Using Blackboard to Assess Course-Specific Asynchronous Library Instruction

The authors conducted a pilot project in Spring 2011 at the University of Idaho in which information literacy video tutorials were developed and embedded within Blackboard for a psychology research methods course; students were given pre- and post-tests to measure confidence and knowledge. This article will review the literature, describe survey and video development and implementation within Blackboard, present the methodology used in analyzing test results, and discuss results and implications. The results of the study indicate that students benefit from asynchronous instruction materials, and that video tutorials are an effective instruction tool for libraries.

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