1. Creating Engaging Information Literacy Tutorials MANDI GOODSETT REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

2. About the Audience DO YOU HAVE IL TUTORIALS AT YOUR LIBRARY?

3. Why Engaging?

4. Motivating Learning  We cannot “learn” our students  Learning requires paying attention  Motivation -> Persistence - > Practice -> Learning  Without motivation, the quality of the content doesn’t matter https://learningsnippets.wordpress.com/category/motivation/ Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning

5. 3 Principles of Engaging Tutorials From Extra Credits’ video “Tutorials 101” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPcn-Q5nKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPcn-Q5nKE

6. Principle #1 INTERACTIVITY A.K.A SHOW, DON’T TELL

7. Why make interactive tutorials? What does interactive mean to you?

8. Levels of Interactivity

9. Level 1: Navigational Control  Pacing  Video vs. click through  Side-menu University of Wisconsin-Madison

10. Level 2: Quizzing/Assessment  Quiz questions throughout  Short cumulative quiz  Positive feedback

11. Level 3: Interactive Design  Drag-and-drop activities  Drop-down menus  Collapsible units  Games Menlo College – Bowman Library

12. Level 3: Interactive Design  Drag-and-drop activities  Drop-down menus  Collapsible units  Games University of Texas – San Antonio

13. Level 3: Interactive Design  Drag-and-drop activities  Drop-down menus  Collapsible units  Games Lycoming College

14. Level 4: Guided simulation  Text input boxes  Click boxes  Guide-on-the-side University of Vermont

15. Level 4: Guided simulation  Text input boxes  Click boxes  Guide-on-the- side

16. Principle #2 MAKE IT FUN

17. Make It Fun  Humor/relaxed tone  Relatable, relevant material  Visually appealing graphics Eastern Michigan University

18. Principle #3 LISTEN TO YOUR USERS

19. Listen to Your Users  Usability Testing  Early in creation process  Methods  Focus groups  Observation  Interviews  Pre/post test  Survey

20. Takeaway Making tutorials takes a lot of time and effort. Make sure yours are creating real learning moments.

21. Questions? mandi.goodsett@gsw.edu http://gsw.edu/library/library- tutorials/index#

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