Sample Assignments
- Business Course
- Students will choose five business-oriented news publications and, using the rubric provided in class, will evaluate them on their: bias, validity, authoritativeness, and credibility of their sources. Students will also run an article from each publication through AI-detecting software and report the results.
Sample Rubrics
| Criteria | Excellent | Proficient | Developing | Unsatisfactory |
| Use Information Effectively | Communicates, organizes, and synthesizes information from sources with clarity and depth. | Communicates, organizes, and synthesizes information from sources. Intended purpose is achieved. | Communicates and organizes information from sources, but is not yet synthesized. | Information is fragmented and/or used inappropriately. |
| Evaluate Information and Its Sources Critically | Chooses a variety of information sources after considering the importance of multiple disciplinary criteria. | Chooses a variety of information sources appropriate to the scope and discipline of the research question. | Chooses a variety of information sources relevant to assignment | Chooses a few information sources, selected with limited criteria. |
| Access the Needed Information | Accesses information using effective, well-designed search strategies and most appropriate information sources. | Accesses information using variety of search strategies and some relevant information sources. Demonstrates ability to refine search. | Accesses information using simple search strategies, retrieves information from limited and similar sources. | Accesses information randomly, retrieves information that lacks relevance and quality. |
Adapted from “Information Literacy VALUE Rubric” by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2009, https://www.aacu.org/value-rubrics. This derivative work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.