LibGuides: Integrating the Library into Canvas Courses: Library Modules in Canvas Commons

Modules Available in Canvas Commons

The following modules have been created by UM-Flint librarians and shared in the Canvas Commons for other UM-Flint instructors to use.

Avoiding Plagiarism Module
This is an asynchronous version of the library's Avoiding Plagiarism webinars. All content is the same between the live webinars, the Canvas certificate course, and the Canvas module.
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In order to complete the module, students must watch all four videos, answer the check point questions embedded in the videos, and complete the 20 question review quiz. There is additional help and resources linked throughout the course. The video questions and review quiz should be automatically added to your grade book after you upload this module. The review quiz has four sections of questions and it will randomly pull five from each to construct the full twenty questions. This module is licensed under the Creative Commons, so you are able to edit the content and quiz.
Introduction to Searching UM-Flint Library Resources
This module is intended to complement or stand in place of a live library instruction session(s) on the basics of searching library resources and should be connected to a larger research project or paper.
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Learning outcomes: develop a focused research question, identify the key concepts from that questions, develop search terms, use the basic and advanced search functionality of the library's homepage search box. This module includes: informational pages to help students develop their research question, identify relevant information sources, and understand how the library's databases work, three short readings adapted from an OER textbook, links to additional library tools and webpages, three 5 - 8 minute video tutorials on the mechanics of the Search All tab on the library's homepage, and three assessment activities with rubrics.

We will be developing additional Canvas modules on topics including:

Library orientation
Searching library resources
Evaluating resources

If you have suggestions or requests for additional topics, please email Liz Svoboda, esvoboda@umich.edu.

Importing and Updating a Commons Module

To add a library module from the Canvas Commons to your course.

Open your course.
Click Import from Commons in the upper right corner of the page to be taken to the Canvas Commons.
Search for Thompson Library.
In the resulting content look for the module you want and select it.
On the module's page you can preview the content before clicking Import/Download to open a side menu.
On the side menu select the course you want to import the module, then click Import.
The module will appear in your course and gradebook shortly.

It is a good idea to check for updates to the Canvas modules you import. We review the content and update about once a year, typically over the summer.

Canvas Commons Overview | Canvas Video Guide
A video tour and tutorial of the Canvas Commons. Most resources uploaded to the Commons are licensed using Creative Commons, which means they are open educational resources.
Updating Modules Imported from Canvas Commons
When a modified resource is re-shared to Commons, users who have imported a copy of that resource in Commons prior to the update will have the option to update the resource. When an update is available, it will appear in the updates page, in the notifications center, and in the resource detail page.