Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Hannah Gascho Rempel and Maribeth Slebodnik. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 978-0-8108-9243-9.
Publisher's Description
Today’s students rely heavily on
using electronic resources; they expect to be able to access library
resources from any location and at any time of the day. More and more
schools, from K-12 through graduate level universities, are offering
online education, and libraries must be prepared to guide learners in
how to use library resources when and where they are needed. Online
tutorials are the library’s answer to providing this immediate
instruction, and today’s learners are expecting to have these guides
available.
Many librarians don’t have the technical expertise needed to create online tutorials.
Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians will help guide them through the basics of designing and producing an online tutorial. Through practical examples, the book will guide librarians just starting the process of creating an online tutorial from start to finish and will provide tips that will be useful to librarians with more experience in designing online tutorials.
This detailed roadmap for designing and producing online tutorials covers:
After reading this book, new tutorial developers will have a practical, customizable blueprint that will enable them confidently address the creation of their first online tutorials, and experienced developers will learn efficient techniques to create and enhance future tutorials that are attractive, effective teaching tools.
Many librarians don’t have the technical expertise needed to create online tutorials.
Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians will help guide them through the basics of designing and producing an online tutorial. Through practical examples, the book will guide librarians just starting the process of creating an online tutorial from start to finish and will provide tips that will be useful to librarians with more experience in designing online tutorials.
This detailed roadmap for designing and producing online tutorials covers:
- When to consider a tutorial
- Needs assessment
- Choosing the right technology
- Selecting and organizing instructional content
- Planning—script, images, narration, other design elements
- Assessment as a primary design element
- Maintenance and updating
- Online tutorial resources
After reading this book, new tutorial developers will have a practical, customizable blueprint that will enable them confidently address the creation of their first online tutorials, and experienced developers will learn efficient techniques to create and enhance future tutorials that are attractive, effective teaching tools.
