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Submitted by Alexander Justice on June 2nd, 2019
Short Description: 

In this activity, students learn how to locate and select appropriate primary sources for their assignment using library guides (libguides) and the library databases list. Students then analyze an example primary source to improve their primary sources literacy.

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Recognizing Primary Sources in the Library.pdfdisplayed 1709 times24.19 KB
Activity 1 Task Cards Locate Databases.pdfdisplayed 1125 times59.71 KB
List of databases activity 1 should generate.pdfdisplayed 1006 times34.6 KB
Activity 2 Questions Handout.pdfdisplayed 1033 times19.64 KB
Learning Outcomes: 

After completing the library instruction session, students will be able to:
• Locate, identify, and select relevant online primary source collections (databases)
• Given a facsimile primary source, identify the location of the original, and the format of the facsimile
• Identify metadata provided with the source
• Locate books and articles that will support analysis and research involving the source

Discipline: 
History

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

We created this activity for a course that is flagged for information literacy in our core curriculum. These courses in our History department tend to have annotated bibliography assignments as well as primary source assignments. First year courses introduce annotated bibliographies and how to produce them, so the information literacy flag here has to address more advanced literacy, in this case primary source literacy.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 
Suggested Citation: 
Justice, Alexander. "Recognizing Primary Sources in the Library." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/recognizing-primary-sources-library.
Submitted by Tom Rankin on April 24th, 2019
Short Description: 

Student select a company and complete very simple analysis of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statements

Learning Outcomes: 

Describe very simplistic elements of an income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.

Discipline: 
Business

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

Introductory Business class: used as a case study assignment or a project assignment.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

Financial Statement Assignment

In this assignment you will analyze a company of your choice (cannot choose Sears, Apple, McDonalds, Chipotle or Kroger since those were detailed in the videos) and provide specific focus on the 3 key financial statements. You must analyze the company’s income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. Please submit a paper (Word document) of at least 100 words that addresses the following questions. As a source you can use Yahoo finance (opens in a new window) or any other financial source.

What company did you choose?
Income Statement
What is the trend in revenue for your company?
How satisfied are you with the company growth in lack of revenue growth?
Please provide data of the last 3 years of the company’s revenue level.
Does your company make a profit?
Please provide data of the last 3 years of the company’s net profit level.
What is the Return on Sales for your company, and comment on the level of profitability for your company.
Balance Sheet
Provide data on the most current year’s total assets, total liabilities, and stockholder’s equity.
What percent of your company is owned by creditors?
In what shape is your company to paying its current bills?
Cash Flow Statement
Explain the differences between cash from operations, cash from investments and cash from financing.
Provide data on the current year’s cash flow broken down by cash from operations, cash from investments and cash from financing and the total net cash flow.
Provide a statement on the overall financial health of the company you choose, and provide support for your answer.

The rubric for this assignment and a sample report are attached for this assignment link.

Assessment or Criteria for Success
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Suggested Citation: 
Rankin, Tom. "Yahoo Simple Financial Analysis ." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/yahoo-simple-financial-analysis.
Submitted by Amanda M. on April 12th, 2019
Short Description: 

Each year, I host an Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon and I often get students who are new to Wikipedia editing, as well as students who show up for class credit. To help engage students in different activities on Wikipedia, I created the following BINGO cards. These can be used by instructors or event organizers in any way that fits your approach to edit-a-thons. I always provide instruction and an Art+Feminism research and event guide to help everyone get started editing. These BINGO cards are especially useful for new editors and content creators.

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Learning Outcomes: 

Students will build skills and knowledge in the variety of ways that they can improve Wikipedia pages.

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Suggested Citation: 
M., Amanda. "Wikipedia Edit-a-thon BINGO." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/wikipedia-edit-thon-bingo.
Submitted by Robert Miller on March 27th, 2019
Short Description: 

Students self-reflect on ways in which they do research and create knowledge. This is a discussion topic in an online library research class. My students are mostly adult learners with full-time jobs.

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Learning Outcomes: 

Students will be able to articulate a situation in their life where they conduct research, create knowledge, and share it with others.

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

A graded discussion in a 1-credit, online, library research class.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

It might be nice to have the students read something on metaliteracy, because that is what they are doing here--self-reflecting on research and knowledge creation. But I have gotten as far as that, identifying and giving them a reading.

Suggested Citation: 
Miller, Robert. "You as Knowledge Creator." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2019. https://projectcora.org/assignment/you-knowledge-creator.
Submitted by Carolyn Caffrey on December 10th, 2018
Short Description: 

This assignment was created for a credit bearing course for first year students. It's designed to help students take what they've learned about algorithmic bias from the course lectures and readings and apply it to their own search practices. They also critically analyze search results for advertisements and compare DuckDuckGo to Google. [You could also look at this assignment as an adaptation of Jacob Berg's wonderful, "Googling Google," assignment at https://www.projectcora.org/assignment/googling-google-search-engines-ma... ]

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Learning Outcomes: 

Students will be able to: -identify advertisements within a list of search results -discuss the role advertising plays in how search results are ordered -describe how search results are impacted by human biases in their ranking algorithms

Discipline: 
Multidisciplinary

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

This assignment occurred early in the semester as we discussed algorithms, bias, and filter bubbles. Students were asked to draw on class discussions and lectures on page rank, the history of search engines, and filter bubbles. Other assigned material going into this assignment the IRL podcast episode "Social Bubble Bath" and Eli Pariser's TED talk on filter bubbles. Students commented that they enjoyed this assignment, weren't aware that Google was an advertising company, and were unfamiliar with DuckDuckGo. The course itself was designed and taught by me (a librarian) as part of our first year seminar program.

