Library Resources in Canvas for Faculty

Did you know the Library has it own Canvas course called "Library Research Tutorials"?

This course contains four modules covering The Researcher's Journey, our framework for teaching students the research process. Each module walks students through the research steps with tips, video tutorials, and a comprehension quiz at the end.

(This content is covered in our First Year Instruction program to equip first year students with foundational research skills.  Students in any course, especially underclassmen, can benefit from these tutorials.)

Your students can interact with this library course in two ways: 

• you can link to the Library Research Tutorials course somewhere in your own Canvas course
• you can import content from the Library Research Tutorials course into your Canvas course (entire course and/or specific modules)

Choose this option if you want easy setup and do not need to see which students' activity or quiz scores.

 

Step 1: Place this link anywhere in your Canvas course: https://cedarville.instructure.com/courses/1922

• You can link to individual modules if students need to focus on specific steps of The Researcher's Journey. 

 

Choose this option to import the Library Research Tutorials content directly into your Canvas course. This option gives you more control, allowing you to modify quizzes, view quiz results, and set due dates. If you need help, contact your librarian or look at this Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?

 

Step 1: Open your Canvas course. 

 

Step 2: Go to "Settings" in the left navigation menu

 

Step 3: Click "Import Course Content" in the right sidebar

 

Step 4: In the "Content Type" drop-down menu, select the "Copy a Canvas Course" option.

 

Step 5: In the Search for a course bar, type "Library Research Tutorials”. Select the course that appears below:

 

Step 6: For Content, choose either "All content" or  "Select specific content". Then click Import.

Step 7: The imported Library Research Tutorials course will appear under your Current Jobs. Click the Select Content button to choose specific modules from the tutorial

 

Step 8: A popup menu will appear. Click the arrows to the left of any item to expand it and see more options. Choose which module(s) you want students to complete: Identify, Search, Evaluate, and/or Integrate. Make your selections then hit the "Select Content" button. 

 

If you only want to import the quizzes, select Assignments, then Quizzes:

 

Step 9: The import status will change from Waiting for Selection to Queued to Running, with a progress bar

 

Step 10: When the import status changes to Completed, you can start to modify module content in your Canvas course