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Tips and Trends: AI Text Detectors

Posted on October 15, 2025 by ACRL Instruction

By Mary KamelaInstructional Technologies CommitteePDF Version of Fall 2025 Tips and Trends Overview and Definition  AI text detection tools are designed to identify writing that has been crafted using generative artificial intelligence (AI). Similar to plagiarism checkers like Turnitin.com, these … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Opportunity: IS Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians Review & Revision Task Force

Posted on May 5, 2025 by ACRL Instruction

The Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians document is slated for review. The current document “is intended to help both clarify roles which may be assumed by a proficient teaching librarian and inspire new roles” and is “based in actual experience and … Continue reading →

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Tips and Trends: Microsoft Forms: Interactive Polling for Presentations and Instruction

Posted on March 24, 2025 by ACRL Instruction

By Elizabeth Sterner and Alissa DroogInstructional Technologies CommitteePDF version of Spring 2025 Tips and Trends Overview and Definition Microsoft Forms (MS Forms) is an interactive polling tool that can be used in face-to-face, synchronous, and asynchronous teaching. It joins the … Continue reading →

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PRIMO Committee Update

Posted on August 6, 2024 by ACRL Instruction

The ACRL Instruction Section Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee has exciting news about some changes to our committee’s work and how we recognize excellence in the design and implementation of online learning objects. Continue reading →

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Tips and Trends: Race on the Database: Using Claude AI to Gamify Library Instruction

Posted on January 15, 2025 by ACRL Instruction

By Toni Pilcher and Matt ArmstrongInstructional Technologies CommitteePDF version of Winter 2025 Tips and Trends Overview and Definition To gamify the database demonstration portion of our first-year writing library instruction, a pair of library instructors at Brigham Young University used … Continue reading →

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