This interactive open textbook helps demystifies academic integrity, plagiarism, and the basics of citations. Each section ends with interactive checkpoints to help enforce the concepts covered. This textbook is well suited for all undergraduate students unfamiliar with the topic due to the text being written in an approachable manner and covers three common citation styles (MLA, APA, and Chicago).
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
Adopt as a textbook for class
Assign modules/chapters as homework
General reference for students
Individual study
Technical Requirements:
Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge Web browser; due to interactions within text, this book is better suited for a computer or tablet; user will lose the interactive features when they opt to download text; user will need certain software to download the EPub version.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Be able to define and identify types of plagiarism as well as understand how to avoid it
Understand when and why to cite sources
Identify the bibliographic elements essential for properly citing a source and how to format the citation for a book and an article in the three major styles.
Apply strategies for paraphrasing
Define Academic Integrity and it’s importance
Target Student Population:
College General Ed
Lower & upper division undergraduates
All disciplines
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
none
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The content is clear, concise, and conveyed in a visually appealing manner
This textbook provides a solid foundation on the subject matter.
Three major citation styles are included to support multiple subject areas
Concerns:
The content in the textbook could be given to students in a different format. Given the length, students may not read it in its entirety if it was assigned. The local content would be difficult for anyone outside of the institution to use and may be most helpful if re-mixed for a local population.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Each section starts with learning objections making it clear what each section covers
Student needs no prior knowledge of the topic in order to undersatnd the text
This interactive textbook will appeal to multiple learning styles
Provides several formative assessments throughout to measure student learning outcomes and engage with students
Concerns:
The ability to download specific chapters may make it easier for teachers to integrate into their curriculum
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Includes interactive checkpoints after each module to reinforce content covered in section or practice skills learned
Modules of books can be assigned separately to break content into smaller learning components
Content is concise and easy to understand making it accessible to all levels of readers
Concerns:
Some text in the textbook may not be meeting WCAG color contrast ratios recommendations for accessibility purposes.
Depending upon how users download the text to view it offline, they may not have access to the interactive features in book.
H5P is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA according to the H5P.com's Accessibility Statement
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