What is Curriculum Builder?

Curriculum Builder: an LMS Plugin Hosted by EBSCO

EBSCO Discovery Service brings you an easy way to create and manage course reading lists right from your Learning Management System (LMS) with the Curriculum Builder LMS plugin. Highly cost-effective, the Curriculum Builder enables you to bring the world of quality databases, ebooks, and other digital resources from the library’s discovery system easily and directly into the online learning environment.

Which LMSs does it work with?

Curriculum Builder is an LTI 1.0 Tool Provider, which means it works with any LMS that adheres to this standard.  This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Blackboard
  • Canvas
  • Moodle
  • Sakai
  • Desire2Learn
  • Pearson eCollege

The full list of compliant LMSs can be found here.

Reading List Ideas

Here are some ideas for making use of Curriculum Builder beyond the assigned readings, courtesy of Alicia Virtue at Santa Rosa Junior College:

Forums

Hold weekly forum discussions based on assigned readings

Glossaries

Increase class understanding of complex terminology by asking your students to build a shared glossary with definitions that students can search and browse based on assigned readings

Questionnaires

Survey students to gather and share feedback on recommended issues-oriented websites or assigned topical readings

Wikis

Build a shared study guide by asking each student to provide an annotated summary to an assigned reading