Quick Guides
Quick guides
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Getting started at SCU
Tips and tools to understand university, manage and plan your studies.
Planners to help you get organised:
Study strategies
Analysing and preparing for assignments
Types of assessments
- Abstract or Executive Summary
- Case Study
- Creating a Slideshow
- Critical Review
- Discussion Board Post
- Group Presentations
- Infographics Quick Guide
- Memo
- Oral Presentations
- Preparing for Vivas, OSCEs and other Oral Examinations
- Proposal
- Reflective Writing
- Report
- Report Writing Checklist
- Types of Exam Questions and How to Handle Them
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography (for APA 7th or Harvard)
- Writing and Planning an Essay
- Writing and Planning a Literature Review
Researching and organising information
Writing at university
Instructions on writing in an academic style and how to write specific sections of your assignments.
- Connecting Your Ideas - Linking Words
- Define and Use Concepts in Your Writing
- Formatting Your Assessment for Harvard
- Formatting for APA7th
- How to Incorporate Evidence Into Your Writing
- How to Demonstrate Critical Judgement
- How to Write a Good Introduction
- How to Paraphrase
- Planning and Writing an Introduction
- Planning and Writing Body Paragraphs
- Summarising and Paraphrasing
- Writing Analytically and Persuasively
- Writing Paragraphs
- Writing Conclusions
Evidence-rich writing: How to effectively incorporate academic source material to demonstrate academic integrity.