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Online Teaching

A guide for finding library resources on online teaching, tools, and technologies.

New Online Tutorials

UHD Library is updating their Online Tutorials!

Our old tutorials are no long be available as of August 1, 2025. We will be progressively adding more content as we transition to SoftChalk for our tutorials.

To find out more about our new tutorials, check out the Tutorial Objectives section below.

 

New Tutorials on Canvas!

  In addition our new tutorials are now available directly in Canvas through the Canvas Commons.

These tutorials are available as ungraded or graded assignments.

Want to know more about incorporating our new tutorials into your course? Check out the Using Online Tutorials page.

Want to request a tutorial topic that hasn't been covered yet? Fill out or Request Form or contact our Online Learning Librarian!

Tutorial Objectives

A Certificate of Completion is available for all tutorials where students score 80% or higher. Students can create a screenshot of the certficate or download a copy of the certificate to email or post within your course.

Tutorial Objectives:

Library Top Ten

  • key resources available from the UHD Library

Types of Sources

  • how to determine your information need
  • characteristics of credible sources
  • the different types of resources
  • pros, cons, and uses of some types of sources

Analyzing Sources

  • two methods to analyze sources (CRAAP and SIFT)
  • how to apply the two methods

Analyzing Authority

  • what is authority is the academic setting
  • how authority impacts your work
  • how to determine the level of authority
  • how to determine if a source is authoritative
  • warning signs when analyzing sources for authority

Plagiarism and Academic Integrity

  • understand what plagiarism is
  • understand the importance of academic integrity
  • recognize the basic components of citing sources

Effectively Using Sources

  • incorporate source information into academic papers
  • incorporate source information into presentations
  • find help with citing your sources

AI Fundamentals

  • what is AI?
  • definitions and key concepts
  • types of AI systems (Narrow vs General AI)
  • machine learning fundamentals
  • large language models explained
  • current capabilities and limitations

AI Ethics 

(Coming Soon)

 

Using AI in Research

(Coming Soon)