Describe your teaching-request process. Makeform builds a library instruction request form for course context, dates, class size, assignments, and topics.
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Sample prompts for the builder
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Audience
Faculty requesting foundational research instruction
Format
Course request with date choices and learning goals
Prompt size
282 chars
Example form structure
Course request with date choices and learning goals
Instructor, department, and contact details
Course, section, and class size
Preferred date and two alternatives
Research assignment and learning goals
In-person, online, or hybrid session
Suggested routing tags
First-year classes
Subject instruction
Online sessions
Ask for a preferred date and alternatives so librarians can resolve calendar conflicts.
Step 1
Request
faculty shares course, dates, size, and topics
Step 2
Route
request reaches the right subject librarian
Step 3
Plan
librarian reviews the assignment and objectives
Step 4
Confirm
date, format, location, and next steps are agreed
Better instruction requests
Connect each class meeting to an assignment, learner group, and instructional goal.
Require course, section, student count, experience level, and assignment details.
Collect alternative dates, duration, time zone, and delivery format.
Prompt for research questions, source types, databases, and learning goals.
Fits the teaching program
Adapt the fields and routing to match your library's services.
Gather assignment timing, baseline research experience, class size, and the specific skills students should practice.
Capture disciplines, databases, collections, search concepts, and source requirements for an advanced course.
Ask teachers for grade, subject, bell period, group size, topic, and preparation needs in a compact request.
Collect platform, time zone, course-shell access, captioning, recording, and module-format details for remote delivery.
Request workflow
Structure intake while leaving scheduling and lesson design to the librarian.
Specify requesters, available formats, and the details librarians need.
Add course formats, locations, subjects, durations, and date rules.
Ask online requesters about platforms and in-person requesters about rooms.
Notify the right librarian and state that scheduling still needs review.
Form vs email vs calendar
A structured form preserves the planning details that calendars and email miss.
Field guide
Six sections for scheduling, lesson preparation, and focused follow-up.
Requester
Identify the course contact. Department or school can route requests by subject.
Course
Course identifiers distinguish sections. Enrollment and learner level shape the session plan.
Assignment
An assignment file and due date help the librarian choose relevant examples.
Objectives
Goals focus the session on searching, databases, evaluation, citation, or collections.
Schedule
Alternatives, duration, format, location, and time zone support availability review.
Preparation
Ask about technology, access, and session needs without collecting unnecessary personal details.
Related tools
Pair session requests with booking, registration, and feedback forms while keeping each form focused on one job.
Collect preferred times and request details when staff must review availability before confirming.
Open toolRegister individual attendees for public library classes, orientations, and research workshops.
Open toolSchedule one-to-one research consultations or recurring support appointments.
Open toolA related visit-request pattern for groups booking tours, orientations, or collection introductions.
Open toolAdapt post-session questions to measure whether instruction met the stated learning goals.
Open toolInvite learners to reflect on session clarity, pacing, relevance, and remaining research questions.
Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for librarians replacing scattered request emails with a consistent intake form.
Teachers or faculty use it to request a class session, workshop, or module. It captures course context, class size, dates, assignments, topics, goals, format, and preparation needs before confirmation.
Require contact, course and section, enrollment, preferred and alternative dates, duration, format, assignment, topics, and outcomes. Optional fields can cover databases, technology, attachments, recording, and accessibility notes.
Usually collect preferences instead of promising a booking. Ask for alternatives and explain that a librarian reviews staffing, room, and format before confirmation.
Yes. Online requests can ask about platform, time zone, captioning, recording, and course access; in-person requests can ask about campus, room, technology, and capacity.
Collect department, subject, campus, or school for routing. Notify the coordinator or subject librarian, then track new, pending, and confirmed requests.
Yes. Add an upload for the assignment, rubric, reading list, or course outline. Also ask for its due date and a short description.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for generating, editing, publishing, and receiving responses. The paid tier only removes the Makeform badge, so the core request workflow does not require a paid upgrade.
Send a receipt stating the session is not confirmed. The library reviews the assignment and availability, clarifies goals, agrees on format, and sends final details.
Turn teaching requests into usable planning briefs.
