Gen 105 Final Project- Student Survival Guide
Student Survival Guide Amanda Gordon Week Nine Final Project GEN/ 105 Lisa Obradovich When attending college online, there are many things that are required which are not required for traditional schools. When going to school online, many things, such as study habits, must be fine tuned. There are also things that must be learned. This guide will discuss those things as well as be my guide to the University of Phoenix website and my guide to completing my goal of finishing college and becoming a professional in my chosen field of study. Using Axia College’s Educational Resources The University of Phoenix Online provides many resources for the students to use while studying and writing papers for classes. The largest of these resources is the University Library. The University’s online library is a tool I have found to be very useful and have used numerous times during my first set of classes. This is a tool I plan on using throughout the rest of my time at the University of Phoenix. The University Library provides many services to the current online students. These services include a Center for Writing Excellence, Center of Mathematics Excellence, and many tutorials for the many different tools that you will use during your course of study at the University of Phoenix. The Center for Writing Excellence is a tool provided to help each student improve his or her writing style. The Center for Writing Excellence includes applications such as a plagiarism checker and write check. The plagiarism checker is used to help a student determine how much of his or her paper is or appears to be plagiarized. The plagiarism checker allows the student to download their paper into the system. After an allotted amount of time, the paper is returned with the percentage of the paper that appears to be plagiarized as well as shows you those select section so that you can change them. The write point tool is used to help students with the aspects of grammar that