Mann Instruction Materials for Faculty, Staff and Librarians: Home

Are you interested in having your students learn more about information and digital literacy skills? The Mann Library Instruction Team offers a range of options to meet your needs in this ever changing educational landscape.

Librarians are eager to help you develop a suite of materials and to determine the most appropriate mode of delivery for your needs.

Questions about the instruction program can be addressed to: mann-ref@cornell.edu

Synchronous Instruction via Zoom

• Librarians can be invited to your class via Zoom to deliver instruction by sharing screens and demonstrating skills.
• Chat option allows for questions and answers.
• Break out rooms provide an option for small group discussion.
• Students could complete an activity or tutorial prior to session. 

Asynchronous Instruction

• Librarians can pre-record an instruction session rather than offering it "live."
• Power Point and LibWizard tutorials have already been created on a range of topics.
• Some tutorials have built-in quizzes to assess comprehension.
• Tutorials can be assigned to students without involvement of librarians.
• Librarians can also partner with you to assess student learning and/or to provide follow up assistance.

Learning Materials in Canvas

• A range of stand alone learning objects can be incorporated into Canvas or your own Power Points.
• These include videos, tutorials and infographics -- some created by Cornell librarians, some by other libraries.
• Tools can be available to students without librarian involvement.
   

Library Guides (Research Guides)

• A library guide similar to this one can be created for your course and focused on your assignments.
• Research guides are linked from the Cornell University Libraries website.