The document discusses recycling ideas, active learning exercises, and designs from other online tutorials to create new tutorials. It recommends including interactive exercises like quizzes or simulations. It provides examples of different types of online instruction and notes when interactive exercises should be used. The document also shares a guide with examples of interactive learning exercises that can be adapted and provides tips for using and designing effective online tutorials.

1. Why Start from Scratch?
RECYCLE IDEAS, ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISES,
AND DESIGN FROM OTHER ONLINE TUTORIALS
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2. Why
Interactivity?
According to the ACRL
Instructional
Technologies
Committee (2008),
“Web tutorials should
include interactive
exercises such as
simulations or quizzes.”
UC Irvine Begin Research Tutorial

3. Types of Online Instruction
Point-of-Use Tutorials Asynchronous Research Guides
San Jose State University Libraries Online Tutorials
Stand-Alone Tutorials LMU English 110 LibGuide
UC Irvine Begin Research Tutorial

4. When Should I Use Interactive Exercises?
Stand-Alone Tutorials Asynchronous Research Guides
UC Irvine Begin Research Tutorial
LMU English 110 LibGuide

5. Finding Interactive
Learning Exercises
for Your Tutorial or
Research Guide
Use the Active Learning
Exercises for Online
Information Literacy
Tutorials LibGuide to find
interactive exercises to use
and adapt. These activities
are organized according to
the ACRL Information
Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher
Education
libguides.lmu.edu/onlinetutorialactivities

6. Using Pre-Existing
Activities in Your
Copy and paste simple HTML
Online Learning
Object
Some methods for using
the activities you found in
the Active Learning
Exercises for Online
Information Literacy
Tutorials Ask (politely)

7. Bonus: Design Tips for Online Tutorials
Teaching in an Online Design Recommendations for
Environment Online Tutorials

8. Questions?
CONTACT ME
LINDSEY MCLEAN
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
WILLIAM H. HANNON LIBRARY
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
LINDSEY.MCLEAN2@LMU.EDU
libguides.lmu.edu/onlinetutorialactivities