WRITING CENTER

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Coaching Guidelines

Artificial Intelligence

• AI Checklist
• AI FAQs
• Ethical Use of AI - APAStyle.org
• Examples of Disclosures
• Referencing GenAI
• Using AI Ethically Presentation
• Using Grammarly
• Using Microsoft Editor

General Guidelines

• Draft Coach
• Judging Sources
• Paraphrasing
• Plagiarism
• Reading Comprehesion Kahoot
• Reading Strategies
• Transitions
• Why Reading and Writing Matter

Specific Guidelines

Grammar

• 1st vs 3rd Person
• Commonly Confused Words
• Grammar Kahoot
• Parallel Structure
• Sentence Structure
• Verbs

Punctuation 

• Colons
• Semicolons

Vocabulary

• Idioms and Expressions
• Vocabulary Resources

Nursing Specific

• 300-Level Self-Checks
• 400-Level Self-Checks
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Concept Map Self-Check
• Concept Map Structure
• PICOT 
• SBAR
• SMART
• SMART Interactive

The Writing Process

• Developing Your Essay
• Steps in the Writing Process
• Writing to the Prompt Checklist

Pre-Writing

• Choosing Your Topic
• Freewriting
• Planning "Backwards"
• Purpose of Outlines
• Reading Rubrics
• Research Question Checklist
• Understanding Rubric Verbs and Terms

Drafting Different Writing Types

• Abstracts vs. Summaries
• Annotated Bibliographies
• Discussion Posts
• Essay Structure
• Paragraph Structure
• Persuasive Writing
• Summary Structure
• Thesis Statements

Revising and Editing

• Revising at a Glance
• Transitions
• Using Grammarly
• Using Microsoft Editor

Other Coaching Pages

• General Education Courses
• Nursing Education Courses

References and Citations

• DOIs
• Examples of Disclosure Statements
• In-Text Citation Basics
• Infographics
• Judging Sources
• Lists (Bulleted)
• Nursing Student References from APA
• Quotes and Paraphrasing
• Reference Basics
• Reference/Citation How-To
• Referencing GenAI
• Reference Source Types (Discovery Tool)
• Sources with Same Author and Date
• Tables and Figures
• Using et al. in Citations
• Using Many Citations (Synthesis)

Tips for Citation Generators

• How to Evaluate Citation Generators
• NLM vs APA
• PubMed

Formatting 

• Annotated Bibliography
• Formatting a Paper
• Formatting Headings
• Formatting a Reference Page
• Line Spacing
• Presentation Guidelines
• Student Paper Set Up Guide
• Student-Paper.docx
• Tables and Figures
• Title Page Example

Style Guidelines

• APA Acronyms
• Biased Language
• Biased Language Interactive
• Emphasizing
• Italics
• Numbers
• Sentence Case/Title Case