Creating Online Tutorials: Online tutorials are nearly ubiquitous on the web, including on library websites and other educational and commercial sites. This course will introduce you to the process and principles of creating tutorials in order to increase their impact, effectiveness, and ease of use. These principles include creating accessible tutorials to reach a wider audience and assessing tutorials to evaluate and reinforce learning. During the course you willdesign your own tutorial with free online tools. You will also explore additional tools (both free and fee- based) that may be useful for later projects. You will be provided with practical tools, guidance, and feedback to help you approach the creation of tutorials with confidence and a beginning level of expertise.
Learner outcomes will be met through reading, writing, discussions, presentations, self-assessment, practice, and group work. All required readings for this course will be either freely available online or freely accessible to Charles
University students via the library’s catalog and databases. Class will meet 12 times. Attendance is expected at each class. More specific information will be provided on Moodle.