{"id":239745,"date":"2018-07-09T15:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/?page_id=239745"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:32:58","slug":"information-literacy-teaching-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/faculty\/information-literacy-teaching-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Literacy Teaching Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Librarians are always available to help you integrate information literacy into your course. We can support you in helping to teach information literacy skills to your students; suggest ideas for curriculum or assignments; develop tutorials, handouts, or materials specific to your course; and more. Please reach out to us at library@gcc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n<p>But we know that sometimes you want to help yourself! Please take advantage of these resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing a research-based assignment? Use our research-based assignment design questions and checklist below, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/files\/2025\/07\/Research-Assignments-Questions.pdf\">download the PDF version of the checklist<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/faculty\/academic-honesty\/\">Academic honesty and plagiarism resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Want to dive deep into information literacy assignments and curriculum with your colleagues (and be paid to do so)? Check out our summer workshop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/faculty\/research-across-the-curriculum\/\">Research Across the Curriculum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Embed our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLkhYQaqdwJRuIaIbYsy02A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">library video tutorials<\/a> in your Moodle course (we can make videos or handouts to suit your specific needs, as well).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research-based Assignments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it clear what the goals of the assignment are?\n<ul>\n<li>What will students learn as a result of completing this assignment?<\/li>\n<li>What are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/gcc-statement-on-information-literacy\/\">information literacy student learning outcomes<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>What are the writing or presentation outcomes?<\/li>\n<li>What are the discipline-specific outcomes?<\/li>\n<li>Are these goals clear to students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What resources will students need to be able to successfully complete this assignment?\n<ul>\n<li>Does our library have these resources? Are they freely and easily available elsewhere?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a link to the library (or other needed resources) in the assignment and\/or syllabus?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a link to any related student services (peer tutoring, technology help desk, etc.) in the assignment and\/or syllabus?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Does this assignment provide space for metacognition?\n<ul>\n<li>Does this model a process students can repeat in the future? Is that clear to students?<\/li>\n<li>Is there space for students to reflect on what they are doing, which strategies are working and which aren\u2019t?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When is the assignment due?\n<ul>\n<li>Does this provide enough time for students to be successful?<\/li>\n<li>Does it provide time for you to give feedback to students, and for students to revise and\/or integrate that feedback into their next piece of work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is it clear what the criteria for success are?\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have grading criteria or a rubric to help you score student work? Is this available to students?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to provide a model of successful student work for this assignment?\n<ul>\n<li>Might you ask past students if you can use their work as a sample, or can you create your own?<\/li>\n<li>How will students access the sample(s)? Hand out in class, provide in Moodle, etc.?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Information Literacy Curriculum<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How does information literacy connect with the rest of course content?\n<ul>\n<li>Is it clear to students how these skills connect to continued study and\/or real life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What will students need to learn to successfully complete this assignment?\n<ul>\n<li>What do they already know? Can you assume, or do you need to find out?<\/li>\n<li>Which information literacy skills do you need to teach, in addition to your course content?<\/li>\n<li>What can a librarian help teach?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How will you teach information literacy skills?\n<ul>\n<li>What needs to be done during class time (for face-to-face classes)?<\/li>\n<li>What can be done outside of class, as homework?<\/li>\n<li>What supports does the library already have available (i.e. Moodle plug-ins, videos, handouts, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>If you want a librarian to teach, where does that fit in the course schedule?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is there room in your curriculum to do this well?\n<ul>\n<li>If not, what needs to change? Course content, the research assignment, or both?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Librarians are always available to help you integrate information literacy into your course. 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