USMA Faculty Guide to Credo Information Literacy - Core Modules

To be an effective communicator using visual information, students first need to develop the skills necessary for locating images. Use this video to introduce students to strategies for locating images and get familiar with image databases or subject-specific collections accessible through the library.

Interpreting visual information is a critical skill students will use beyond their academic careers. Use this video to encourage students to ask questions and consider context when interpreting visuals.

This tutorial will help students locate, evaluate, and understand visual images, and to think critically about how and why they are being used in different contexts.

This quiz corresponds with the multimedia on visual literacy.

Use this video to help students incorporate quantitative data in their research and evaluate available sources for currency, accuracy, authority, relevance, and objectivity

Statistics are widely used to support arguments and positions. Use this video to encourage students to think critically about how the statistics they encounter were created and used to convey information.

This quiz corresponds with the multimedia on quantitative reasoning.

In this tutorial students will learn about the skill of geographic literacy and why it is important.

In this video student will learn the uses and importance of quantitative data.

In this video, students will learn how statistics are widely used to support arguments and positions, and why it is helpful to be able to think critically about how they were created and how they are being used.

This quiz correlates to the multimedia about quantitative data.