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Integrating Information Literacy into the Curriculum

Instructional Information Literacy

Purpose and scope of the guide

General Education Information Literacy Goal

The HACC general education information literacy goal and its associated outcomes and competencies are as follows:

  • Goal: Students can demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate, integrate and credit information effectively.
    • Student locates sources relevant to topic
    • Student selects quality sources for the research need
    • Student integrates sources to support Purpose
    • Student citation of information reflects appropriate discipline requirements

In order to determine if a general education course is meeting this goal, the College Wide Assessment Committee has developed the following rubric to help assess whether or not students are meeting the information literacy goal. 

Rubric for General Education Information Literacy Assessment

IL Outcomes/Competencies

Entry (0)

Developing (1)

Established (2)

Advanced (3)

Student locates sources relevant to topic (locate)

Does not locate any sources

Locates inadequate or insufficient number of  sources

Locates adequate and sufficient number of sources

Locates optimal variety and number of sources

Student selects quality sources for the research need (evaluate)

Selects sources with no consideration of quality

Selects sources with little consideration of quality 

Selects credible  and quality sources

Clearly distinguishes the relevance and credibility of sources (including academic sources) 

Student integrates sources to support purpose (integrate)

No integration of content in the sample

Limited integration of content

Adequate integration of content

Effective integration of content

Student citation of information reflects appropriate discipline requirements (credit) 

Does not include citations or in-text references

Citations and in-text references are often missing

Uses citations and in-text references with some errors.

Uses citations and in-text references correctly with minor errors.