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Information Literacy Tutorial (Credo)

These modules are designed to give students a foundation in information literacy

Entire Information Literacy Tutorial & Pre/Post Test

Getting Started with Research

Sources of Information

Searching for Information

Credo Tutorial: The Searching Mindset (a.k.a. Searching As Exploration)
Credo Video: Choosing a Database
Credo Quiz: Choosing a Database
Tutorial: Choosing and Using Keywords *UPDATED WITH AI LITERACY CONTENT*
This tutorial has additional content about using generative AI for keyword development.
RETIRED - Credo Tutorial: Choosing and Using Keywords
Credo Quiz: Choosing and Using Keywords
Credo Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 1
Credo Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 2
Credo Video: Refining Search Results
Credo Quiz: Search Techniques

Evaluating Information

Presenting and Organizing Information (Previously called Presenting Research and Data)

Citations and Academic Integrity

Information Ethics

Credo Tutorial: Multimodal AI: Using AI for Data, Images, and Video (NEW)
Credo Tutorial: Using Gen AI Systems for Research (NEW)
Credo Tutorial: Academic Integrity *UPDATED WITH AI LITERACY CONTENT*
Updated with content about generative AI tools and academic integrity
RETIRED Credo Tutorial: Academic Integrity
CredoTutorial: Information Has Value (NEW)
Credo Video: Plagiarism
Credo Tutorial: Copyright
Credo Quiz: Information Ethics (NEW)
Credo Tutorial: Digital Privacy
Credo Tutorial: Introduction to Digital Citizenship (NEW)
Credo Tutorial: Digital Citizenship in Practice (NEW)
Credo Quiz: Digital Citizenship in Practice (NEW)
Tutorial: Student Guide to AI (NEW)
Updated to reflect changes to ChatGPT
Quiz: Student Guide to AI
*NEW* This 5 question quiz checks for understanding based on the tutorial, Student Guide to AI.
RETIRED: Tutorial: Student Guide to AI

Visual and Quantitative Literacy

Credo Tutorial: Why Does Visual Literacy Matter? *UPDATED WITH AI LITERACY CONTENT*
This tutorial has added content about AI image generation, editing, and evaluation.
Credo Video: Searching for Images
Credo Video: Interpreting Images
Credo Quiz: Visual Literacy
Credo Video: Using Quantitative Data
Credo Video: Evaluating Statistics
Credo Quiz: Quantitative Reasoning
Intro to Geographic Literacy and Maps (NEW for 2023 with video)

Using Critical Thinking and Logic

Culture and Civic Engagement

Faculty Resources

Credo Information Literacy Tutorials: Why IL matters to faculty (video)
Credo Information Literacy Modules: Designing Effective Research Assignments (Tutorial)
Getting Started with Credo Instruct (a.k.a. Credo Information Literacy Modules) (tutorial)
Tutorial: Faculty Guide to AI (NEW)
Updated to reflect changes to ChatGPT
RETIRED: Tutorial: Faculty Guide to AI
Module Timings
A list of estimated times for completion for each video and tutorial.

Last Updated: Jul 11, 2025 1:50 PM
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