Student Resources
Students can use Canvas to reference their syllabi, submit assignments, and access different resources. Students can use Jupiter to check their grades and communicate with faculty, staff, and administrators. Students can book office hours with instructors and administrators using Oncehub (links to each faculty/staff member included in their bio).
BECNO Writing Fellow Katelyn has built a video on Brainstorming! My Movie 20.mov
One of our favorite support systems is the beautifully furnished Online Writing Lab, the OWL, at Purdue University. There are so many things they do well, that we don’t feel the need to recreate what already exists.
Here is a shortcut to their MLA (Modern Language Association) tutorial and guide. MLA is usually the default citation and formatting guide our liberal arts courses use, so if your professor has asked for “MLA format,” this is what they want.
Grammar Girl
Polishing and Proofreading: 100 tips for writers
The Oatmeal: learn grammar through comics
Subject-Verb Agreement (U of Wisconsin, Madison)
Active and Passive Voice (U of Wisconsin, Madison)
Clearer Sentences, verbs (U of Wisconsin, Madison)
Clearer Sentences, prepositional phrases (U of Wisconsin, Madison)
Strunk’s Elements of Style, also available in hard copy in the Studio library
Worried about plagiarism? Here’s a fifteen minute self-test you can work through to learn about common mistakes made with incorporating evidence so you can avoid accidental plagiarism: (CBB, the Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Colleges)
When does common knowledge play into the decision to cite your sources? Dartmouth has a great resource for maintaining Academic Integrity.
How to Evaluate Quality Sources (Dartmouth)
The CRAP test for Evaluating Sources (Colorado Community Colleges Online)
Annotated Bibliographies (UNC, Chapel Hill)
Outlines (UNC, Chapel Hill)
