Tips Sheet or Handout
Accessing Blackboard--a brief how-to
Submitted by: Tabbi Heavner, Asnuntuck Community College
Contact info: theavner@acc.commnet.edu
Description: Provides instructions for logging into Blackboard
Resource Type: Handouts & Instructional Materials
Audience: First Year
Length of Lesson: Less than 5 mins
Materials Used: computer (home or school), printout of instructions
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
- Accessing Blackboard--a brief how-toThis material is not openly licensed. Use the contact info to inquire about permission to use/adapt the material.
Accessing the New York Times: a how-to
Submitted by: Tabbi Heavner, Asnuntuck Community College
Contact info:theavner@acc.commnet.edu
Description: Directions for accessing the New York Times online. Must be a student, staff, or faculty member.
Skill Set: Basics Researching
Resource Type: Handouts & Instructional Materials
Audience: First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Graduate
Length of Lesson: Less than 5 mins
Materials Used: Computer (home or school), handout.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
- Accessing the New York Times: a how-toThis material is not openly licensed. Use the contact info to inquire about permission to use/adapt the material.
In-Class Notes Worksheet
Submitted by: Joy Hansen, CCSU
Contact info: jhansen@ccsu.edu
Description:
Provide a notes worksheet highlighting the key points of your instruction that students fill in during your presentation. The final question is a one-minute reflection. Take 5-6 minutes at the end of class to review any questions and share some responses to the reflection. Send faculty a copy of the completed worksheet for uploading into their class in Blackboard.
Skill Set: Basics
Resource Type: Handouts & Instructional Materials
ACRL Frame: Research as Inquiry
Audience: First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Graduate
Length of Lesson: 5-15 mins
Materials Used: Handouts
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
- In-Class Notes WorksheetThis handout by Joy Hansen at CCSU is licensed under CC-BY
The Information Timeline
Submitted by: Jillian Maynard, Central CT State University
Contact info: j.maynard@ccsu.edu
Description: A visual timeline that helps students begin to understand the way information is created and how it evolves. Just because a new source of information becomes available does not mean the prior sources stop. For example, when books are published on a topic or event, there may/will still be social media posts, magazine articles, etc. published. Each block of time also explains how that source might be used in a scholarly research paper.
A possible accompanying activity is to have students look at four sources related to an event and decide the type of source and where each source fits on the timeline. There is a lot of nuance with this idea of the timeline and what is presented here is a simplified version for the sake of introduction. The activity opens up some potential for good conversation around the construction of info, what voices are heard, and what voices are left out.
Skill Set: Basics Evaluating
Resource type: Handouts & Instructional Materials
ACRL Frame: Information Creation as a Process Information has Value
Audience: First Year
Length of Lesson: 5-15 minutes
Materials Used: A way to project the image
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
This instructional material by Jillian Maynard at Central CT State University is licensed under CC-BY.
MLA 9th edition citation guide
Submitted by: Kristin Lavoie, Manchester Community College
Contact info: klavoie@manchestercc.edu
Description:
An overview of how to cite sources using MLA 9e citation style.
Skill Set: Citing
Resource Type: Handouts & Instructional Materials
ACRL Frame: Information Has Value
Audience: First Year, Second Year
Length of Lesson: N/A
Materials Used: Handout
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
- MLA 9e Citation GuideThis handout by Kristin Lavoie @ MCC is licensed under CC-BY.