Jorum launches new look and improved search tool

Finding, Sharing and Discussing Jorum resources is now easier with home page links.

The new look to the Jorum website went live in September, with its official launch at the ALT-C conference. The redesign puts content up-front and evident for the user.

www.jorum.ac.uk

This follows on from the launch of the JorumOpen collection in January and successful deposit of over 10,000 downloadable learning resources during the year so far.

The website puts the emphasis on the three key Jorum verbs: Find, Share and Discuss:

Find: There are thousands of learning and teaching resources in Jorum, including Open Educational Resources (OER) that are freely available to anyone, worldwide.
Share: Jorum enables you to share resources. Resources can be deposited in either JorumUK or the JorumOpen collections, allowing you to choose to share within the UK or worldwide.
Discuss: Anyone can start or join the discussion about using and creating resources.

Improved search tool

Not only is the content more prominent but users can now use a simple search box to find learning materials in both the JorumOpen and JorumUK collections.

This is released as Beta as we are still developing some additional features, and we will value all feedback and comment – using the feedback form or on the Jorum Community Bay. You can access the new search tool directly at search.jorum.ac.uk or from the Jorum home page.

Search results can be filtered, sorted by date, title or relevance ranking – alongside use of RSS feeds based on search criteria. Tagged keywords can be used to assist further exploration of the rich content in Jorum.