Tips for adding interactive features to your online tutorials

1. Creating Engaging
Information Literacy
Tutorials
MANDI GOODSETT
REFERENCE & INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

2. About the
Audience
DO YOU HAVE IL
TUTORIALS AT YOUR
LIBRARY?

3. Why Engaging?

4. Motivating Learning
 We cannot “learn” our
students
 Learning requires paying
attention
 Motivation -> Persistence -
> Practice -> Learning
 Without motivation, the
quality of the content
doesn’t matterhttps://learningsnippets.wordpress.com/category/motivation/
Michael Allen’s Guide to e-Learning

5. 3 Principles of Engaging Tutorials
From Extra Credits’ video “Tutorials 101”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPcn-Q5nKE

6. Principle #1
INTERACTIVITY
A.K.A SHOW, DON’T
TELL

7. Why make interactive tutorials?
What does interactive mean to you?

8. Levels of
Interactivity

9. Level 1: Navigational Control
 Pacing
 Video vs. click
through
 Side-menu
University of Wisconsin-Madison

10. Level 2: Quizzing/Assessment
 Quiz questions
throughout
 Short cumulative quiz
 Positive feedback

11. Level 3: Interactive Design
 Drag-and-drop
activities
 Drop-down
menus
 Collapsible units
 Games
Menlo College – Bowman Library

12. Level 3: Interactive Design
 Drag-and-drop
activities
 Drop-down
menus
 Collapsible units
 Games
University of Texas – San Antonio

13. Level 3: Interactive Design
 Drag-and-drop
activities
 Drop-down
menus
 Collapsible units
 Games
Lycoming College

14. Level 4: Guided simulation
 Text input boxes
 Click boxes
 Guide-on-the-side
University of Vermont

15. Level 4: Guided simulation
 Text input boxes
 Click boxes
 Guide-on-the-
side

16. Principle #2 MAKE IT FUN

17. Make It Fun
 Humor/relaxed tone
 Relatable, relevant
material
 Visually appealing
graphics
Eastern Michigan University

18. Principle #3
LISTEN TO YOUR
USERS

19. Listen to Your Users
 Usability Testing
 Early in creation process
 Methods
 Focus groups
 Observation
 Interviews
 Pre/post test
 Survey

20. Tools for Engagement
 Guide-on-the-Side
 Adobe Captivate
 Articulate Storyline
 Get creative!

21. Takeaway
Making tutorials takes a lot of time and effort.
Make sure yours are creating real learning
moments.

22. Questions?
Contact: mandi.goodsett@gsw.edu
GSW Tutorials:
http://gsw.edu/library/library-
tutorials/index#
LibGuide for this Presentation (with
tutorial version of presentation:
libguides.gsw.edu/engagingtutorials

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