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Archive for February 4th, 2014

Creating Effective PowerPoint® Presentations

A Resource to Share with Students By Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor Microsoft® PowerPoint® is a tool for creating dynamic oral presentations. This tutorial introduces the elements of a PowerPoint® presentation […]

Prewriting Without the Boredom of Prewriting

 by Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center As the festivities officially wind down from the busy holiday months, many of us face a new year with a slew of fresh, […]

Here Are Some Methods Helping English Language Learners Avoid Plagiarism

Sometimes instructors and tutors miss the mark when teaching students how to avoid plagiarism.  With a TurnItIn® report as evidence of the offense, plagiarism is treated as a matter of ignorance–of […]

The Fundamentals of Our Fundamentals Program

 By Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Recently, while in a tutorial session, I found myself a bit taken aback by how surprised a student was upon hearing about our university’s tutorial […]

Teaching the Writing Process

  By Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center When I write longer papers, I always print out at least one hard copy of my draft before I complete final revisions.  Even […]

Why Crafting a Thesis is Cultural

By Chrissine Rios, KUWC Writing Tutor Thesis-support essay organization is standard in academic writing, yet it doesn’t come naturally to all students. Essay organization reflects the way we organize thoughts, […]

The Makings of a Great Online Writing Center

by Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center The North Carolina division of the Southeast Writing Center Association held a Writing Consultant Retreat on September 13 to foster community among writing […]

The lyf so short – The Tutor as Mentor

The lyf so short David Werner By David Werner, Kaplan University Writing Center The role of the tutor can vary but just as a physician takes the Hippocratic Oath to […]

Kaplan University Writing Center and Accessible Tutorials

By Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center There are many ways writing centers can provide fully accessible services to all students. Compose handouts with screen readers in mind.  Screen readers are […]

Science Writing – Telling a Story (a Video: Susan Holmes of Standford)

By Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Writing Center, Writing Specialist, WAC In the KUWC, we are often asked if we are capable of helping students do science writing.  For example professors […]