Assessment or Criteria for Success
Assessment Short Description: 
Assignments were evaluated using the rubric from the attached assignment sheet. In general, students had difficulty identifying all of the advertisements. While students had no difficulty analyzing gender bias or racism in the image results, they did struggle with the phrase "god" in identifying how the results may privilege particular narratives and identities over others.
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

Be careful with the choose your own image search --- several students picked topics such as our institution name or vague concepts like "music" which didn't as clearly illustrate the course concepts. In the future I would remove the choose your own option for the image component. This assignment was designed with first year students in mind.

Suggested Citation: 
Caffrey, Carolyn . "Analyzing search engines: What narrative is told through the algorithm." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/analyzing-search-engines-what-narrative-told-through-algorithm.
Submitted by Nataly Blas on November 28th, 2018
Short Description: 

The Business Task Cards is a 1-hour team-based activity. The activity was created for a business management course that needed to complete a business opportunity project. The activity requires students to complete four tasks: 1) Find company information, 2) Find a company's income statement, 3) Find articles on a company's management strategy, and 4) Find current industry trends that will impact the company. A print and online version of the activity is provided.

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Template for the print task cards.displayed 1283 times44.74 KB
Learning Outcomes: 

LO #1: Students will match information needs to business search tools in order to locate relevant company information. LO #2: Students will recognize the information type and evaluate how it meets their information need.

Discipline: 
Business

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

This activity was used for an upper-division business management course.

Assessment or Criteria for Success
Assessment Short Description: 
Print version - collect task cards at the end of the course for assessment purposes. Online version - student submissions are collected via Google Forms.
Suggested Citation: 
Blas, Nataly. "Business Task Cards Activity." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/business-task-cards-activity.
Submitted by Tom Rankin on November 20th, 2018
Short Description: 

The purpose of this Business Benchmark assignment is to professionally present (3-5 minutes) a new idea to improve and aspect of the college. This presentation has no mandated materials, students are however expected to provide an excellent, well explained, supported and presented new idea. Your goal is to inspire your audience to take a specific action or position.

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Learning Outcomes: 

• Demonstrate applied benchmarking in a business setting.
• Demonstrate presentation skills.

Discipline: 
Business

Individual or Group:

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

Used in one section of BUS-110 during 2018SP.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

Entire BB site rich with resources is available upon request.

Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

Much time an effort on the part of faculty, however it provides a rich learning experience.

Suggested Citation: 
Rankin, Tom. "Student Applied Benchmark for Introduction to Business." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/student-applied-benchmark-introduction-business.
Submitted by Tom Rankin on November 17th, 2018
Short Description: 

This project has four Business case elements. Each element is related to one of the student course outcomes. Each case will require students to complete the following:
Read all elements of each case, including exhibits.
Write a one page summary for each case answering the questions in each case, for a total of a 4 page report.
The report should be submitted as one consolidated report addressing all four cases below.

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Learning Outcomes: 

Course Student Outcomes:
1. Identify various forms of business organizations.
2. Define business vocabulary.
3. Describe the basics of business ethics.
4. Explain basic management principles.

Discipline: 
Business

Information Literacy concepts:

Individual or Group:

Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

Introduction to Business Class (new for Spring 2019). Each case aligns to one of our four course learning objectives. The cases ideally would be staged during the course to align to when that learning objective was covered. Each case requires a one page summary which the instructor can have 4 individual submissions or combine into one 4 page report towards the end of the semester.

Assessment or Criteria for Success
(e.g. rubric, guidelines, exemplary sample paper, etc.): 
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Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

Since this is new for 2019SP, we are still learning the pitfalls.

Suggested Citation: 
Rankin, Tom. "Four Cases aligned to Course Student Outcomes." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/four-cases-aligned-course-student-outcomes.
Submitted by Tom Rankin on November 17th, 2018
Short Description: 

Ready to be an entrepreneur? Your final project is to create a business/product and sell it to your classmates, Shark Tank style! You will complete this assignment individually OR with a partner and your classmates will play the role of the Sharks!
Your company can offer a physical product or a service, but it should not just be a copy of something already offered … BE CREATIVE! Think outside of the box …

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Learning Outcomes: 

Presentation Skills, Organization Skills,

Discipline: 
Business

Individual or Group:

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

Utilized in Introduction to Business Class in one class in 2018FA.
Students will need to include the following in your project:
Part 1: A typed 1-page summary/outline about your company including:
1. the company’s name and objectives
2. the company’s mission
3. the company’s basic details (company location, senior management’s names and roles, when founded, logo and slogan, etc.)
4. a brief description of the product or service
5. how you came up with the idea for your product/service
6. the top 3 problems your product/service are addressing

