This information has been provided for librarians, instructors, faculty and other educators interested in learning more about IvyTILT. If you have contributions or suggestions about using IvyTILT, please email us.

What Is IvyTILT?
IvyTILT is a new resource for Ivy Tech students, a self-instructional tutorial to teach them basic library and research skills. It covers the research process from initial topic selection to citation styles and the issue of plagiarism. IvyTILT may be accessed from the Virtual Library's home page (choose your campus) or directly from http://www.ivytech.edu/library/muncie/ivytilt.

Its content is organized into six modules:

Each of the six sections takes about 15-20 minutes to complete, and students can do this on their own time outside of class. Each of the modules is followed by a short quiz.

Who Is It Designed For?
IvyTILT is designed for students in classes with a substantial writing component or introductory-level research, especially English classes. However, we hope instructors of other classes will find it useful and assign it to their students, and to brush up on their own information literacy skills.

How Can Instructors Effectively Use IvyTILT with Their Courses?
Please have students complete IvyTILT before they begin their research or attend a library session. Students can complete IvyTILT on their own time and submit their quiz results to you.

Each module is followed by a short quiz and a results page, which provides a summary of questions answered right or wrong and an overall percentage score for that module. The results pages can be printed out with the student’s name at the top and submitted to you as proof of completion. We strongly suggest that students be required to pass the quizzes with a score of at least 85%. They may retake a quiz as many times as they want. In addition, some instructors choose to give extra credit to students who complete IvyTILT.

Does IvyTILT Replace Library Instruction?
No! We continue to offer course-related library instruction and hope that you will incorporate it into your syllabus.

With the basics covered by IvyTILT, library time can  be spent on more actual practice using particular  databases and answering questions related to the  class – in other words, it can be more customized.

Timing is important! Please schedule library instruction with us for a date after your class has received a research assignment, so students learn about searching databases at a time when they need to know this information. Research has shown that:

• Students learn best and retain most when they need the information.
• Library instruction is more effective when the course instructor is present.
• Library instruction is more effective when coordinated with a class assignment.

East Central Region libraries have equipment and computer stations which library staff use for computer demonstrations and hands-on training. Because these are located in the public area of the library, other students may not have access to the computers when a library instruction session is going on. Please schedule early to reserve the date and time you need--preferably call us at least 2 weeks ahead. Requests will be filled on a first-come basis. To arrange a library instruction session, you may use the online form (in Region 6), or contact a library staff person on your campus.