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Archive for December 10th, 2021

Spellcheck and Grammar Check: Evil Writing Superstars – Their Luster Needs to Fade!

Timmy Whitherspoon, university student and aspiring business entrepreneur, had in front of him an assignment to write his legacy essay for an advertising class (the assignment: create a product, then […]

The It’s/Its/Its’ Conundrum

Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more errors in two sound-alike words: the possessive pronoun “its” and the contraction for “it is.”  Writers seem confused (or perhaps just too rushed?) […]

Academic Success & Writing Resource Center & Blog

What’s the Academic Success & Writing Resource Center & Blog? Well, the Writing Center in the Academic Success Center at Purdue Global has been hard at work not only readying […]

Fabulous APA Style 7th Edition Videos & Webinars

Can’t get enough of APA Style 7th edition information, but you’re more of a visual learner? Well, the Writing Center in Purdue Global’s Academic Success Center has just the content […]

APA Style Formatting in PowerPoint

We all know the challenges of following APA Style when writing a paper using Microsoft Word, but those challenges often become greater when applying the formatting guidelines to other software.  […]

Why Fonts Matter

For years the default font size for an APA Style paper was 12. And not only was APA’s preferred font size 12, but also the preferred font style was Times […]

First Impressions

First impressions are, after all, first impressions, so setting up your APA formatted title page and header correctly will provide the kind of first impression you want readers to have […]

New Video Tutorial: APA 7th Demystified!

Bewildered by APA? Head spinning just thinking about the transition to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual? Fear not! The Writing Center at Purdue Global has rolled out its […]

Meet the New Blog

Get ready! Every Friday the Purdue Global ASC and WC Resource Center and Blog will publish new content for our learning community.  “Every Friday?” you might be asking. Yes, starting […]

Action Plans for Online Learners: New Video Series

Chrissine Cairns, MA, Academic Center Specialist My Action Plan for Procrastination (MAPP) is a series of three video tutorials developed for online learners on overcoming procrastination that can be used […]