Module 1: Paying attention to paying attention online

Taking steps to build smart search habits and eliminate garbage search results

Learning Outcomes

By the time you're done with this module, you should have a better handle on...

    • Recognizing your own search habits and how they contribute to the success of your search activities
    • Developing effective search strategies by visualizing the perfect search result and predicting what types of results a search will return
    • Limiting your search to find the most relevant results by “reading the page” and taking advantage of advanced search options
    • Understanding the concepts of relevance, quality, and usefulness as they pertain to web searches
    • Distinguishing high-quality, high-usefulness search results from low-quality or low-usefulness search results

Pre-Survey