Research Guides: Visual Literacy Research Guide: For Instructors

Introduction

Familiarize yourself with the national standards for visual literacy: ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
See info/sources for students in the research guide's other pages--they are not repeated here.
You may want to give students specific guidelines and examples of how to attribute and cite visual media for your discipline and specific project.

Adobe Education Exchange
Resources and professional development for faculty of all disciplines. Free online tutorials and webinars.
Toledo Museum of Art Visual Literacy Playlist
TMA Director Brian Kennedy discusses visual literacy--what it is and why it's important in different aspects of life and society in these videos.

Fair Use Guidelines for Media

Penn State Copyright Information: TEACH Act
Section 110(2) of the Copyright Act, a provision sometimes called the TEACH Act, gives accredited, nonprofit U.S. educational institutions the right, under certain circumstances, to use copyrighted materials for organized instructional activities that are not in face-to-face traditional classroom settings. Fair use, codified at Section 107 of the Copyright Act, also provides users rights to use materials without permission under certain circumstances and can apply to online education.
University of Texas Libraries Copyright Crash Course: TEACH Act checklist
The Copyright Crash Course (CCC) was originally created with faculty in mind, but can be used by anyone who is interested in understanding and managing their copyrights. You can either use the menu options on the left or click on one of the related subject guides below that are part of the Copyright Crash Course.
Visual Research Association’s Digital Image Rights Computator
The Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC) program is intended to assist the user in assessing the intellectual property status of a specific image documenting a work of art, a designed object, or a portion of the built environment. Understanding the presence or absence of rights in the various aspects of a given image will allow the user to make informed decisions regarding the intended educational uses of that image.

VIS Resources

Visual Learning, Literacy, and Design PD: To see our current listings on GoSignMeUp, go to eLearning Support > Visual Learning, Literacy, & Design. To see the full list of PDs we now offer for this sequence, go to the VIS Badge listing on ELSID Digital Badging (https://wakelet.com/wake/OzapR8yp3MGlrqDj0nRJN)

Visual Literacy Resources by Discipline Area More in-depth research and discipline-specific resources, including case studies. See spreadsheet tabs for STEM, CTE, HUM-SS, and ARTS. Email nmosley@waketech.edu to suggest more.
These documents from VIS 141 can be used to select or piece together generic activities or assignments with questions, checklists, and analysis tips for students. There is a pretty wide variety since you may all have different needs for your students. I copied and pasted the best content from the sources here with simple formatting for your convenience. However, links are included with the citations under the title of each section if you would like to see the material in its original context. Any text that I added is in italics and/or brackets. Visual Literacy Frameworks and Visual Design Frameworks

Information Literacy

Essentials of Teaching and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy by Danilo M. Baylen (Editor); Adriana D'Alba (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319058375

Publication Date: 2015

This book focuses on how to effectively integrate the teaching and learning of visual and media literacies in K-12 and higher education. Not only does it address and review the elements and principles of visual design but also identifies, discusses and describes the value of media in learning diverse and challenging content across disciplines. Finally, this book provides a balanced treatment of how visual and media literacies support deep content learning, student engagement, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, and production.
Looking and Learning: Visual Literacy Across the Disciplines by Deandra Little (Editor); Peter Felten (Editor); Chad Berry (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119063391

Publication Date: 2015

In this volume, the authors focus on the importance of inclusive teaching and the role faculty can play in helping students achieve, though not necessarily in the same way. To teach with a focus on inclusion means to believe that every person has the ability to learn. It means that most individuals want to learn, to improve their ability to better understand the world in which they live, and to be able to navigate their pathways of life. See Chapter 2: Learning to See the Infinite: Teaching Visual Literacy in a First-Year Seminar Course (p. 33) and Chapter 7: Learning—to and from—the Visual Critique Process (p. 89).
Media Smart : Lessons, Tips and Strategies for Librarians, Classroom Instructors and Other Information Professionals by Joanna M. Burkhardt
ISBN: 9781783305094

Publication Date: 2022

From the history of media manipulation to practical applications of media literacy, this book will offer a thorough grounding in teaching students to defend themselves from mis-and dis-information. It discusses how technology affects the information we receive, offers a brief look at the psychology behind how we process information, describes the various means by which media can be manipulated and provides tips about how to recognize and avoid false or misleading information.
Engaging Images for Research, Pedagogy, and Practice by Bridget Turner Kelly (Editor); Carrie A. Kortegast (Editor)
ISBN: 9781620365892

Publication Date: 2017

This book introduces practitioners and researchers of student affairs to the use of images as a means to gaining new insights in researching and promoting student learning and development, and understanding the campus environment.
Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs; Alston W. Purvis
ISBN: 9781119136200

Publication Date: 2016

The bestselling graphic design reference, updated for the digital age Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the industry's unparalleled, award-winning reference. With over 1,400 high-quality images throughout, this visually stunning text guides you through a saga of artistic innovators, breakthrough technologies, and groundbreaking developments that define the graphic design field.
Visual Communication for Architects and Designers by Margaret Fletcher
ISBN: 9780429640315

Publication Date: 2020

Visual Communication for Architects and Designers teaches you the art of designing a concise, clear, compelling and effective visual and verbal presentation.
Reading the Visual by Tony Schirato and Jen Webb
ISBN: 1865087300

Publication Date: 2004

Ranging from a problematization of the act of looking to discussion of the visual regimes at play in the so-called War on Terror, Tony Schirato and Jen Webb give us both a teaching tool and a synthetization of
ideas for a new understanding of the world we inhabit.