Research Guides (LibGuides): Faculty Guide to Library Instruction: Teaching Examples / Research Assignment Ideas

Instructional Activities

Information Literacy Activities and Assignments

Butler University Center for Academic Technology: Instructional Activities
Work with your librarian to adapt these learning activities for a library instruction session.
Butler FYS Research SLO: Suggested Assignments & Activities
This document was created to support FYS faculty at Butler as they prepare to meet the research student learning objective. It includes example class activities and discussion prompts.
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox
A place to discover ways to use the Framework for Information Literacy in instructional settings; a repository of learning activities and teaching resources related to the Framework.
PALNI LibGuide on the Framework
Browse the 'Ideas to Incorporate into the Classroom' under each tab for IL learning activities and assignments addressing the Frames.
CORA: Community of Online Research Assignments
CORA is an open access resource for faculty and librarians. It is a collaborative space for adapting and experimenting with research assignments and sharing the success or lessons learned so that others may benefit. The database contains multiple, reliable and reproducible research assignments that do not live as isolated entities, but are enhanced by user feedback in order to build a rich corpus of best practices.

Assessment of Information Literacy Learning

Butler FYS Research Assessment Rubric
This rubric was used to assess FYS research projects and papers for the academic years 2013-14 and 2014-2015. Used as part of a programmatic assessment of the FYS seminar.

Butler GHS Course - Website Project Rubric
Created by Deborah Kalkman, Northern Illinois University. Butler Librarians Franny Gaede and Amanda Starkel have remixed this rubric and applied it to website projects for Faculty Jim Keating's sections of GHS and FYS.
RAILS: Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
Includes rubrics for annotated bibliographies, the research process, final essays, book reviews, film reviews, and more.
Rubrics for Assessment
From the University of Wisconsin STOUT School of Education, a collection of rubrics for assessing portfolios, group work/cooperative learning, concept mapping, the research process/, PowerPoints, oral presentations, web pages, blogs, wikis, and other social media projects.
AACU Information Literacy VALUE Rubric
The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the US through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for IL learning outcomes. The rubrics articulate fundamental criteria for each learning outcome, with performance descriptors demonstrating progressively more sophisticated levels of attainment. The rubrics are intended for institutional-level use in evaluating and discussing student learning, not for grading.

Tech Tools used in Library Instruction

Canvas: add your subject librarian to your Canvas course so they can upload assignments, tutorials, and field student questions regarding research.
- How to add a Librarian to your Canvas course: Directions.
LibGuides: research guides for majors, minors, and topics
LibWizard tutorials: step-by-step searching tutorials for database searching
Poll Everywhere: assessment, class engagement
Google Forms: assessment, pre/post testing
Google Slides: students create and share information
Weebly & Wordpress: creating websites
Piktochart: creating infographics
Omeka: Creating digital exhibits
Popplet: mind mapping
Prezi: students create media projects
And more!