Information literacy concepts integrate 21st Century skills associated with access, evaluation and use of information sources and support successful educational and workplace practices that can empower individuals to become informed lifelong learners.
“To know is to have a choice….” National Forum on Information Literacy
As we begin the fall semester, we have news and reminders to share about the Information Literacy Modules. First, we want to thank you for using the modules in your courses. We appreciate your support!
Second, we have great news. Module scores will now sync with Canvas! This means that you now have two ways to assign an Information Literacy Module:
(1) Through Canvas where you will ‘Add an Assignment.’ This process will SYNC SCORES to your Canvas grade book.
Instructions are located here http://onlinesupport.cdl.ucf.edu/obojobo/using-obojobo-in-webcoursesucf/
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(2) Through the repository (http://obojobo.ucf.edu/repository), where you will create an instance and copy and paste the unique URL into a document/page to share with your students. Creating an instance in the repository will NOT SYNC SCORES to your Canvas grade book. Scores will be available in the repository where you can download them. Instructions for creating an instance are located here http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/quickstart/view-all/
Reminders:
If you have questions about assigning modules, you may consult the Information Literacy FAQ http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/faq/ or email us infolit@ucf.edu
Digital Badges (Retired Fall 2020):
Starting August 19, as part of a UCF pilot project, students will earn a digital badge when they score 80% or higher on a module assessment. An email will automatically be sent to the student acknowledging their accomplishment and providing a link to claim their badge. This is a completely automated process and is not intended to interfere with your course-level implementation of the Information Literacy Modules. Please see our Badges page for more information or email us if you have questions about the badges pilot Infolit@ucf.edu
Now Available:
Amy Foster, UCF History department faculty member, is creating a new version of the Avoiding Plagiarism module. The new module, Avoiding Plagiarism Using Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition will be available in the fall semester.
Have a great semester!
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As you prepare for the summer sessions, we wanted to relate some news about how the library’s Information Literacy Modules will work in webcourses (Canvas) starting with the Summer A session.
Currently, the scores from assigned information literacy modules will not sync with your webcourses grade book. If you have module scores from the spring semester, you have two choices to put grades into webcourses: 1) manually or 2) by downloading from the Obojobo repository and then uploading scores into your grade book.
[The instructions to download/upload scores are here: http://onlinesupport.cdl.ucf.edu/obojobo/export-grades/]
Starting on May 13, a new feature will allow the module scores to move automatically into the webcourses grade book. If you want to take advantage of automatic score syncing, you will need to create your module instances as an Assignment in webcourses. If you do not need scores to sync to your grade book, you can create instances and set up your modules as you always have from the repository here: http://obojobo.ucf.edu/repository
Instructions on how to set up your information literacy modules as an Assignment in webcourses — will be posted soon.
As always, thank you for using the UCF Libraries’ Information Literacy Modules. We appreciate your continued use and support of these resources. Please email us infolit@ucf.edu if you have questions, we are happy to help!
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Yes, if you are using Canvas and used the ‘Add Assignment’ option the scores will sync to your Canvas grade book. Instructions for using the ‘Add Assignment’ option are located here: http://online.ucf.edu/support/obojobo/
Creating an instance in the repository will NOT SYNC SCORES to your Canvas grade book. If you go through the repository (http://obojobo.ucf.edu/repository), where you create an instance and copy and paste a unique URL into a document/page for your students, scores will be in the repository where you can download them. Instructions for downloading scores from the repository are here: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/quickstart/view-all/
Instructions for creating an instance are located here: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty/quickstart/view-all/
For additional help, please contact Corinne Bishop corinnne.bishop@ucf.edu (407-823-2584).