Center for Academic and Teaching Excellence

Assignment Design and Information Literacy

Librarians: Jennifer Sias

and Sabrina Thomas

When it doesn’t work, and when it does Assignments and papers that didn’t work

Assignments and papers that do work

How can the library help? Infuse Information Literacy elements into

your assignments. What is it?

Information Literacy Standards: Standard One: Know

Standard Two: AccessStandard Three: EvaluateStandard Four: UseStandard Five: Ethical/Legal

Getting help Ask a librarian to review an assignment Take a look at the library’s online

Research Guides Keeping up to date - Ask the librarian for a

list of new resources in your subject area Schedule library instruction Examine the library’s website for pages on

Information Literacy and HELP

Collaboration – An example Nedra Lowe and Jennifer Sias