Background: The author teaches classes on EndNote, a citation management software, multiple times per semester at a large university’s health sciences library. However, even though the class is offered frequently, not everyone who is interested in the class is able to attend it. Therefore, the author created a series of interactive LibWizard tutorials designed to be used as either a replacement for or a supplement to the live classes, in order to provide instruction to a greater number of patrons.
Description: The author used LibWizard, a Springshare product, to create three interactive tutorials on using EndNote: “EndNote Part 1: Getting Started with EndNote 20,” “EndNote Part 2: Obtaining Full-Text,” and “EndNote Part 3: Cite While You Write.” The author sought feedback and made revisions to the tutorials before publishing them on the library’s citation management LibGuide.
To promote these tutorials, the EndNote librarians send them to individuals who cannot attend the live classes, as well as to people who attend the classes but may want further guided practice. Usage reports in LibWizard show how many people complete the tutorials and if they answer the questions correctly. Each tutorial also has a certificate at the end that the user can save or print as proof of completion, which would allow instructors to make them a required part of a course.
Conclusions: Between September 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, Part 1 was completed sixteen times; Part 2, nine times; and Part 3, eight times. Part 3 contained one quiz question that half of the users missed, which suggests that the question may need to be revised.
Despite the fact that the identity of tutorial users remains anonymous if they do not elect to save the certificate of completion, the low usage numbers on the tutorials—particularly Parts 2 and 3—indicate that many of the students in courses in which the tutorials were encouraged or even assigned did not complete the tutorials.
Future goals include increasing awareness and usage of all the tutorials. Despite relatively low uptake of the tutorials, they do seem to be a satisfactory supplement to the other citation management instruction and resources that the librarians provide.
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