Designing Effective Research Assignments
Here is a tutorial for faculty on designing information literacy research assignments to meet the information literacy framework required by WASC accreditation.
Adding Credo InfoLit Multimedia Links to Canvas
Links to the material in Credo InfoLit can be added to your learning management system (LMS)--the online teaching system you use - Canvas at APU. Students will be able to access the material directly from the LMS, with no need for any extra log-in information. When they take a test or quiz via the LMS, their grade will sync directly to the Canvas grade book.
Once your library has completed the one-time set-up that allows Canvas to recognize Credo as a tool provider, you can use what are called "LTI links" to add InfoLit material to your class. The LTI links are available from your library (contact Denise Gehring, drgehring@apu.edu). You will have to also contact canvas@apu.edu to have them setup Credo Education in your course. Below are instructions for embedding material into Canvas. For further information please see our help site.
Beyond Google: Foundations of Information Literacy & Research tutorial that is created by the library is also available in the Canvas Commons as a template. To get to it, go to canvas.apu.edu. Click on "Commons" in the lower-left menu. Then search for "Beyond Google" (Or go to the Commons Resource by clicking here). Then you can click on "Import/Download" to use the material.
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Curriculum Mapping
- Aligning InfoLit to your CurriculumThis document shows an example of how information literacy can be scaffolded through a general education and programmatic curriculum, with reinforcement and increasing complexity.
- Aligning InfoLit to Your Research AssignmentThis document shows an example of how an annotated bibliography research assignment can be scaffolded into multiple stages for students, and be supported by targeted Instruct multimedia.
- InfoLit Standards MappingThe multimedia in InfoLit are mapped to many different standards bodies, including: ACRL, AAC&U, and international IL standards.
APU follows the ACRL Frameworks (2nd tab on the spreadsheet). - Mapping curriculum learning outcomes to ACRL's Framework threshold concepts: A syllabus studyThe aim of this study was to align information literacy instruction with curriculum learning outcomes as defined by teaching faculty in their syllabi. Using a syllabus study, a cross-disciplinary collection of 180 course syllabi were reviewed for learning outcomes, assignments with research components, and references to library resources and services. Key faculty-defined learning outcomes were mapped to the Association for College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education threshold concepts.
- Thinking Critically about Information: Workshop Series: Info literacy in the disciplinesRecorded presentations, slides, and handouts that guides you through a series of reflection questions in order to understand the informational culture of your discipline or field of study.
- Thinking Through Information Literacy in your DisciplineIL Framework Concepts and Individual Reflection Prompts to think about IL in the disciplines
Assessment & Engagement Data
Assessment data is from 9/1/20 to 3/31/21. The number next to each task is the average score. Click on the image below to see a spreadsheet of the data.
Engagement data is from 9/1/20 to 3/31/21. The number next to each task is the number of sessions. Click on the image below to see a spreadsheet of the data.
