Happy Halloween! – Instructional Design Intern Update

Hi everyone! I’m happy to report that this week there were no tech problems! It’s a Halloween miracle!
I spent the morning with instructional librarian Nora Almeida brainstorming ideas for our new tutorials. We are thinking about tutorials for how to come up with a research question, how to read a citation, and how to find a database. So far, our ideas have included a slideshow/cartoon that takes users through the research question process as well as a choose your own adventure story for identifying parts of a citation. We’re still working out what we’re doing regarding the database tutorial. Our struggle has especially been what metaphor works best for finding a database. There are layers like an onion (or a parfait), but it still doesn’t quite cover the bases. I will update you as we progress!
Otherwise, I focused today on creating the cartoon for the research question process. That should be ready in the next week or so, and hopefully will be live soon. Here’s a sneak preview of what we have in store:

Happy Halloween everyone!