“Catapult courses” are UC courses that have been identified as being important for student progression  towards degree completion. If a student fails a catapult course, they are more likely to not gain their degree.

A project group, consisting of Margaret, Brian and Kathryn, has done an environmental scan of the key stage one catapult courses. We looked at the assignments for each course, and if the library had any input into the course. Input could be a face to face class, or providing embedded content on LEARN as examples.

The scan showed that for courses with no library input there was a sensible reason. For some, the assignments were multi-choice quizzes, or exams that offer no hook in for us. There were a couple of courses where we could have input, but investigation showed that ‘sister courses’ had relevant library input. So students were getting the information from us that they required.

If you are interested, the documentation and the Environmental scan report are on the k-drive. The list of courses is within the environmental scan report.

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Kathryn