Library+ Teacher

Education support for teachers @UM

Resources 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

How to borrow books, journals and other items from the library

Copyright Information Point

The Maastricht University Library compiled the Copyright Information Point to inform and advice UM students, teachers and researchers about copyright issues.

Ordering literature

UM staff and students can make suggestions for ordering books for the library collection. UM teachers can order titels for the Learning and Resource

Reference List

Course coordinators can store all literature related to a course on one place: Reference List. Every course coordinator has access to this University Library

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

You can make use of the computer facilities in the library or bring you own devices. There are multi function printers at your disposal.

Hours & Locations

Library crowd trackers and overview of library locations and opening hours.

Reserving rooms

Overview of the rooms that can be reserved by teachers and/or students

Software in the library

Students can use software provided by the library at all study places equipped with a computer in both University Library locations.

Storage capacity for students

All students of Maastricht University have a personal drive to their disposal: the I:drive

Student Desktop Anywhere – SDA

Student Desktop Anywhere provides Maastricht University students with access to all student desktop facilities.

Teaching in the University Library

Are you teaching in the University Library computer rooms in the upcoming period? In that case there are a number of things you need

WiFi: Wireless Network Maastricht University

A secured wireless network connection to the Maastricht University network and the internet. (Link opens in ICTS website)

Integrating information literacy into your course

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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.

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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.

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Video in education

Visit VideUM to learn more about video in education and UM video conferencing tools.

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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.

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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.

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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.