CLIP Purpose

The primary purpose of CLIP is to assist integration into the curriculum of comprehensive and systematic instruction in the use of information resources. The CLIP modules are in a standardized format so that they can be shared and modified.

Modules have three parts--a Flash tutorial, an exercise, and a multiple choice test. Each tutorial is scripted in PowerPoint and then converted to a presentation using Macromedia Flash or Camtasia. The modules can be made available through course management software like Blackboard. Presentations run on the Internet, will download over dial-up lines, and can be done as homework so they don't take up class time. The test can automatically be graded and posted though course management software.

The modules are meant to address three levels of instruction--basic, program, and course levels. Basic level modules address the needs of incoming students and cover topics like the use of EBSCO, NetLibrary, JSTOR, Project Muse, OPAC, ILL, Google, evaluation of web sites, and citing sources. The modules can be associated with a completely Internet based class dedicated to the Library's information resources, be part of a mandatory freshman orientation class, or be integrated in to freshman classes like the composition classes.

Program level modules are meant to provide more in-depth and program specific instruction covering topics like ABI Inform, EBSCO Health Source Academic, MD Consult, PsychArticles, program relevant web sites, and how to used indexes to go beyond the resources immediately available in full text databases. These modules can be integrated into courses that are required in the given program areas.

Course level modules provide instruction in the use of resources relevant to particular courses. For example, a module could provide an introduction to the Internet sites that address women's issues for a women's studies course.

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Last updated: October 4, 2004