Students are willing to do assigned readings but they don’t want to pay extra for this privilege. Many are on tight budgets and aren’t happy by surprise fees in their classes. A recent Twitter thread reflected these sentiments with posts ranging from “I feel like I am being scammed” to “charging students to access their homework and textbook should be illegal”. These were among the few comments not laced with profanities that could be printed here.
They also don’t like it when they have to hunt around to find an assigned reading. Spending energy searching the Internet or library collection for that article lessens student engagement.
Make the students happy by creating a reading list using free, high quality academic resources from the library. The Curriculum Builder tool is the easiest way to connect to our collection from Canvas.
Continue reading “This library resource can save you time and your students money”
