Credo Information Literacy Sample

Recently Kirkwood Library Services has been working to create modules that you can embed into your Talon course framework. Our active module is on Plagiarism. We'd begun work on more, but discovered how time intensive they could be. So we took the chance of getting a year's subscription to Credo InfoLit.

This purchased system can be inserted into your Talon. Text, quizzes, etc. can be edited at the library level. For each course you can decide how much you want to include at the section level, you can use or exclude text, videos, and quizzes. You can do this by permalink, embedding, or as an object in Talon. Using the Talon object for your quizzes means the results can be fed directly into your grade book, but the other individual parts can be connected any of those 3 ways. It's entirely up to you which sections you use and which things you don't.
 

We've added links to several sections of one of the modules below. You'll have to log in through our Proxy Server with your k-number and password in order to access any of the material linked below. Explore and see what you think.

Contact the library reference desk if you have any questions. For more information and detailed how to check out the Credo Lit Tutorials section in our Faculty Services LibGuide.

Getting Started With Research

• Tutorial: Why Information Literacy Matters  
• Video: Life in the Information Age  
• Videos: Research Process  
• Tutorial: Developing a Research Focus  
• Video: How to Narrow Your Topic  
• Tutorial: Background Research Tips  
• Videos: Beginning Research with Wikipedia/Google  
• Video: Thesis Statements  
• Quiz: Thesis Statements  
• Tutorial: Scholarship as Conversation  
• Quiz: The Research Process  

Sources of Information

• Tutorial: Information Has Value  
• Video: Data, Information, and Knowledge  
• Video: Primary & Secondary Research  
• Quiz: Primary & Secondary Sources  
• Video: Peer Review  
• Quiz: Peer Review  
• Video: Types of Sources  
• Tutorial: Source Types  
• Quiz: Types of Sources  
• Tutorial: How To Read Scholarly Materials  
• Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials  

Searching for Information

• Videos: Searching as Exploration  
• Video: Choosing a Database  
•  Quiz: Choosing a Database  
• Tutorial: Choosing & Using Keywords  
• Quiz: Choosing and Using Keywords  
• Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 1  
• Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 2  
• Video: Refining Search Results  
• Quiz: Search Techniques  

Evaluating Information

• Video: What is Authority?  
• Video: Introduction to Bias  
• Video: Types of Bias  
• Quiz: Bias  
• Video: Evaluating Sources  
• Tutorial: Evaluating Information  
• Tutorial: Choosing the Best Web Source  
• Video: How to Identify and Debunk Fake News  
• Quiz: Fake News  
• Quiz: Evaluating Information  

Evaluating Information

• Video: What is Authority?  
• Video: Introduction to Bias  
• Video: Types of Bias  
• Quiz: Bias  
• Video: Evaluating Sources  
• Tutorial: Evaluating Information  
• Tutorial: Choosing the Best Web Source  
• Video: How to Identify and Debunk Fake News  
• Quiz: Fake News  
• Quiz: Evaluating Information  

Presenting Research and Data

• Video: Synthesizing Information  
• Tutorial: Synthesizing Information  
• Quiz: Synthesizing Information  
• Tutorial: Annotated Bibliography  
• Video: Anatomy of a Research Paper  
• Quiz: Anatomy of a Research Paper  
• Video: Writing Help  

Citations and Academic Integrity

• Video: Why Citations Matter  
• Tutorial: Why Citations Matter  
• Video: APA Citation Style  
• Tutorial: APA Citations  
• Quiz: APA Citations  
• Video: MLA 7th Edition Citation Style  
• Video: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style  
• Tutorial: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style  
• Quiz: MLA Citations  
• Video: Turabian Citation Style  
• Quiz: Turabian Citations  
• Video: Harvard Citation Style  
• Video: Chicago Style 17th ed. Journals  
• Video: Chicago Style, 17th ed. Books and eBooks  
• Video: Chicago Style, 17th ed. Websites and Social Media  
• Video: Academic Integrity  
• Video: Plagiarism  
• Video: Copyright  
• Quiz: Academic Integrity