*Library research basics

The Camosun College Information Literacy course is a self-registration course for students offered through D2L's Discover Tool. The course takes approximately 45 minute and includes a quiz. Upon successful completion students are awarded a digital badge that will appear on their D2L instance. To register for the course:

Instructions:

• Login to D2L with your C# and password
• From your D2L home page click on My Tools > Discover
  • You must be on the D2L home page, not on a course home page, to see the Discover Tool
  • If you are using a handheld device click on the hamburger menu to see My Tools > Discover 
• Select the Information Literacy Course Level 1
• Click Enroll in Course and click OK
• Click Open Course
• Once in the course click on Content and then Start here to begin the course

*Note: Once you have registered for the course it will appear in your course gallery under "Training" or in the dropdown course list from the "course tile" at the top of the D2L page.

For student questions about the course or technical issues please contact libraryresearch@camosun.ca

This course was created and is maintained by Librarians Rebekah Prette and Ally Flynn. 

For questions about the content or management of this course please contact us directly:

Rebekah Prette: pretter@camosun.ca

Ally Flynn: flynna@camosun.ca

Once you have received 100% on the quiz follow these instructions to get your digital badge:

• From the Information Literacy Level 1 course home page click on Awards
  • If you are using a handheld device click on the hamburger menu  to see Awards 
• Congratulations! Once your award appears click Close the Dialogue Box
• Under the badge image is the opportunity to Share
• Sharing the badge internally allows all your Camosun instructors to view your badge in their class list. Click Share to Profile for this option

You can easily share externally by selecting the option that works for you. Another option is to share this award with an individual instructor by sharing a link with them. Select the Create the link button and then Copy Link to grab the URL before you click Close