About Informs

Informs is a free tool for the creation and sharing of interactive online tutorials. It consists of easy to use software and a database of shared tutorials, which are used to help students to use the Web more effectively.

Tutorials created with Informs use the 'Guide at the Side' split-screen design, which gives students the opportunity to learn using live websites. Have a look at our example tutorial to see how this works in practice.

Over 120 institutions are currently using Informs, both in face-to-face teaching sessions and online though VLEs or websites, and our database contains over 2,000 tutorial units, all of which are shared amongst the community.

Tutorials can be amended to suit your own institution's needs, and cover topics such as:

• Developing information skills
• Searching online databases
• Referencing
• Library Induction

If you are interested in registering your institution to use Informs, click here for more information.