1. Farmingdale State University of NY1 Information Management A Value-added Process Our goal is to illustrate a value-added process to assess Information Management while providing intervention strategies to ensure achievement of the learning outcomes in this area. Pre and post test assessment tools will cover Library Literacy, Windows Operating System, Word Processing, and E-mail usage. Scoring will be conducted to allow for “discreet” analysis of areas of weakness. Also presented will be remediation strategies and opportunities to allow those students who do not meet expectations on the pre-test, to succeed upon post-test. These will include Blackboard and Library Tutorials.

2. Farmingdale State University of NY2 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Objectives Students will: Utilize a personal computer and it’s operating environment to save, retrieve and organize files. Manage their e-mail, including e-mail containing attachments of various formats. Employ a word-processor to prepare and revise letters, resumes and reports.

3. Farmingdale State University of NY3 Process Flowchart

4. Farmingdale State University of NY4 INFORMATION LITERACY SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MAY BE TYPED INTO MOST COMPUTERIZED INDEXES TO DO A ‘SUBJECT’ SEARCH? YOU FIND TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON THE TOPIC YOU ARE RESEARCHING. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD YOU DO? WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SHOULD BE USED TO EVALUATE INFORMATION YOU FIND ON THE WEB? EVALUATING INFORMATION AS PART OF YOUR RESEARCH IS BEST DONE AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB?

5. Farmingdale State University of NY5 COMPUTER LITERACY SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS WHAT TERM IS USED TO REFER TO ANY LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN STORE FILES? WHAT IS THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST WAY TO LOCATE A PARTICULAR WORD OR PHRASE IN A DOCUMENT ? HOW CAN YOU SEE WHAT A DOCUMENT PAGE WILL LOOK BEFORE IT IS PRINTED? WHAT BUTTON IS USED TO RETRIEVE TEXT FROM THE CLIPBOARD? WHICH SCREEN ELEMENTS IDENTIFY THE CURRENT APPLICATION AND SHOW THE NAME OF THE CURRENT DOCUMENT?

6. Farmingdale State University of NY6 INFORMATION LITERACY SAMPLE PRE AND POST TEST SCREEN

7. Farmingdale State University of NY7 ON-LINE TUTORIAL THE ON-LINE TUTORIAL WILL PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH AN EASY AND CONVENIENT WAY TO SYSTEMATICALLY LEARN HOW TO MANAGE INFORMATION AND ACHIEVE COMPUTER LITERACY. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN THE COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING. THE ON-LINE TUTORIAL WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT TO: UTILIZE THE INTERNET AND THE WEB UNDERSTAND RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH TERMS LEARN HOW A LIBRARY IS ORGANIZED PREPARE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS SELECT AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION WORK IN AN OPERATING SYSTEM SUCH AS MICROSOFT WINDOWS CREATE, EDIT AND PRINT DOCUMENTS USING A WORD PROCESSOR HANDLE EMAIL ATTACHMENTS

8. Farmingdale State University of NY8 IN-PERSON WORKSHOP THE IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH A HANDS-ON AND PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE STUDENTS’ SKILLS BY: PROVIDING 1-1 INTERACTION WITH INSTRUCTORS PROVIDING A FORUM FOR QUESTIONS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND EXPERTISE BEYOND THAT AVAILABLE ON-LINE PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH FORSTERS STUDENT INTERACTION PROVIDING IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK