Fulton-Montgomery Community College Information Literacy Rubric
Fulton-Montgomery Community College Information Literacy Rubric (2012)
Influenced and adopted from:
Southern Oregon Information Literacy Rubric
Information Literacy - University of Kentucky
| Student is... | Developing | Competent | Proficient |
| 1. Determining the need for information:At what level does the student focus the project and determine the adequacy of resources for its successful completion? | a) difficulty defining the scope of the research questions or thesis (broad/narrow) b) difficulty determining key concepts and descriptors c) does not articulate key concepts | a) adequately defines the scope of the research question or thesis and show promise toward completion b) determines some/most of the key concepts and descriptors c) articulates key concepts adequately | a) completely defines the scope of the research question or thesis b) determines key concepts and descriptors c) articulates key concepts thoroughly |
| 2. Accessing information sources: At what level does the student access information sources pertaining to the topic? | a) accesses information using random search strategies b) accesses limited information from scholarly sources c) difficulty refining search to locate needed information | a) accesses information using simple search strategies b) accesses sufficient information from scholarly sources c) recognizes and employs strategies to refine search results | a) accesses information using well-defined and advanced search strategies b accesses scholarly sources from appropriate resources c) reformulates and re-designs search strategy for multiple resources |
| 3. Evaluating information sources: At what level does the student include high quality, highly relevant information sources in their project? | applies limited evaluative criteria (ASPECT) | applies some evaluative criteria (ASPECT) | applies high-level, subject-specific evaluative criteria (ASPECT+) |
| 4. Using appropriate information: At what level does the student succinctly balance original thoughts with retrieved information to complete the project as assigned? | a) shows an emerging awareness of own assumptions b) begins to identify some contexts when presenting a position | a) identifies and questions own and others' assumptions b) identifies and finds relevant context when presenting position | a) carefully compares and contrasts own and other's assumptions b) understands and implements relevant context when presenting position |
| 5. Ethically and Legally Integrating Information Sources: At what level does the student demonstrate knowledge of or follow the required/ recommended citation protocols or conventions? | a)broadly distinguishes between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution b) includes few end-of-text and in-text citations and references c) does not follow style guide conventions | a) distinguishes between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution b) includes some end-of-text and corresponding in-text citations and references c) follows style guide conventions with errors | a) clearly distinguishes between common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution b) includes end-of-text and in-text corresponding citations and references c) follows style guide conventions correctly d) paraphrases, summarizes, and quotes appropriately. |
| 6. Competent in Personal Computing: The student fulfills the technology requirements/ expectations for this project. (e.g. personal computing usage; navigating digital environments; multimedia project components; web-based technologies, etc.) | No | Yes |