Part 2: A 10- slide presentation on your entire project – rubric outline on back of this paper. You can use PowerPoint or Google Slides, but you must submit a copy of the PowerPoint in blackboard (link will be provided in blackboard) by 10:00 am on November 5th.
Students will need to include the following in your project:
Part 1: A typed 1-page summary/outline about your company including:
1. the company’s name and objectives
2. the company’s mission
3. the company’s basic details (company location, senior management’s names and roles, when founded, logo and slogan, etc.)
4. a brief description of the product or service
5. how you came up with the idea for your product/service
6. the top 3 problems your product/service are addressing

Part 2: A 10- slide presentation on your entire project – rubric outline on back of this paper. You can use PowerPoint or Google Slides, but you must submit a copy of the PowerPoint in blackboard (link will be provided in blackboard) due date.

Assessment or Criteria for Success
Assessment Short Description: 
PowerPoint Presentation Rubric: 10 points each slide = 100 point project Slide #1: Cover Slide (include your company name OR logo & your name) Slide #2: Company Name and Objectives (remember to use bullet notes) Slide #3: Company Mission Statement (sentence(s) allowed for this slide) Slide #4: Basic Details About Company (company location, senior management’s names and roles, when founded, logo and slogan, etc.) Slide #5: The Marketing Mix: Product, Place, Price, Promotion (use bullet notes) Slide #6: How You Came Up with the Idea for your product/service (use bullet notes) Slide #7: Top 3 problems your product/service are addressing (use bullet notes) Slide #8: A compelling message that states why your product/service is different than competitors (make sure you are specific – give details) Slide #9: Conclusion Slide (quick overview of 4-5 main points of your project) Slide #10: Complete the Sale with a powerful closing sales pitch that answers “Why is this product worth buying?” (this will make or break the Sharks investing in your project) Remember to include pictures and other graphics, not just plain text on slides
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

Consumes a lot of class time to prepare.

Suggested Citation: 
Rankin, Tom. "Shark Tank ." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/shark-tank.
Submitted by Tom Rankin on November 17th, 2018
Short Description: 

About: You are the Chief Executive Officer of an exciting start up Clean Energy Business. This is a web-based free simulation. Students play the role of the founder of a new start-up company in the exciting and competitive clean tech sector. Each quarter students must set prices, decide how many engineers and sales people to hire, and set compensation, including salary, stock, options and profit sharing. Students must also make financial decisions such as debt level, equity level and overall cash management.

Challenge: Will you lead your company to record profits or run your firm into bankruptcy?

Requirements: This is a several part project, which includes: at least 4 attempts at the simulation, 1 annual report assignment, 4 project quizzes, 2 blog posting , and 1 feedback survey. Note to receive full credit students must successfully complete 10 years of profitable simulation business (remember you can play as many times as you wish, however for full credit you must have played at least 4 times). Bonus points will be added to students who make the final leader board, based upon highest cumulative net profits. Students work independently, not part of a group, however students are encouraged to use blog space to discuss various game strategies.

When playing the simulation, select "play as a class." Your ID is your Wake Tech email address and your password is 4444. Please wait until week 2 of the class to start the simulation in order for the instructor to enter the class emails into the game site. Instruction Video (opens in a new window) Link to Play Simulation (opens in new window)
Play the game as often as you wish; play often throughout the semester to try different strategies and improve your scores.
Semester champion: the student the with highest cumulative net income will be declared the semester champion. We will periodically update students with a leader board in an announcement so you can see where you stand relative to other students.

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Learning Outcomes: 

Learning Outcomes: Experience the challenge of building a startup company in a demanding competitive environment, including financial, human resources, strategic and other decisions.

Discipline: 
Business

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Course Context (e.g. how it was implemented or integrated): 

A project has been use in one or more Introduction to Business Class since 2015.

Additional Instructor Resources (e.g. in-class activities, worksheets, scaffolding applications, supplemental modules, further readings, etc.): 

In class: Demo of playing the simulation.
Scaffolding Used:
W3: Quiz on Game Instructions Video (10%)
W4: Student blog on their experience with first game attempt (10%)
W5: Quiz on pricing, compensation, financing strategies (10%)
W6: Student blog on useful SBA resources (10%)
W7: Quiz on Hint Videos: Top 5 reasons small businesses fail. (10%)
W8: Quiz on grading rubic (10%)
W12: Annual Report (40%)

Assessment or Criteria for Success
(e.g. rubric, guidelines, exemplary sample paper, etc.): 
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Assessment Short Description: 
Week Leader Board issued to class.
Potential Pitfalls and Teaching Tips: 

This project is very labor intensive for the instructor to keep up with weekly leader boards, however it is also provides many opportunities for rich discussion with students, and student feedback on the game has been very positive.

Suggested Citation: 
Rankin, Tom. "MIT Clean Start Business Simulation ." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2018. https://projectcora.org/assignment/mit-clean-start-business-simulation-0.

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