In support of First Year Seminar Student Learning Goal G4: Develop Information Literacy Competence, all First Year Seminar students are required to complete the First Year Seminar Online Library Modules. Information about the Modules, which are made available by the university's First Year Experience Librarian to all First Year Seminar instructors and students each semester via AsULearn, can be found at https://guides.library.appstate.edu/fys-faculty. The University Libraries and First Year Seminar Program recommend that completion of the Modules be included by instructors as 5% of students' First Year Seminar final course averages.
In order that First Year Seminar students can practice what they learn in the Modules, all First Year Seminar courses should include a research assignment that helps students build information literacy skills. and through which instructors can provide individual students with feedback on their research strengths and areas for growth. It is recommended that the Modules be assigned to students prior to or concurrently with this research assignment, ideally scaffolded appropriately to align with parts of the assignment. Instructors and the university's First Year Experience Librarian can be close partners in helping students develop the skills they will need to succeed.