The Information Literacy Game

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Technical Information

You will need to make sure that Javascript is turned on in your browser and any popup blockers are set to allow pop-ups from http://tomball.lonestar.edu/69157. Also note that the Website Evaluation questions will give you one or two links to click on with websites to evaluate. When you have completed your evaluation of the websites, simply close the window in which the site opened.

If the question does not load then come back to this page to start a new session.

Rules

Players take turns moving around the board, answering questions. There are four categories, and two questions must be answered correctly from each category in order to win.

The Categories are:
Purple Category   Category 1 - Choose Your Resource
Green Category   Category 2 - Searching/Using Databases
Blue Category   Category 3 - Cite Your Sources/Avoid Plagiarism
Red Category   Category 4 - Library Wild Card

As you answer a question correctly from each category, you will receive a light corresponding to the color of the category. Once you receive a light for each of the four categories, you are placed on the Home Stretch.

On the Home Stretch, you must answer a question from each category correctly in order to advance a space. Once you have answered all four categories correctly, you win!

There are 3 special squares you can land on:

Single Person Play

Single play is much like the group game, with two additions. For reqular category questions (those questions that you get when you land on a colored square), you have 20 seconds to answer the question. If you do not answer within the time provided, the question will be marked wrong. In addition, you are only allowed 4 wrong answers for regular category questions. If you get a fifth answer wrong, then you lose the game.

Keyboard Commands

Credits

Credit for the Information Literacy Game goes to Amy Harris, Scott Rice and Lynda Kellam of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.  Thanks to all for their creativity and programming abilities! 

Character icons provided by the TV show Odd Job Jack.