Check out these library services and resources that support faculty and instructors:
Course Reserves for Instructors
Link directly to library resources (articles/databases/ebooks) in Canvas
Faculty may submit a request to place course materials on reserve. Reserve materials may be library copies or instructors’ personal copies. Books, articles, recordings, videos, or other media can be placed on reserve as well. Students may come to the ASK Area, located on the first floor of Albertsons Library, to access our course reserves copies for in-library use.
Email circulation@boisestate.edu if you have questions about reserve items.
The University Foundations text Becoming a Learner: Realizing the Opportunity of Education should be available through inclusive access for all UF100 students this semester UNLESS the student opted out of inclusive access when they enrolled in the course. Be sure you have made the Course Materials tab viewable in your Canvas course so most students will be able to access the text.
For students who have opted out of inclusive accces, they can still access Becoming a Learner: Realizing the Opportunity of Education in the library through our course reserves program. They will need to come to the ASK Area, located on the first floor of Albertsons Library, to check-out this text for in-library use.
The Research and Critical Inquiry Microcourse (RCIM) serves as an introduction to the Albertsons Library and research skills that will not only help your students with their papers and projects but will also help them navigate information used in their personal lives and future employment.
Teaching these important critical thinking skills to first-year students improves the quality of resources they use in assignments, and in turn, improves learning. Information literacy and college-level research skills are intertwined with intellectual foundations, specifically Boise State’s ULO 3 Critical Inquiry: collecting and organizing evidence/data/reasons and evaluative reasoning.
In the RCIM, they will view content and complete tasks in four content areas including:
After completing the RCIM, they will receive a completion badge that they can upload into your Canvas course in order to receive credit for their work.
Access the RCIM at the following links:
UF100: https://boisestatecanvas.instructure.com/courses/35182
UF200: https://boisestatecanvas.instructure.com/courses/35191
Students will be automatically enrolled in the Research and Critical Inquiry Microcourse.
To verify that you have been successfully enrolled in the course:
Log into Canvas after the course opens.
Click on Dashboard or Courses (scroll down to select “All Courses”), and you will see Research and Critical Inquiry Microcourse listed there.
If you think you may not have been enrolled, first check both the Dashboard AND Courses tabs in Canvas and then email librarybadges@boisestate.edu.
Q: Who should I contact if I have questions about the RCIM?
Q: Why do we include information literacy skills in the UF curriculum?
Q: How many library badges are there?
Q: Are students required to do the Introduction and Conclusion also?
Q: Who is required to complete the RCIM?
Q: Do CWI transfer students who completed the CWI library badges need to complete the Albertsons Library RCIM?
Q: When should I assign the RCIM?
Students find information literacy skills most meaningful if they can immediately apply them to a required project that involves locating outside sources. You may decide to align your coursework with your students’ completion of the RCIM.
UF 100 lead faculty and UF 200 faculty should assign it during their courses and set the due date for their students.
Q: How do students get started on the RCIM?
Q: How long will it take students to complete the RCIM?
Q: How will I know if my students earned the library badge?
Create an assignment in your UF course site, and ask students to submit a screenshot of their badge certificate page with the window visible that has their name and/or email address and time/date of completion listed.
Students should upload their certificate by your due date.