Enhancing Technology in the Time of COVID-19: How Bookings Helped Crowder College Enhance Technology for Students, Faculty, and Staff

Robin started prepping for a Fall 2020 implementation in Spring, before shutting down due to COVID-19. Once we returned to campus in Summer 2020, Robin reached out to our Educational Technology department to see if they were willing to and ready for a Fall 2020 implementation. With CARES funding coming in, they were buying lots of distance learning type of equipment that would need to be checked out to Faculty and Staff, so they were ready to implement. Several weeks were spent cataloging new equipment (webcams, microphones) and trainings were completed. The librarians will present how the Educational Technology staff have been using Bookings to help them check out equipment to staff and faculty, how we have been able to keep track of where their equipment is, and how they plan on using the usage statistics for future buying. The Librarians will also cover how student technology enhancements and checkouts to students were made possible by using the bookings feature. We will cover the new technology we have been implementing for students and how this technology has helped student interactions during the time of COVID-19.