Do you want your students to learn in-person about research and writing? Invite a librarian to your classroom. We work with students at all levels, including graduate students. We can cover anything from a library orientation session, to dissertation research. We can also familiarize your students with the tutoring services offered by the Center for Academic Learning Success, the Writing Lab, and the Studio, which are housed in the library facility.
We have created customized workshop topics (such as MLA Internal Citation and Using the SIFT Method) for faculty, upon request. You can also select from our pre-designed Librarian in the Classroom sessions:
The Jack K. Williams Library offers online Canvas lessons covering our most frequently requested information literacy topics. Faculty can either import these lessons directly into their Canvas courses or direct students to the Library Instruction Canvas Community. Lessons include additional learning elements, links to helpful tools, and knowledge check quizzes. If you require a topic we don’t cover yet, get in touch for a custom buildout.
By importing these resources directly into your courses, you can save class time and ensure that your students are critically engaging with information. You can download our drop-and-play modules via the Canvas Commons or by requesting a direct link from a librarian.
Contact a librarian to have your students added to our Canvas community so they can access all instructional and assessment materials. Please note that due to the structure of the library-hosted community, any student responses to quizzes will be sent to TAMUG librarians, rather than to you as a professor or staff member. If you plan to require your students to complete lessons for class credit or extra credit, please contact the library in order to discuss a plan for monitoring student progress.
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If you plan to ask your students to watch instructional videos provided by the library, or complete our modules in our Library Instruction Canvas Community, we recommend including the following brief syllabus statement:
Information Literacy is the ability to locate, evaluate, use, and organize information. In order to succeed in college courses and beyond, students should take the time to become familiar with basic IL concepts and related skills. The Information Literacy modules created by the Jack K. Williams Library offer students the fundamentals needed to succeed in academic research and information interactions. Utilizing asynchronous design, the lessons include video presentations and corresponding quizzes or reflections which apply the concepts.