Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW

Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW is a tutorial to support the required information literacy skills for Communication-A Requirement courses.

About Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW

The tutorial consists of three lessons which cover:

• Types of sources
• Evaluating sources
• Developing a research topic

Instructor Directions

Instructions for Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW Canvas course setup. If you would like to view the tutorial lessons you can self-enroll. Any course instructor on campus can add all or parts of Sift & Winnow to their Canvas course. Student completion of the tutorial will be automatically noted in the course gradebook.

Note About Grades:
Canvas Gradebook items are automatically created for the Sift & Winnow assignment. By default, this is set as “Complete/Incomplete” and worth “0” points. Students and instructors will receive a 0 in their gradebook indicating completion. Instructors can change the point value, availability, and due date like any other assignment. Keep in mind that the assignment will only accept no points or full points as a valid grade (no partial points).

Student Directions

If your course instructor assigned Sift & Winnow: login to your Canvas course to access the lessons.

If you want to access Sift & Winnow independent of a course: self-enroll in Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW

Contact for further information or troubleshooting about Sift & Winnow: Libraries@UW

Jules Arensdorf, Instructional Design Librarian