With our semester back on campus almost behind us, we at the library are looking forward to continuing to support faculty and students with our effective, innovative, and relevant library instruction. We continue to offer a number of options for online and in-person instruction aimed to help your students find and interact with appropriate sources catered specifically to their assignments at hand.
Online, we offer both asynchronous tutorials and synchronous workshops over Zoom. We are also now able to offer interactive tutorials not only in our L108 teaching lab, but are also able to use our flexible classroom L216 thanks to a new set of teaching laptops in the library. If you are interested in learning more about how an information literacy workshop can help your class achieve their assignment goals, please reach out to your liaison librarian.
For more information, see the links and guides below.
For more information about library instruction, please check out our information page:
Online Tutorials:
Our online tutorials, delivered through Langara’s Brightspace Course Management System, are helpful for both learners at the college and distance students gain library research skills. We offer:
Introduction to Research – This tutorial introduces students to library research methods and is geared toward first-year students in all disciplines.
Avoiding Plagiarism – Langara instructors explain plagiarism in a series of short videos. They discuss intentional and unintentional plagiarism, explain why students need to be aware of the issues and consequences, and provide clear solutions to protect their academic integrity.
Can I Use This? Evaluating Your Sources – This online tutorial provides students with a 5W (Who, What, Where, When Why) Framework to apply to resources that they find both through the library and online. Short videos walk students through the evaluation process with several example resource. Help your students make better decisions about the resources they include in their papers.
For more information on the Online Tutorials, please see our guide here:
In-Person Tutorials:
Your subject librarians can work closely with you to develop an in-person library tutorial that introduces your students to library resources and research skills. By providing copies of your assignments or discussing your student’s specific needs, we can make sure that these tutorials are useful and extremely relevant. Bringing your classes to the library for hands-on learning is very useful, but activities and tutorials can be delivered in your classroom as well.
Online Assignment Guides:
Give your students a road map to your research assignment! Your subject librarian will create a customized guide with recommendations of resources and search strategies. With our new system, you are able to embed these guides directly into your Brightspace course.
To book tutorials for your classes or find out more, please feel free to get in touch with your subject librarian here:
