Interested in using the game for your library?
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:
Category 1 - Choose Your Resource
Category 2 - Searching/Using Databases
Category 3 - Cite Your Sources/Avoid Plagiarism
Category 4 - Library Wild CardAs 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 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.
You will need to make sure that Javascript is turned on in your browser and any popup blockers are set to allow popups from library.uncg.edu. 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.
Scott Rice and Amy Harris are the co-creators of the Information Literacy Game. Amy created the question categories, wrote the questions and additional information and selected websites for evaluation. Scott thought up the idea for the game, programmed the game using Ajax, and assisted with questions and websites.
Thanks also to Lynda Kellam for her assistance.
Character icons provided by the TV show Odd Job Jack.
