| Workshops and
Presentations
The Academic Center will offer face-to-face workshops
and presentations during some semesters. Dates, times, and locations for presentations
are posted
here.
No face-to-face workshops
or presentations are currently scheduled.
Additionally, the center offers online workshops or
presentations that can be worked through or viewed at your convenience.
These workshops or presentations may be
web-based or Power Point presentations.
Power Point presentations contain audio. The Power Point presentations may require
the installation of Java. (Free and available from
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_06/index.html.)
The center has the following workshops and presentations
available online.
Researching and Documentation
Style (Citing)
Researching at UHV Workshop
(A
web-based workshop.)
This workshop was designed for UHV students as an introduction to
the process of conducting research for papers or projects. Within
these pages you can learn about defining a research topic, designing
a search strategy, locating and retrieving information, evaluating
information, and using and citing information.
Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism
(A Power Point presentation with audio. Total slides: 37)
This presentation was originally presented face-to-face on
October 1, 2004 by Candice Chovanec Melzow, Lisa Bullock, and
John Davis. The presentation was then revised for the web.
You can view this presentation in one sitting if you wish (by
clicking the link above and following the directions at the end
of the first part of the presentation) or each part individually
by returning to this page. Candice and Lisa begin the
presentation by defining plagiarism and discussing why we need
to know about plagiarism (16 slides). If you wish to view
this part of the presentation, go
to
Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism.
In the second part of the presentation, John discusses how to
decide when to quote, paraphrase, and summarize and Candice
discusses how to quote, paraphrase, and summarize discusses
in-text citations (21 slides).
To view this part of the presentation, go
to
Deciding When to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize. Related Materials:
Avoid
Plagiarism, Decide
when to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize,
Learn to Paraphrase,
and
Learn to Summarize.
Documenting
Sources Using APA Format
(A
Power Point presentation with audio. 18 slides. Approximately 15
minutes.)
Cheryl Kuretsch, Academic Center peer tutor, created this presentation that discusses general guidelines
to APA style,
explains
APA references
pages, and
offers
information about parenthetical citations. Candice Chovanec Melzow
provides the audio for the presentation. This presentation is not
intended to be a complete reference to APA style,
but it does
provide
guidelines
for
the most
common elements
used by
students
writing
research papers. Related Materials: APA
Quick Reference Guide.
Formatting APA Research Papers
(A Power Point presentation with audio.
Total slides: 51)
This presentation was originally presented face-to-face on October
15, 2004, by John Davis, Candice Chovanec Melzow, and Shawn Brett
(all Academic Center peer tutors). The three-part presentation
was then revised for presentation on the web. You can view this
presentation
in one
sitting
if you
wish (by clicking the link above and following the directions at
the end of the first part of the presentation) or each part individually
by returning to this page. John Davis begins
the
presentation
with
a discussion
of formatting
APA
cover
pages, abstracts, and headings. (16 slides). If you wish to view
this part of the presentation, go
to Formatting APA Research Papers.
Candice Chovanec Melzow discusses in-text citations (17 slides).
To view this part of the presentation, go
to In-Text Citations.
Shawn Brett discusses references pages (18 slides). To view this
part of the presentation, go to Reference
List. Related Materials: APA
Quick Reference Guide.
Documenting Sources Using MLA Format
(A Power Point presentation with audio. 19 slides. Approximately 11
minutes.)
Candice Chovanec Melzow, Academic Center peer tutor, provides the
audio for this presentation that discusses general guidelines for
MLA style,
explains
MLA works cited
pages, and offers information about parenthetical citations. This
presentation is not intended to be a complete reference to MLA style,
but it does provide guidelines for the most common elements used by
students writing research papers. Related Materials: MLA
Quick Reference Guide.
Grammar
Dangling
Modifiers
(A Power Point presentation
with audio. 10 slides. Approximately 6 minutes.)
Candice Chovanec Melzow, Academic Center peer tutor, created and provides
the audio for this presentation on identifying and correcting dangling
modifiers.
A print-friendly
version of the Identifying
Dangling Modifiers Flowchart (PDF 48 KB) from the Dangling Modifier
Presentation is available. Related Materials: Dangling
Modifiers handout.
Sentence Errors
(A Power Point
presentation with audio. 16 slides. Approximately 12 minutes.)
Candice Chovanec Melzow, Academic Center peer tutor, created and
provides the audio for this presentation. This presentation includes
information about fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences.
Related Materials: Eliminating
Fragments and Comma
Splices and Fused Sentences handouts.
Subject/Verb Agreement
(A Power Point
presentation with audio. 18 slides. Approximately 20 minutes.)
Candice Chovanec Melzow, Academic Center peer tutor, created and provides
the audio for this presentation on subject/verb agreement. Related
Materials: Subject/Verb
Agreement Pt. 1 and Subject/Verb
Agreement Pt. 2 handouts.
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
(A Power Point presentation with audio. 20 slides.
Approximately 16 minutes.)
Candice Chovanec Melzow, Academic Center peer tutor, created and provides
the audio for this presentation on pronoun antecedent agreement. Related
Materials: Pronoun
Antecedent Agreement handout.
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