Creating Engaging

Information Literacy

TutorialsMANDI GOODSETT

REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN

GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

About the

Audience

DO YOU HAVE IL

TUTORIALS AT YOUR

LIBRARY?

Why Engaging?

Motivating Learning

We cannot “learn” our

students

Learning requires paying

attention

Motivation -> Persistence -

> Practice -> Learning

Without motivation, the

quality of the content

doesn’t matterhttps://learningsnippets.wordpress.com/category/motivation/

Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning

3 Principles of Engaging Tutorials

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

Principle #1INTERACTIVITY

A.K.A SHOW, DON’T

TELL

Why make interactive tutorials?

What does interactive mean to you?

Levels of

Interactivity

Level 1: Navigational Control

Pacing

Video vs. click

through

Side-menu

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Level 2: Quizzing/Assessment

Quiz questions

throughout

Short cumulative quiz

Positive feedback

Level 3: Interactive Design

Drag-and-drop

activities

Drop-down

menus

Collapsible units

Games

Menlo College – Bowman Library

Level 3: Interactive Design

Drag-and-drop

activities

Drop-down

menus

Collapsible units

Games

University of Texas – San Antonio

Level 3: Interactive Design

Drag-and-drop

activities

Drop-down

menus

Collapsible units

Games

Lycoming College

Level 4: Guided simulation

Text input boxes

Click boxes

Guide-on-the-side

University of Vermont

Level 4: Guided simulation

Text input boxes

Click boxes

Guide-on-the-

side

Principle #2 MAKE IT FUN

Make It Fun

Humor/relaxed tone

Relatable, relevant

material

Visually appealing

graphics

Eastern Michigan University

Principle #3LISTEN TO YOUR

USERS

Listen to Your Users

Usability Testing

Early in creation process

Methods

Focus groups

Observation

Interviews

Pre/post test

Survey

Takeaway

Making tutorials takes a lot of time and effort.

Make sure yours are creating real learning

moments.

Questions?

mandi.goodsett@gsw.edu

http://gsw.edu/library/library-

tutorials/index#

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