Example of How Content is Differentiated on OSLIS

As some of you know, there are information literacy pretests for elementary, middle, and high school levels.  One way to find the pretests is to use the search box in the top right corner of OSLIS pages.

  

Ideally, you will choose which level you represent before searching = your skin.

When you select Elementary Educator or Secondary Educator and search for “pretest” (no quotes), you get 11 results.

The pretests and answer sheets (3 each) are published to all, while the keys (3) are published to educators only.  Therefore, as an educator, you have permission to view or access all of the resources that came up in the search.  Actually, if you don’t have permission to view something, it will not come up in your search results.  See the next page for an example of that.  

If you choose Elementary Student or Secondary Student and search for “pretest” (no quotes), you only get 7 results.  Notice that the keys (with answers to the tests) do not show up in the search since they were published to educators only.  

If the student clicks on “Pretests for Information Literacy Lessons,” which is like the homepage for the pretests, he will see the Answer Keys as some of his options.

However, if he clicks on one of the links labeled Answer Key, he will get a login screen – a sign that he is trying to access content for which he does not have permission.  (See screenshot on next page.)

If you encounter these screens as an educator, it could be a mistake that needs to be fixed.  Please use the Feedback button at the top of the screen to report any issues.  By using Feedback instead of Contact, you will automatically include a URL that leads to the problem page.

Why did I share this?  It’s a reminder of why it’s important to first choose your skin or version (elementary vs. secondary & student vs. educator) before searching for content on OSLIS.     

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Oregon State Library
jennifer.maurer@state.or.us
503.378.5011

2.10.10