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Library Staff - Interactive Tutorials, Games and Exercises: Genial.ly - Create Interactive Material

Interactive exercises and tutorials introducing students to the B-CU library's collections, including using the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

Dewey Decimal Shelving Exercises -created using Genial.ly

Introduction

On this page are two examples of content created using Genial.ly.com software:

  1. A drop-and-drag shelving exercise for training library student assistants and

  2.  A slide that could be the beginning of an interactive tour. 

 

This page also includes an attached file of sample book images that can be downloaded, edited, and used (no copyright attribution is necessary for non-commercial use).

1. Shelving Exercise Dewey Decimal Draft

Notes and Inspiration

Ideas for creating book images

 

Below is a file of some sample book images created using Powerpoint that you can download.  

As you can see from the examples, books can be drawn using various simple rectangles, squares, and lines.

 

Below is an image showing different ideas for creating books. The image is taken from a PowerPoint slide which is part of the zipped file (see below) that you can download and use.

 

Ideas for creating books using Powerpoint

2. Student Assistants - Library Tour (Draft)

Links on Gentil.ly

Genial.ly software allows users to easily create a variety of interactive materials. Users can select either a free or a premium account.

Training and Examples - LInks
  • CRAAP Test Escape Room  The FBI needs your help to find missing professor Antonio Prohias. Follow the clues left behind by Librarian Mercy Hushman, the prime suspect in the professor's disappearance. Along the way, players will learn how to use the CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose) to evaluate websites.