Course-integrated instruction

Our library staff work with instructors to enhance students’ critical inquiry and research skills by providing additional support around course projects such as finding research materials, and developing critical thinking skills related to identifying, locating, and evaluating information and understanding the research life cycle

Why work with the Libraries

The Libraries partner with instructors to create custom learning experiences for in-person, synchronous, or asynchronous instruction, participate in Canvas discussions or assignments, and develop a course-specific research guide.

The Libraries instruction services are open to all Campus affiliates. Contact us to learn more.

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Ways to collaborate

Collaborate with library staff to help students develop research-related skills such as learning how to use library-based research resources, conducting effective searches, selecting and evaluating appropriate sources for academic research, understanding data management, and giving them an understanding of how information and research are used in scholarship.

Class visits

Library staff can visit your class in-person, in Zoom or in Canvas. We can tailor instruction to a specific assignment, or give a general overview of library services. We are available to partner with or support instructors in developing assignments or activities that teach critical thinking and source-analysis skills.

Curriculum integration

Collaborate with librarians to integrate information literacy and critical inquiry skills into your program or curriculum - including research and writing centered classes.

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Course research guides

Librarians can create a course guide with class-specific tools and resources to maximize student success in the research process. These guides are integrated into the Library Course Page in Canvas.

Emerging technology

The Libraries have a range of innovation and emerging technologies spaces. We can help you integrate them into your classes for free! We’ll work with you to develop multimedia projects, creative assignments with our makerspaces, explore virtual reality content and more. Connect with us to learn what’s possible for your course.

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Media services for instruction

Library Media Services provides the University community with support for media creation and commercial media resources, with emphasis on course integrated, multimodal scholarship, and creative expression contexts.

Primary resources

Work with curators and archivists to integrate primary resources into your classes, help your students discover first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. 

Online tutorials

Integrate videos and tutorials into your assignments and Canvas. These tutorials will help students find, critically evaluate, and effectively use sources for their course research.

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Examples of Libraries' lnstruction

Here are some recent examples of Libraries instruction.

  • Carlson students explore problem solving at the Toaster Innovation Hub

    The Impact Lab, a duo of classes focused on problem solving and applied action for…

  • Fresh research, new insights

    Undergraduate researchers displayed their techniques, knowledge, and connections to the Libraries’ website and expertise on April 13 in the Great Hall.

  • Developing videographers

    Over the many years that Emi Ito, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has been teaching critical thinking to her students, she has moved her group projects from posters to PowerPoints to video presentations. To help guide students through the process of becoming videographers this semester, she has relied on a team of four — “I call them project mentors” from the Libraries and the Center for Writing.

  • Responsive to students

    Librarian Kim Clarke has received many thank you’s from faculty and from students. In the mix of departments that she serves — Communication Studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development; and Curriculum & Instruction — Clarke says she works with relatively high-touch students. “I really want people to know that what I do is not mysterious, and it is something they can learn, too.” She wants to inspire people.