How to be SMART About Goal-setting
If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. How are those new year’s resolutions going? While many of us resolve to make changes in our lives at the start of the new...
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The Academic Support Video Series: A Resource Initiative and Collaboration
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center A tutor’s work is highly collaborative. Tutors collaborate with students by nature, but tutors also collaborate with one another, with academic center specialists, and with...
Your Students are 13 Minutes Away From Avoiding Plagiarism
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Avoiding plagiarism begins with knowing how to quote, paraphrase, summarize, and cite sources. Knowing the university plagiarism policy can help too, for it will typically clarify...
Forgo Facebook for 15 Minutes and Practice Your Commas!
© 2014 Clipart.com By Jay Busse, Writing Center Tutor Trying to balance family, work, and education, almost all college students are monumentally busy, but how about a little comma practice? You could be forgiven...
The Wonderful World of Screencasting–Video Feedback for Student Papers
Screencasting is a tool that allows users to capture and share activities from their screen, making demonstrating a concept simple. The Kaplan University Writing Center uses screencasting software (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html) to provide paper reviews to...
New APA Video Guide! – Students & Research Writing
The Kaplan University Writing Center is proud to share this new video tutorial which provides a basic overview of APA. In just over five minutes, the video demonstrates following APA Style means adhering to both paper formatting and...
New! Plagiarism Video Tutorial from the KUWC
I am pleased to present to you…hot off the press… the new plagiarism tutorial video: Avoiding Plagiarism: An Interactive Self Assessment This video tutorial will soon be in the KUWC resource library, but here is...