SPRING 2022: The UW Seattle Libraries is offering a mix of online and in-person instruction services. Read more.
UW Libraries Teaching & Learning
The Libraries supports instructors and students on the UW Seattle campus by offering robust services, spaces, and resources for teaching and learning success.
- Course materials
- Handouts & tutorials
- Class instruction & workshops
- Research consultations & assignment design
- Collaborative partnerships
We strive to support multiple modes of learning, including both online and in-person courses. See below to learn more about how the Libraries can support your teaching & learning at UW.
The content on this page is directed toward UW-Seattle instructors. See also: Teaching Remotely at UW | Teaching support at: UW Bothell and Cascadia College Library & UW Tacoma Library.
Course Materials
The Libraries' extensive online collections are available to instructors seeking free and licensed course materials to supplement their students' learning (books, book chapters, articles, streaming media, etc.).
- Search | e-Books | Journals | e-Newspapers | streaming videos | to support course instruction.
- Find freely available Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Textbooks for use in courses.
- Browse more options for providing access to course materials for students.
Ready-to-go Teaching Resources
Need a handout for your students to learn about research? Download or link to one of our ready-to-go online learning objects, or contact us for help with a custom resource or assignment idea.
- Class and Research Guides are online portals to research in a specific subject or course.
- Citation Management (Research Guide). Get quick help on citing sources and tools.
- Evaluating Information (Research Guide). Choose the best and most reliable information that meets research needs.
- Expository Writing (Research Guide). Supports instructors for ENGL 131, ENGL 121, ENGL 182, and other courses in the Expository Writing Program.
- Undergraduate Researcher Tutorial (Canvas). A self-paced online tutorial that introduces students to research skills across fields and disciplines.
- UW Libraries YouTube Channel (Video). Find short tutorials and library promotional videos.
Request a Session: Class Instruction, Workshops & Consultations
Librarians are available for orientations, information sessions, research consultations, and workshops by request. Our staff also provide support with assignment design, custom class guides, Canvas modules, and other online-compatible learning objects.
- Request a workshop for your class to build your students' research skills.
- Browse Event & Exhibits to find specialty office hours & open workshop opportunities.
- Consult with a librarian about Canvas materials, class guides, and assignment design.
Who We Are: Principles & Partnerships
The Libraries seeks to provide UW instructors with services and content that follow the principles of learner-centered design, which empower students to be leaders and co-creators of their own learning experiences. Libraries staff also collaborate actively with campus partners to instill lifelong learning skills that students can apply beyond the University to the greater good of our knowledge-driven and globally oriented society.
- Learning Partners across all three campuses to promote student learning and instill lifelong learning skills.
- Collaboration examples of successful partnerships between UW librarians and instructors or programs.
- University Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs), instruction spaces ranging from basic to innovative technology.
- Health Science ALC, the largest active learning classroom space on campus.