Gavilan College
LIB556/ ESL556

Basic Information Competency

Syllabus

Title & Times:

Basic Information Competency
Sections 0563 & 0413
Mondays 9:45 to 10:35 AM in RM L171, the computer lab at the back of the library.

You will not be able to log in until Tuesday, Sept 4th.

To create your user i.d., use your entire last name plus the last four digits of your social security number. (No spaces and no capital letters)

Use 'changeme' for your password.

Albert Einstein, with a social security number of 111-22-3333 would log in like this:

Instructor: Jo Anne Howell (jhowell@gavilan.edu)
Telephone: 408 848 4885
Description:

In this class we will look at the 3 skills of an information competent person:

  1. Find information
  2. Evaluate information
  3. Present information

We will cover information databases and how to search them. We will look at steps to evaluating what you find, how to organize statistical information, how to present it in graphs or charts, and how to cite information resources. We will put it all together in a PowerPoint presentation, to give you practice in the last skill.

Objectives: By the end of the course, you will be able to use book and periodical databases to find information on a particular topic. You will be able to analyze the reliability of a piece of information by looking for specific clues. You will be able to present the information you find in graphic, digital formats.
Course Requirements:

Students will satisfactorily complete:

  • practice worksheets & assignments
  • discussion board postings
  • a final quiz
  • a final project
Grading:
15 short practice assignments @ 5 points each 75
5 original forum postings & 5 responses
@ 2 points each 		20
6 practice quizzes @ 5 points each 30
Final Quiz 25
Project 50
Total points possible: 200

Address of this page:http://hhh.gavilan.edu/jhowell/esl556/syl.html
Last updated September 7, 2007
For questions please contact Jo Anne Howell at
jhowell@gavilan.edu