1. Online Textbook Tool and UBook Used Book Marketplace Sean DeMonner, Project Manager, University of Michigan Jim Eng, Software Developer, University of Michigan Norhal El Halwagy, Research Associate, University of Michigan Gonzalo Silverio, UI Developer, University of Michigan

2. Development context Tool walk-through U-M instance Sakai version Initial outcomes Questions (please hold til end) Agenda

3. Textbooks / UBook @ U-M Students concerned about the cost of books Provost named Task Force; it recommended Central online system for ordering books Encourage earlier availability of book lists Support used book market in addition to bookstores Focus on large, introductory courses Collaborative development project funded Book ordering managed in PeopleSoft SIS Booklists viewed in Sakai/CTools and elsewhere Data to bookstores, library, students (timed)

4. Textbooks / UBook @ U-M Sakai tool includes UBook marketplace Textbook lists include buy/sell links into UBook External search service for finding books (xISBN): WorldCat/OCLC product Annual fee; limited number of lookups Best source we’ve found, still not complete Contractual obligation not to mirror database

5. Textbooks / UBook @ U-M Book search API (e.g. Google) for covers, etc. Templates include placeholders for thumbnails Have not found an unrestricted source Higher Ed Opportunity Act of 2008 (HR 4137) List of course materials and prices “to the extent practical” Early Usability Testing Personas, flow analysis, heuristic analysis, user testing Student labor :-)

6. MWS / Course Site View July 2009610th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

7. UBook Offer July 2009710th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

8. My UBook Offerings July 2009810th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

9. MWS / Course Site View July 2009910th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

10. UBook Search & Buy July 20091010th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

11. Book Searching July 20091110th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

12. U-M is using an external book order system (SIS) Sakai version has additional screens Alternative lookup providers possible (ISBNdb.com) Sample screens presented: RSF template Not set in stone Sakai Version

13. Sakai Screen - Booklist July 20091310th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A. For instructors and others who might be adding textbooks for classes

14. Sakai Screen - Book Search July 20091410th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

15. Sakai Screen - Book Add July 20091510th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

16. Sakai Screen - Course Details July 20091610th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.

17. System went live in early Nov for W09 books By first day Winter 2009, 62% of classes with > 100 students had info entered By the end of January, 2953 textbooks entered; as of 6/22 6071 UBook: as of 2/19 4432 books entered, 1218 sold; as of 6/22 5360 entered, 1360 sold Initial Outcomes

18. Questions? http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/ confluence/display/TXB/Home July 200910th Sakai Conference - Boston, MA, U.S.A.18