FAQ

To change your password, log into CORA with your current password. Then click on the “my account” link. Click on “edit.” Scroll down to the Current password section and enter your current password in the box. Then go to the Password section and type in your new password in the box. Retype the new password in the Confirm password box. Click on “Save” at the bottom.

To delete your account, email a request to the site administrator at susan.archambault@lmu.edu and include the following information: your name, username, and selected cancellation option:

1. Disable my account and keep its content
2. Disable my account and unpublish its content
3. Delete my account and make its content belong to the Anonymous user
4. Delete the account and its content.

1. Fill out the “Request New Password” form at http://www.projectcora.org/user/password with your username or email address. 
2. A new temporary password will be sent to the email address provided. Temporary password expires in 24 hours.
3. Login with the temporary password emailed to you and create a new password within 24 hours.

1. Fill out the Request User Account form at http://www.projectcora.org/user/register. 
2. Your request will be sent to CORA site administraors for approval. Once your account is approved, you will receive an email notification from CORA that your account is activated. 
3. As soon as your account is activated you can log into CORA using the username and password you created.

To add your social media accounts, log into CORA. Click on “my account.” Click  on “edit.” Scroll down to the Social links section. Here, you can add or remove your social media links or a personal website or blog. Scroll down to the bottom and click “Save.” 

To edit your profile picture, log into CORA. Click on “my account.” Click on “edit.” Scroll down to the Picture section.

• To add a new picture, click “Upload File” and attach the file with your picture. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Save.” 
• To remove a picture, check off the “Delete picture” box below the picture you wish to delete. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Save.”
• To change your profile picture, click “Upload File” and attached the file with your new picture. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Save.” This will replace your old picture with the new picture you just uploaded.

You must create a user account in CORA in order to add lesson plans. To add a new lesson plan, log in to your user account. Then click on the "Add an Assignment" link. Fill out the minimum required fields for Title, Short Description, Learning Outcomes, and Classification and click "Save." 

Copying text directly from Word can bring hidden formatting into CORA, which may cause the text to display incorrectly on the site. To paste text cleanly:

1. Copy the text from your Word document.
2. In CORA, click the Paste from Word button in the editor toolbar. It looks like a clipboard with a “W” on it.
3. Paste your copied text into the window that appears and click OK.
4. Use CORA's editor toolbar to add any formatting you need, such as bold, italics, bullet points, headings, or links.

Tip: If you don't use the Paste from Word button, pasting with Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+V (Mac) may also remove formatting, depending on your browser. However, Paste from Word is the preferred method for Word documents in CORA.

You can edit your assignment at any time. Log in, click on “view your assignments,” select the assignment you want to update, click on “edit,” make the changes, and save the changes. You can also see any previous versions of your assignment by clicking on the “Revisions” button. The Revisions button allows you to track differences between multiple versions of your assignment and revert back to older versions.

The allowed file formats are:

• .txt
• .pdf
• .doc or docx
• .pages
• .odt

Files that you upload must be less than 20 MB.

CORA is committed to making the assignments in this repository open access while respecting the work of our contributors. 

All assignments contributed to this site up to 2026 are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Going forward, new submissions will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 United States License. For additional information, see CORA's Acceptable Use Policy.

You must be logged in to your CORA account in order to add a comment.
Once you are logged in, go to the page of the assignment you want to add a comment about. Scroll down to the bottom of the assignment page and look for the "Add new comment" box. Type in your comment and click "save." 

Each lesson plan in CORA includes a Suggested Citation you can copy directly. It contains the author's name, the title of the lesson plan, CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), the date, and the URL of the specific lesson plan.
If you need to format the citation yourself, examples in three common styles are below.

Examples:

MLA (9th edition)

Format: Author’s Last name, First name. "Title of Lesson Plan." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), Date, URL.  

Example: Scheibel, Dean. “Using Comics to Reflect on Academic Work.”  CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2015, http://www.projectcora.org/assignment/using-comics-reflect-academic-work.

APA (7th edition)

Format: Author’s Last name, Initials. (Year).  Title of lesson plan. CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). URL

Example: Scheibel, D. (2015).  Using comics to reflect on academic work. CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). http://www.projectcora.org/assignment/using-comics-reflect-academic-work

Chicago (18 edition)

Format: Author’s Last name, First name. "Title of Lesson Plan." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). Date. URL.

Example: Scheibel, Dean. “Using Comics to Reflect on Academic Work.”  CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2015. http://www.projectcora.org/assignment/using-comics-reflect-academic-work.

To use the “I Adapted This” feature, you must be logged into your account. Then, view the assignment that you adapted and click “I Adapted This.” Provide a description of your adaptation to enhance the assignment through your feedback on what worked, what didn’t work, and how you modified the assignment. For information on how to cite the assignment, click here.

You do not need to log in to find and view resources in CORA. All CORA resources are deposited under a Creative Commons (CC) “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike3.0 United States” License,” and are therefore “open access”. Everyone can browse CORA for ideas and inspiration. However, in order to add lesson plans, comments, adapt someone else's assignment, or suggest teaching resources for the site, you need to log in with an account.

CORA is committed to making the assignments in this repository open access while respecting the work of our contributors. 

All assignments contributed to this site up to 2026 are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Going forward, new submissions will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 United States License. For additional information, see CORA's Acceptable Use Policy.

What do the “information literacy concepts” listed on the assignments mean?

CORA tags each lesson plan with information literacy concepts drawn from established frameworks. We're currently refining how these concepts are organized and presented for CORA 2.0. A full guide will be available soon.