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Literacies

University Libraries have a range of initiatives to help faculty design and embed literacy curriculum in their courses, to prepare students for careers as thoughtful, effective communicators and content creators.

Opportunities to Partner with a Librarian

What is the Data Scholar Program?
The Baylor University Library’s Data Scholar Program is a collection of self-paced data & digital scholarship video modules designed specifically to meet the needs of the Baylor research community. Modules are offered in the following 5 categories: (1) Data Visualization, (2) Qualitative Data Analysis/Test Data Mining, (3) Data Scripting, (4) Research Data Management, and (5) Finding Secondary Data.
The modules are included in a self-enrolling Canvas course. Sign up on Canvas Here

Faculty can Assign Data Scholar Modules in Classes
Want to include modules as assignments and/or extra credit for your classes? Simply Fill Out this Form.

 

Self-paced modules can be supplemented with in class sessions. Our instruction sessions are specifically tailored to your assignment(s) and the learning objectives for your course. We will work with you to design a class period where students will be engaged with the content while learning to become effective researchers.

Check out some examples of activities/guides we've helped make for previous instruction sessions:

 

The Data & Digital Scholarship team can meet with individual researchers or groups of researchers to provide research and software support. Check out the Data & Digital Scholarship website to see what kinds of support we can offer, and feel free to contact the Data & Digital Scholarship Team to set up a consultation to discuss your data research or instruction needs!

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