Teaching Resources & Course Materials

The Libraries provides an array of asynchronous online materials that expand student information literacy learning beyond the classroom. In addition, we offer resources, tools, and consultation for instructors interested in reducing or eliminating their students’ course materials costs through adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER), Libraries-provided eBooks and articles, and other no-cost materials.

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that either:

reside in the public domain
licensed in a manner that permits their free use and re-purposing by others

We provide resources and consultation for instructors interested in adopting, adapting, and creating OER.

Virtual Learning Tutorials

We've developed and curated a collection of interactive tutorials and instructional videos that help library users at all levels to develop or enhance a variety of information literacy skills.

Integrate existing tutorials and videos into your Canvas courses
Ask for new tutorials, video subjects, or modify current content for specific courses or programs

Online Research Guides

Librarians develop online guides that provide an overview of available resources for a particular discipline, present relevant topics like plagiarism, and introduce research basics.

Choose one or more of these subject, topic, or course online guides and link them from your Canvas course.
Work with a librarian to develop a custom course guide which
- Gathers and organizes relevant resources for your course like books, articles, website, database, etc.
- Provides your students with tips and strategies for effective research and citations.

Reserves & Libraries Course Materials

Our Course Reserves and Libraries Course Materials program supports instructors' efforts to provide accessible and affordable course materials for students.

See the impact and value of the Libraries Course Materials tool and the Libraries’ collections on student course material costs.

Using Course Materials in Canvas

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