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What are the Information Literacy Modules?
The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Information Literacy Online Modules are developed jointly by the UCF Library and Course Development & Web Services as supplemental resources for use by faculty to help students learn information literacy skills, such as:
- How to create an effective search strategy
- How to evaluate information
- How to avoid plagiarism
- How to cite sources correctly
- How to effectively search Google Scholar
- How to recognize a research study
- How to focus an information search
How do I assign the modules?
To assign modules for your students, login to the Repository. For detailed instructions, read the Quick Start Guide
What is Information Literacy?
Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."
How are Information Fluency and Information Literacy Related?
Information Literacy is a subcomponent of Information Fluency. UCF also has an institutional initiative focused on information fluency.
What Makes UCF’s Information Literacy Modules Unique?
Information literacy tutorials developed by other institutions exist, but most such tutorials are limited in scope and fail to assess whether actual mastery of a concept or skill has been achieved. These tutorials usually live separately from the curriculum and are used outside of the classroom. The UCF modules are designed to be integrated into the curriculum, give the faculty member the ability to modify the module as needed, and have an assessment component to determine whether the student has learned the information literacy skill being taught.
How Can I Help?
Modules are available now for you to use in your courses! See Modules for a list and description of modules and suggestions for ways to implement them within your course. When you are ready to assign modules to your students, go to Getting Started to begin.
Will There Be More Modules?
New sets of modules are released annually each summer. Should you have any ideas or suggestions for future module topics, please visit the Feedback Form and send us your thoughts! Preceding module release, input from faculty is solicited through December “Faculty Feedback Sessions”, and input from students is obtained through student usability testing in January/February.