DRAFT I: INFORMATION LITERACY RUBRIC
Directions:
This rubric serves as a tool for assessing students’ information literacy skills, as defined in FSU’s Undergraduate Education Initiative
(UEI). This form can be used for assessing individual students’ work. It can also tally and display learning outcomes data for an
individual course or for numerous course offerings over a given time period.
INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT NAME:
Learning Objectives
COURSE:
Below
Expectations
Meets
Expectations
Above
Expectations
Framing the Argument.
Students recognize the need to find information to support ideas
and fill gaps in their knowledge.
Accessing Sources.
Students are able to search a variety of legitimate sources to
retrieve information, understanding that there are differences
among information sources.
Evaluating Sources.
Students know how to assess the reliability of information
sources and determine whether the information available is
sufficient to address the issue.
Evaluating Content.
Students are able to analyze and evaluate appropriate source
material.
Using Information for a Specific Purpose.
Students are able to synthesize appropriate source material with
their own ideas in order to support a thesis.
Understanding Plagiarism.
Students understand and avoid plagiarism.
Reference Citation.
Students use appropriate documentation style for citing sources.
Adapted from:
Updated 5/27/2010
Appendix A: Information Literacy Requirements as cited in Freshman Composition Syllabus. 2005. Frostburg State University