AH 180 / LIB 740
Information Competency Modules

Syllabus

Information Competency Modules for AH180 Classes
CR# 80228

These modules are completely online. You will have an in-class orientation on Wednesday, June 21st. All 8 modules will be open on that Wednesday (June 21st), and they will all close 4 weeks later on Tuesday, July 18th.

If you want to change your password or email address, you need to change both of those in the Banner system, since this online system now links automatically to that system.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Recognize and understand terminology that applies to the storing and retrieval of information.
2. Distinguish among databases for various formats such as books, periodicals, and online resources.
3. Design and modify search strategies, and evaluate search results.

Students will satisfactorily complete:

• 8 lessons with practice search strategies and evaluation techniques,
• 8 quizzes on those strategies and techniques.

There will be orientations to the modules on the first week that the modules are opened, Wednesday, June 21st. After that, the modules are accessible online through iLearn. If you need help, you can visit the reference librarian in the Gavilan Library, or you can email me at jhowell@gavilan.edu

1. Week 1 Browser basics, online dictionaries, EbscoHost articles.
2. Week 2 Search tools and subject directories.
3. Week 3 Web addresses, search engnes and their result lists.
4. Week 4 Finding background and the latest most current information

The college policy on attendance, as stated in the catalog is:

"students missing one more class hour than the unit value for a particular course, without making prior arrangements may, at the instructor's option, be dropped without possibility of credit."

Since this is an online course, and we don't have meeting times, the onus is on you. You'll have to show up in the class and finish the quizzes on your own. I strongly urge you to finish them early. If you wait till the last day, your Internet connection will disappear or your computer will crash or your grandmother will have a heart attack.

Occupational/Vocational students – Limited English language skills will not be a barrier to admittance to and participation in Vocational Educational Programs.

Students requiring special services or arrangements because of hearing, visual, or other disability should contact their instructor, counselor, or the Disability Resource Center.

"Students are expected to exercise academic honesty and integrity.   Violations such as cheating and plagiarism will result in disciplinary action which may include recommendation for dismissal."