Type of Presentation
Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 100
Proposal
The Reese Library team utilizes a range of Google’s free applications (apps) to create, evaluate, and share assessment results of library instruction to faculty and students. The apps have also been utilized for team project work. Reception from faculty has consistently been positive, due to the ease of collaboration in developing assessment and sharing results so they can see at a glance the learning that has taken place in sessions.
Attendees will gain a comprehensive overview of the workflow undertaken of the creation, delivery, analysis, and dissemination of assessment and results, with time for hands-on practice. Finally, strategies will be shared for utilizing Google apps for a range of project collaborations. Apps make it efficient and effective for project work across departments and campus libraries.
In this workshop, attendees will learn methods for utilizing Google’s apps for assessment and beyond:
- Introduction (5 mins): Are Google apps useful for your context? Benefits and limitations.
- Part 1: Google Forms (30 mins): How to create an assessment for one-shot or ongoing library instruction. Create a sample assignment inspired by the ACRL Framework that meets the multifaceted needs of your library instruction session.
- Part 2: Google Sheets (15mins): How to export results into a Sheet. How to de-identify students; analyze, share and distribute results with others, such as professors and colleagues. Best practices for sharing feedback.
- Part 3: Project Collaboration (10 mins) Learn how Forms, Sheets, and Docs are useful for cross-departmental collaboration.
- Conclusion (10 mins): Q & A and/or final tips.
Presentation Description
Go beyond Google Docs and learn how to utilize Google’s other free applications to create, evaluate, and share assessment results to faculty and students. In this workshop, learn how to create an assignment inspired by the ACRL Framework that meets the multifaceted needs of your library instruction session. Learn best practices for analyzing and sharing results, which helps demonstrate the value of library instruction to faculty. Finally, learn how the apps can serve as a useful tool for project collaboration.
Session Goals
- Gain a comprehensive overview of the use of Google apps for informal and formal assessment of library instruction, and other types of instruction.
- Obtain best practices for sharing assessment results with faculty, students, and colleagues.
Keywords
library instruction, information literacy, ACRL framework, assessment, Google apps
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Kubicki, Josette M.; Weeks, Thomas; and Putnam-Davis, Jennifer, "Free, Quick & Easy: Utilizing Google Apps to Assess & Communicate Learning" (2018). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 50.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2018/2018/50
Included in
Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Information Literacy Commons
Free, Quick & Easy: Utilizing Google Apps to Assess & Communicate Learning
Room 100
The Reese Library team utilizes a range of Google’s free applications (apps) to create, evaluate, and share assessment results of library instruction to faculty and students. The apps have also been utilized for team project work. Reception from faculty has consistently been positive, due to the ease of collaboration in developing assessment and sharing results so they can see at a glance the learning that has taken place in sessions.
Attendees will gain a comprehensive overview of the workflow undertaken of the creation, delivery, analysis, and dissemination of assessment and results, with time for hands-on practice. Finally, strategies will be shared for utilizing Google apps for a range of project collaborations. Apps make it efficient and effective for project work across departments and campus libraries.
In this workshop, attendees will learn methods for utilizing Google’s apps for assessment and beyond:
- Introduction (5 mins): Are Google apps useful for your context? Benefits and limitations.
- Part 1: Google Forms (30 mins): How to create an assessment for one-shot or ongoing library instruction. Create a sample assignment inspired by the ACRL Framework that meets the multifaceted needs of your library instruction session.
- Part 2: Google Sheets (15mins): How to export results into a Sheet. How to de-identify students; analyze, share and distribute results with others, such as professors and colleagues. Best practices for sharing feedback.
- Part 3: Project Collaboration (10 mins) Learn how Forms, Sheets, and Docs are useful for cross-departmental collaboration.
- Conclusion (10 mins): Q & A and/or final tips.
