The CSULB University Library now offers the Check Out the Library Canvas Course. The Course is present on the Canvas Dashboard of every student enrolled at CSULB. It functions as an asynchronous, non-credit-bearing support to student use of Library resources.
The information below is given on the "About This Course" page of the Course:
Hello and Welcome from the CSULB University Library! You are in the Check Out the Library Course! This is an asynchronous, non-credit-bearing course. Your Librarians made this Course to help you learn how to use the Library at your own pace!
Here's what you need to know before you explore:
Come back here anytime to learn more about using your Library!
Students can print their grades (on paper or as PDFs to send to you) inside their Grades for the course. I was a student at LBCC for FA23, so I have attached a screenshot here of what the Gradebook inside my Excel course looks like. At the top right corner, you will find the button "Print Grades."
So, the steps for students are:
Open the Check Out the Library Canvas Course
Select Grades on the Left-Side
Select Print Grades - print as a PDF and then email to your professor
How the Course appears on the Canvas Dashboard. All enrolled CSULB students have this Course on their Dashboard.
All of the Modules and supporting information listed here. The Modules are: Start Here | Welcome to the Library | Access Your Library Account | Get Research Help | Find an Article | Find a Book | Cite Your Sources | Print, Copy, and Scan | Deep Dive Documents (a repository of information) | Tell Us What You Think (feedback survey which everyone is encouraged to take.)
Describes what the Course is all about and clarifies that it is not related to their GPA unless requested. Please encourage students to watch the Video. It explains how to navigate through the Course.
The Avatars link-out to our Library Guides.
Each Module has Knowledge Checks and Quizzes. Grades for the Quizzes are recorded in the student's Gradebook but do not have any bearing on their GPA unless required or offered for credit by another faculty. In other words, any faculty can offer these modules as credit-bearing in their own class. The student's gradebook will show proof of completion.
The information in these modules is helpful to all students, faculty, and staff to better understand and use Library services and materials.
At this time, Faculty and Staff who would like our Course available on their own Dashboards must request this access via the Reference and Instruction Curriculum Committee (RICC) of the University Library. Please email RICC's Chair, Dr. Alexis Pavenick, to request access to the class. You will be enrolled as a Student.