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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 current tutorials 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? Contact our Online Learning Librarian!

Tutorial Objectives

Tutorial: Objectives:

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

(Coming Soon)

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

Effectively Using Sources

(Coming Soon)

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

 

Tutorials Currently Available

The following tutorials are currently available.

 

Library Top Ten

 

  

Types of Sources

 

 

Analyzing Sources

 

 

 Analyzing Authority