TRU Writing Centre created two videos for students about APA style and TRU’s academic integrity policies.
“APA in a Nutshell” (10 minutes) https://youtu.be/e0C1C_miJBE
“Academic Integrity in a Nutshell” (7 minutes) https://youtu.be/_VqX2UR2xVM
Welcome to our newest team member, Cory, and welcome back to Carolyn. Goodbye for now to D-L, who will be sharing her expertise and passion with the Marketing team for a term period.
I made some minor updates to the Course Guide and Editing Checklist to reflect changes in our processes and wording from November and December 2016. I hope to update the best practice wording soon to document our new processes, reporting responsibilities, and checklist.
*** UPDATED July 2021: This list is constantly changing, and will be maintained in the future by Danielle Collins on her OneTRU OLEditor page at one.tru.ca. We list course developers on the copyright pages of courses. OL style was updated in May 2018 to: Do not use periods between letters in degree acronyms. Include the…
Where possible, we try to include examples of people from other cultures or depictions of the diversity of Canadian society in the course. Showing people from diverse backgrounds prepares students for life in a culturally diverse society and helps dispel preconceived ideas about others, which we hope increases the students’ competence for living in an…
Required Hardware, Software, Computer Skills, and Other Resources • change to http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/technical-basics.html Technical Support change two URLs: • “…the correct hardware and software required for your course at http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/technical-basics.html.” • “… go to the IT Service Desk at http://www.tru.ca/distance/contact/helpdesk.html.” Student Café • Change to http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/online-discussions.html
Attendees (in alphabetical order): Chris, Cory, Courtney, Dani, Justin, and Mona Time: 11:00 am Location: OL344 Notetaker: Justin Timekeeper: Collective effort Notes Pop survey on our website: What’s working on the website? – working well as a reference tool for editors, layout, content What would you like to see on the website? – more contribution…