Portfolio

Workshops

Effective Learning Objectives Workshop: A 1-hour workshop given to faculty covering crafting Learning Outcomes, aligning outcomes to content/assignments, and helping students make that connection (2021).

Accessibility, Accuracy & Citations Workshop: Excerpts from a 1-hour workshop on the GIES College of Business eLearning Style Guide, APA Citation Guide, and PowerPoint Template (2019).

Accessibility, Accuracy & Citation Workshop Video

ENG 299 – Unit B Workshop: Workshop on Scholarship as Conversation, Primary & Secondary sources, and citations of visual items (2019).

ENG 299 Unit B Workshop: Primary & Secondary sources and Citations

University of Illinois iSchool Projects

MS-LIS Course List

Library Instruction Tutorials: Screencasts, slidecasts, animated videos, and other learning objects created for an Undergraduate audience.

Instruction Design:  Lesson plan for library instruction provided to ENG 200-level “Comp II” students related to their first research paper, including handouts.  Following the lesson plan, there is a full explanation of how the ACRL Framework is used and how Universal Design is applied within the lesson and handouts.

LibGuides & Special Projects

Westminster College “DIY” guides for students and faculty

  • Starting Your Research (a 6-step guide to the research process)
  • Finding Books & Articles (in-depth instructions for using the catalog, locating & searching databases, locating the physical location of items from the catalog, and ILL)
  • Finding Other Resources (Primary sources, archival items, news resources, and more)
  • Using Sources (CRAAP, understanding academic articles, integrating sources, and quoting/paraphrasing)
  • Citing Sources (Avoiding plagiarism and examples of major citation styles)

UIUC Law Library Circulation Desk Employee Manual LibGuide

Reference Manual LibGuide: Screencast Video

Black Hawk College Library Internship

The following items were created during a summer internship and were distributed to students and faculty for their use.

APA Citation Handbook
MLA Handbook
MLA Handbook – Instructor Summary
I-Share Faculty Brochure

Research Skills Tutorial

Watch a selection of the tutorial below, or view the full tutorial.

Research Skills Tutorial Sample Video