December 15, 2008

End of Semester Wrap Up – New Semester News!

If you are a faculty member who has created at least one instance of an Information Literacy Module in the past, we would like to draw your attention to a couple of pieces of helpful information as this semester draws to a close and the next awaits:

1. Download scores from the last term and save to your computer.

   If you have not already, we would suggest downloading scores from your instances and maintaining them with your student records.

2. Make new instances.

   We recommend creating new instances each term since scores are associated with specific instances permanently. Having spring term students use fall term instances would result in both sets of student data appearing on your score sheet. To make new instances, begin here: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/getting-started/

3. Update any URLs that link to the old instances.

   Each instance URL ends with a unique ID number. You may simply change this number in order to update the URLs.

4. Delete old instances.

   In order to de-clutter your “My Instances” area, you might find it helpful to delete instances from previous semesters.

5. Provide link to log-in information when you provide instance URLs.

   Detailed information on logging in to the information literacy modules is available for students at http://infolit.ucf.edu/students/help/#article1

6. Provide tech support links to students when you provide instance URLs.

   Tech support for students (and faculty) is available through the Ask A Librarian service (http://library.ucf.edu/ask). Please encourage students to make contact with Ask A Librarian via phone, email, IM, or chat if they encounter any difficulties with content or technology. You might also refer students to the Frequently Asked Questions at http://infolit.ucf.edu/students/help. (If you choose to help students yourself, you might also find the faculty FAQs useful in addressing student issues: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/faq.)

If you have any questions or concerns about implementing the information literacy modules in your classes, please send a message to infolit@mail.ucf.edu

Please visit http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/news to stay current on developments affecting the information literacy modules.

To access the module go to http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/getting-started/

Additional modules will be released in May 2009.

If you have questions, please contact infolit@mail.ucf.edu.