Faculty Guide to Information Literacy – Core

This document describes strategies for working information literacy instruction into your course and tips for when and how to use Information Literacy–Core multimedia and assessments.

This document shows an example of how an annotated bibliography research assignment can be scaffolded into multiple stages for students, and be supported by targeted Information Literacy–Core multimedia.

This document shows an example of how information literacy can be scaffolded through a general education and programmatic curriculum, with reinforcement and increasing complexity.

The multimedia in Information Literacy–Core are mapped to many different standards bodies, including: ACRL, AAC&U, and international IL standards.

Not sure which multimedia to use in your class? The Teaching Guides for Information Literacy–Core can help you determine which multimedia will best fit with your course.

Focuses on how to structure assessments effectively in order to provide students with an authentic opportunity to display their knowledge and skills.

Offers activities and discussion prompts related to generative AI. These aim to help students to understand the possible pitfalls of using AI and the best ways to use it ethically and responsibly if they are allowed to do so.

What it is, how it works, academic integrity/ethics considerations, and citation guidance.

Describes how to use AI ethically to generate data visualizations, images, and videos.

Discusses how to use various AI systems effectively for research projects.

Students will learn how to evaluate a range of resources in order to select the most authoritative sources on their research topic.

Provides students with an introduction to the concept that information has value, and that acting with academic integrity and ethical behavior is essential to success as a student and as a participant in the scholarly conversation.

In this tutorial, students will be introduced to pre-research techniques to determine the scope and depth of their research focus.

This tutorial will walk students through the process of selecting, refining, and expanding their collection of search keywords in order to locate the most relevant information to their research topic.

Introduces students to the role visual materials play in their daily lives and the skills they will need to communicate quickly and universally using images and media.