Essay success
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Understanding your assessment brief
What's covered
- The different parts of the assessment brief.
- Using your assessment brief to plan and complete your assessments.
- Where to get help if you don't understand the assignment brief.
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Use Library Search to find academic information
What's covered
- How to perform searches for different types of academic information.
- How to use filters to make your results more relevant.
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Read, take notes and use academic information
What's covered
- Best practice tips for getting the most out of reading for academic purposes.
- Identifying different note-taking strategies.
- How to use the academic information you have found in your assessments.
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Evaluating sources
What's covered
- Appraising and evaluating the information you find to check for issues of credibility, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose.
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Using evidence in your work
What's covered
- How to paraphrase and summarise evidence correctly in your writing.
- Why it's important to use in text citations.
- When to use direct quotations.
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Critical writing
What's covered
- What critical thinking is and the benefits of critical thinking.
- How to critically analyse.
- The difference between critical and descriptive writing.
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Academic writing style
What's covered
- Using an appropriate style for academic writing.
- Writing in the third person.
- Writing objectively and with caution.
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Approaching your essay
What's covered
- How and when to get started with your first draft.
- How to structure paragraphs and essays.
- What to include in an introduction and conclusion.
- How you can use evidence to write objectively.
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Using Microsoft Word to format your essay
What's covered
- Fonts
- Line spacing
- Paragraph alignment
- Indentations
- Margins
- Numbering
- Headers and footers
- Footnotes
- Spelling and grammar
- Word count
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Creating references using APA 7th edition
What's covered
- What the APA 7th style looks like in your work.
- How to use in-text citations.
- What your reference list is for.
- How to format you references.
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Proofreading and editing
What's covered
- The purpose of proofreading your work.
- Useful techniques for proofreading and editing.
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eSubmission video guides
What's covered
- How to submit a draft assignment.
- What an Originality Report is and how to find and interpret it.
- How to submit your work for marking.
- How to access your grades and feedback.