ASU Library LibLessons
Overview of the Choosing a Topic with Background Research Tutorial
Description: This tutorial will help elevate your research skills by teaching you a process that will help you understand your assignment, use background information, narrow your topic idea, and prepare for research. Most importantly, this tutorial will teach that you're not alone when you research, that you have support available to help you every step of the way!
At the end of the tutorial, students will be able to:
- Identify assignment requirements for starting your project.
- Recognize how to use different sources to brainstorm ideas for selecting your topic.
- Locate background information on your topic to develop your understanding.
- Identify the specific focus of your topic and relate it back to the assignment requirements.
Adding LibLessons to your course
To add to your class, follow the steps below.
- Go to assignment, Create new.
- Assignment name
- Choosing a Topic with Background Research Credential Assignment
- Add the following text as the description:
- For this assignment, you will be required to complete the Choosing a Topic with Background Research LibLesson, developed by the ASU Library! This tutorial will help elevate your research skills by teaching you a process that will help you understand your assignment, use background information, narrow your topic idea, and prepare for research. Completing this assignment will take approximately 30 minutes, not including the wait for the email notification.
- To complete the assignment, you will need to:
- Self-enroll in the course using this link: https://canvas.asu.edu/enroll/DRB97H
- Complete the modules.
- Complete the quiz with a 90% or higher.
- Check your ASUrite email for the credential award notification. The email take up to 2 hours.
- Once the credential is awarded, it will appear in your list of credentials below.
- Click the submit button next to the credential required for the assignment.
- Display grade as Complete/Incomplete or as Points depending on how you wish to grade the assignment.
- Submission type 'External Tool'
- Under External Tool Options select 'Find'
- Select the CredID Tool from the list.
- Save.
After students submit their credential, you will want to verify that it is correct. The image below is what the credential will look like in the Canvas Speed Grader tool. The two blue markers indicate where you will find the student's identification information.
- On the credential, the students ASUrite email will be listed here.
- In the Speed Grader tool, that students name will be listed here.
Note: The example is from the LibLesson: Searching for Articles and Sources credential.
