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Celebrating Freedom with Twitter

By Melody Pickle Did you know that the British Communication Act forbids electronic communication “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another , , ,” When […]

A Hot Cup of Tea on a Hot Day and Pre-Writing Strategies

By David Healey Students often fall into two categories when it comes to their first writing class. One group seems excited about putting pen to paper and says that their […]

APA: Citing Databases, URL’s, and DOI’s

By Melody Pickle One question we see in the KUWC is “Do I include the Database name in my citation?”  Well, as with most aspects of APA, there is not […]

Exceeding Expectations: Successful Discussion Board Grading Feedback for Students

By Josef Vice, Composition Faculty, Kaplan University, Course Lead for CM 107 The grading process can really be time consuming and challenging, especially if you are following all your university and […]

Breakroom Video . . . How to Tutor a Genius: The Importance of Revision

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center This video emphasizes the importance of being able to receive feedback in order to improve a piece of writing.  Sometimes, when […]

Summer Reading List

Welcome! Here is a peek at what some of the Kaplan University Writing Center and the Composition Faculty have been reading early this summer.  What are you reading this summer? […]

Plagiarism Prevention and Note Taking

By Joni Boone In my role as a tutor, I speak with students daily about how to incorporate research into their papers and projects and how to avoid plagiarism. Lack […]

June is Research Writing Month in the KUWC

Welcome to June in the Kaplan University Writing Center.  This month our Writing Workshops will focus on Research Writing.  We have a series of three hour-long workshops that focus on […]

The Paraphrase Daze

By Kyle Harley In the not-so-distant past, I encountered an overly-downtrodden student that, among other issues, came to a Live Tutoring session with his tail between his legs regarding a […]

The Plagiarism-Personality Connection

By Molly Wright Starkweather A recent blog post by Teresa Kelly focuses on showing student writers how plagiarism has a real impact on their quality of education. A related way […]