library+ Teacher
Education support for teachers @UMResources for your courses
Find and offer as many resources as you want and develop your students into domain experts and well-trained information seekers.
Borrowing from the library
Collections
Copyright Information Point
Dictionaries
E-books
Ordering literature
Reference List
Facilities for education
Are you teaching or planning exams in the University Library in the upcoming period? In that case, we offer facilities and services for your education.
Computer facilities in the library
Hours & Locations
Reserving rooms
Software in the library
Storage capacity for students
Student Desktop Anywhere – SDA
Teaching in the University Library
WiFi: Wireless Network Maastricht University
Integrating information literacy into your course
Information Skills Support
The library organises workshops, has made some online tutorials and instructional videos. Tutorials, video’s and additional information can be found on the Skills & Support page.
Implementing tools for offline and online education
What do you want your students to achieve in your course? What teaching and learning activities suit these intended learning outcomes? And how to facilitate these given aspects as where are your students, how to monitor and assess them?
In addition to hosting the digital learning environment (EleUM), the Library Blended PBL Support team supports teachers in implementing tools for teaching and learning. We can advise on your (online) education, whether it’s about entire course design, implementing digital tools, or adapting and offering assignments for your students to perform.
Tool wheel
Use the Tool Wheel as a starting point to find out what online tools are available in the context of several educational scenarios.
Video in education
Visit VideUM to learn more about video in education and UM video conferencing tools.
Digital assessment
EleUM offers functionality to create (formative) tests and surveys. In addition, faculties can make use of digital assessment for their courses, making use of TestVision.
Build a course or organisation in EleUM
Students enter course-related content and tools in the digital learning environment via the Student Portal. Teaching and support staff work in the back-end or learning management system (currently Blackboard). On the EleUM Support blog you find all information on Blackboard.
As from 1 August 2020 we will transition to Canvas. Visit the Going Canvas Portal for everything you want to find out about this LMS and how to start working with it.
UM Online Education Portal
Checkout the official UM Online Education portal, which has been launched in order to provide the UM community with information about facilitating education via digital means.
Support for teachers
Specialised help on the available library facilities and services for teachers at Maastricht University.Copyright information point
Everything about copyright for teachers.
Writing Studio
The main goal of the Writing Studio is to support students and help them reflect on their thinking, searching and writing process.
Data Search Support
Turn to our data search specialists when help is needed in searching for data.
Peer Point
At Peer Point, your students can get help from a fellow student.
Library Workshops & Courses
We offer all sorts of workshops & courses in the field of information skills.
Thesis SupportAll
In addition, we offer the online Thesis SupportAll for bachelor and master students who are in the process of writing their thesis.
Education related news & events
Call for proposals on Open and Online education 2021 has been launched
Did COVID-19 introduce you to online education but still exploring how to activate your students given the current online, blended and hybrid scenarios? Are you looking for opportunities to share learning material with colleagues from partner institutes or searching for ways to optimise the reuse of existing learning material? Then it might be worthwhile looking into the opportunities of the recently launched incentive scheme on open and online education.
Make better videos with your own smartphone
You can borrow a DIY kit from the University Library to enhance your smartphone for better videos. This kit contains some easy, useful tools like a small tripod, a light and a semi-professional microphone.
Congrats to UM colleagues who have been granted in OCW/SURF incentive scheme
This year the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has granted 5 UM projects in the context of open and online education. In yet another project, we are involved as a partner. This is a fantastic result, which deserves congratulations to the winning project teams.
Library Edu-Update #3: ELI Annual Meeting 2020
Barend Last, member of the library Blended PBL Support team, recently went to Seattle to visit the ELI Annual Meeting. While on the plane to Seattle, the conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, SURF managed to organise an ‘unconference’. Watch the vlog about his findings.
Finding your way in online education?
It has been a month now since COVID-19 challenged us to work and teach from our homes. Did you succeed in organising your lectures on distance? And did you find out the options for interacting with your students? Or are you still in need for inspiration or support making things happen?
Digital Detox – How to bring purpose into your technology use?
This brand-new knowledge clip will support you in creating a healthy and balanced technology use. We invite UM students to attend the digital detox online workshop on 14 May.
Contact & Support
For questions or information, use the web form right to contact a subject specialist.
Contact an Education Support specialist