iKomp is a free, open and flexible online course that provides an introduction to information literacy. The intended audience is anyone interested in learning more about learning strategies, how to identify, obtain and evaluate scholarly sources, and how to use sources in your own academic work. The course is comprised of text, videos, activities and quizzes.

The purpose of the course is to help you meet the demands and expectations of higher education. Taking the course should also help you start to build the kinds of skills that future employers find attractive: Being able to quickly find and acquire information, judging information relevance and quality, and using information constructively and ethically.

It should take you about 4-8 hours to go through the course, depending on what you already know. If you pass the course exam, you will be issued a course certificate.

The intended learning outcomes of the course are:
– Being able to plan your study activities
– How to study smart and maximise your learning
– Evaluate various sources in relation to your information needs
– Understanding the most important principles of information search and using sources
– Finding relevant information from various types of sources
– Understanding principles of academic integrity, and why they are worthwhile
– Using sources correctly in scholarly writing

The online course iKomp is developed at the University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, by a group of people with a diverse background and various disciplines. All have experience from teaching and instruction, and most of them are doctorates in their field of study. Look at the about page at iKomp.no for more information.

Design, implementation, technical assistance and all communication with platform provider Bibsys and their Open edX team is handled by the University Libraries Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Result at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Go to ikomp.no and click on the version you prefer (bokmål, nynorsk, English). This will take you to the UiT Open edX platform open.uit.no. If you are a student or employee with a FEIDE user we recommend that you sign in directly using that account.

If you do not have a FEIDE-account, you need to register manually. You do this by clicking on Register (top right of page). Fill in the registration form. Remember to double check your email address as you will receive a confirmation mail to that account. When you have filled in all the information and accepted the Terms of Service, click on Create My UIT OpenEdX Account. You will then be sent to a page confirming your registration. An email should have been sent to your registered email account with a confirmation link – follow this link by clicking on it. 

You have four (4) attempts to pass the exam. When you have answered all the questions, and clicked Submit, the system will indicate (scroll upwards) how many correct/false answers you have. Under each wrong answer you will find a hint telling you what part of the course content you should look at in order to find the right answer.

When you have passed the iKomp exam, nothing happens on the exam page. To view your course certificate, you need to go to the Progress page or your Profile page (the menu at the top of the page). There you will see that you have passed, plus there is a link to your course certificate. From the course certificate page, you can print it out as usual or save the course certificate as a PDF.

To get a PDF, you also need to click on “Print” and then select PDF as the printer in the print dialog. This will give you a “Save” button instead of a “Print” button.

PS: Keep the PDF (your course certificate) safe—it’s good to have, and you might need it later if you take more subjects.

All students in Norwegian higher education, whatever the discipline, should be able to find, evaluate and cite scholarly sources, and use them to shed light on a research problem. They should also be able to update and renew their own knowledge and skills. These intended learning outcomes are incorporated in the Norwegian national qualifications framework for higher education.

iKomp offers and introduction to information literacy and learning strategies, and is therefore designed to contribute to the attainment of these outcomes. For the best possible value of iKomp in that regard, we recommend that iKomp is integrated well with teaching and learning in one or more suitable institutional courses. If you are a teacher and/or responsible for such a course, you should take iKomp yourself, in order to help your students use iKomp in a targeted and course relevant way.

1) Are you using a FEIDE-account to sign in, but can not gain access? Contact support@sikt.no and ask for help regarding your FEIDE-account.

2) Did you register manually? Make sure you are trying to login with the same email address you used to register. Have you got other email accounts – try one of them. If you can not remember the password click on forgot password to reset it.

3) Have you received the activation mail, and followed the instructions therein in order to activate your account?

4) If you have not received the mail – check your spam (søppelpost) folder in your mail application (Outlook, Gmail, Hotmail etc.)

5) Contact support@sikt.no and ask for assistance.