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Archive for May 6th, 2014

The Free Three: Tips on How to Teach APA to Any Student

By Kyle Harley, KUWC Tutor Over the past few weeks, students have been coming into our services at a rising rate seeking help with APA citation and formatting. One particular […]

APA Recommends Using Page Numbers with Paraphrases

by Melody Pickle, Kaplan University Writing Center There are many things that APA requires.  But, there are many more things that are left up to the judgment of the writer. […]

Stay Three Steps Ahead of Plagiarism: Use the WAC PIP

By Chrissine Rios, KU Writing Center Tutor For instructors teaching Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), charging a student with plagiarism is unpleasant, but it doesn’t need to be stressful. The […]

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 […]

Farm Feast: Recipes for Writing Success

  by Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Writing Center When I was still living near family in the South, I got to help my grandmother prepare for a New Year’s […]

Self-Citation Podcasts, Policies, and Resources

Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Self-Citation – Both students and academic professionals seem to be wrestling with the question, “when should I cite myself?”  The Kaplan University Writing Center […]

KUWC July 15 – 19 Workshops

Kaplan University Writing Center Workshops are alive and well this summer.  Don’t forget to join us.  Live workshops are open to all Kaplan students and faculty.  To find the links […]

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 […]

5 Tips that Help Students Avoid Plagiarism

By Melody Pickle, Ph.D, KUWC Writing Specialist, WAC Learning to write in an academically acceptable research style is a complex writing task.  To complete this task student writers must step outside […]

APA Guidelines Times New Roman…Not Required

There seems to be a great deal of confusion and discussion about Times New Roman as the only acceptable font by those who follow APA Style® guidelines.  In short,  this […]