Information & Digital Literacy for University Success
This Specialization is aimed at preparing students for undergraduate study in an English-speaking university. The course equips you for full participation and engagement with your studies by building awareness and understanding of the core values and expectations of academic culture, and providing you with practical strategies to apply to your studies. In this course, you will learn how to develop your Information & Digital Literacy Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Access and search for information efficiently and effectively using a variety of digital tools.
2. Critically evaluate the reliability of sources for an academic context.
3. Filter, manage and organize information from a wide variety of sources for use in academic study.
4. Demonstrate awareness of ethical issues related to academic integrity surrounding the access and use of information.
5. Understand how to use digital tools for referencing and attribution in order to avoid plagiarism.
6. Understand how to disseminate and communicate information in a professional way, including managing digital identity and building networks for learning and research.
Status: Ethical Standards And Conduct
Ethical Standards And Conduct
Status: Organizational Skills
Organizational Skills
Beginner·Course·36 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed Jul 20, 2021
Amazing course, good quality materials, professional looks and aesthetics, perfect time-table and week-wise distribution of course. Great assignment to explore learnt skills.
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·Reviewed Apr 15, 2020
This course is necessary for students who are planning to enter in university studiesI fully recommend it.
5.0
·Reviewed May 15, 2021
Really learnt many important facts which are compulsory, Great course, I learnt how to keep my documents without being messy and learnt how to use references .
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 24, 2022
This course helped me alot with my skills to evaluate and identify sources so as to know if they are reliable for academic context or not.
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 21, 2022
this is a very useful course, i have one small advice that you should adjust the space of the questions and options in the quizzes more reasonable
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 7, 2020
I love this course, very on point and straightforward! You rock, professors! I hope to visit University of Sydney one day.
4.0
·Reviewed Oct 11, 2025
The course really help me learn a lot of useful knowledge and insight about Information & Digital Literacy
4.0
·Reviewed Apr 15, 2020
Hi Priyanka Banerjee here,this course was quite useful in assessing the works, keeping in mind the scholarly means . Thank you so much for the quick responses.
5.0
·Reviewed May 22, 2021
This coursera is amazing!It helps me to gain a lot of knowledge. I feel lucky to be studying on coursera. Thanks for creating this course
5.0
·Reviewed May 23, 2021
An excellent course! I wish I had knew this before I started college. I am in grad school now and I am so thankful I came across it.
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·Reviewed Oct 16, 2024
Not gonna lie, this course really provided what you need to survive university. I've gained a lot of insights, especially in the critically evaluating sources and how to cite properly.
4.0
·Reviewed Mar 30, 2022
It's useful to every academic students 😀  and I learned most valuable things about academic studying lifestyle.
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Dr.
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·Reviewed Apr 15, 2020
This course is necessary for students who are planning to enter in university studies
I fully recommend it.
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Lavinia
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·Reviewed Apr 7, 2019
Commendable and best course I have ever come across to prepare for university!
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Tran
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·Reviewed Jan 22, 2020
It's very good for you to learn how to start at university
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Ahmad
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·Reviewed Jan 6, 2021
Everyone enrolled or planning to enrol for their studies at a university must take this wonderful course. It is an amazing course highlighting all the most important academic needs of students.
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Nguyá»…n
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·Reviewed Jun 6, 2020
This course providing many knowledge and skills necessary for me.
I improve a lot about thinking and choose some method useful with my major.
Thank you who make this course.
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Lola
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·Reviewed Feb 14, 2019
This course is very useful and helpful for working and studying in university. I have learned to critically evaluate the credible sources, to what exactly pay attenyion. Thank you very much for facilitators and to the gro
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Samman
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·Reviewed Jul 21, 2020
This course was really very amazing. Through this course I learned a lot. I became familiar with the things which I did not know before. Thank you coursera for offering such amazing course.
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Yadi
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·Reviewed Aug 1, 2017
It helped me to be well-prepared before I'm going to University in this Month.
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Bernadette
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·Reviewed Mar 18, 2020
I find this module not easy as this is my first to do intense referencing and digital literacy was my weakness. Thank you for the accumulated knowledge you have passed to me.
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Anvar
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·Reviewed Feb 14, 2019
I think at present time this course is very actual for students both for researchers in globe. I found it very useful, got valuable skills. For this I highly recommend this course for all levels of academic society.
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Sudip
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·Reviewed Jul 20, 2021
Amazing course, good quality materials, professional looks and aesthetics, perfect time-table and week-wise distribution of course. Great assignment to explore learnt skills.
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Yueming
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 18, 2017
This course equip me with the basic information about university and how to research articles which might be very helpful for my future academic study,it contains many useful knowledge and I think that continuing study is needed
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Suphab
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·Reviewed May 3, 2020
Comment : about testing, it have some error when submit.
Thanks for a good course : Content, instructors, and slide.
Thanks so much and please take care yourself and team.
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SA113
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 4, 2019
It was very easy and clear in every part and specially the quizes between lectures made me to pay more attention and concentrate.
Thank you all!
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Azimjon
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·Reviewed Feb 25, 2020
thanks a lot
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Josiline
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·Reviewed Nov 18, 2016
A step in the right direction.
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Phan
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·Reviewed Feb 6, 2020
excellent
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Diego
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·Reviewed Oct 1, 2016
thanks
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MinhNNHE151237
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·Reviewed Feb 22, 2020
Great
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Arturo
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·Reviewed Nov 23, 2019
Excellent help for new students, to develop criteria and strategies to organize and manage information. As well as to communicate within the academy