Fundamentals of Revision/Editing and Visual Design Presentation Skills
Graduate Writing and Research Week
Event Details
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Friday, February 23, 2024
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
During the winter reading week (February 20 to February 23) Academic Skills and Trent Library will present virtual workshops for graduate students. The workshops will focus on topics that are relevant to graduate students as they work through their course work and research projects.Each workshop is one hour in length at either 11 am or 1 pm. Choose to attend one or several.
You register for the Zoom link and then pick the workshops that you wish to attend, like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Register to obtain the Zoom link.
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Date/Time |
Topic Title |
Topic Description |
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Tuesday, Feb. 20 11:00 am |
Writing Effective Literature Reviews |
Understand how literature reviews present a foundation of knowledge on the topic, identify important studies, and establish rationale for a study. |
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Tuesday, Feb. 20 1:00 pm |
Using Citation Management Software |
Citation Management Software enables you to cite, organize, and share your citations with others. Learn about the highlights Zotero, so that you can get the most out of this free, versatile tool. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 21 11:00 am |
Writing Effective Proposals |
Writing a research proposal clarifies the researcher’s thoughts into a coherent statement of research intent. We will discuss a structured approach to collect, analyze, and interpret information to create new knowledge. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 21 1:00 pm |
Research Strategies |
Need help starting your research and navigating the Trent University Library? In this session you will learn how to get the most out of the library resources and services. The main academic search tool, Omni, will be explored, including how to use interlibrary loan for books and articles. |
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Thursday, Feb. 22 11:00 am |
Fundamentals of Graduate Writing |
Learn disciplinary practices through reading, developing authorial presence, using meta discourse, and learning the needs of the reader |
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Thursday, Feb 22 1:00 pm |
Presentation Skills: Oral presentations |
Improve the structure of your presentation, while emphasizing your main points and responding to the question period. |
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Friday, Feb. 23 11:00 am |
Fundamentals of Revision/Editing |
Improve your writing through revision, including a range of strategies to edit your own writing, establish flow, and revise for concision and common issues with writing mechanics. |
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Friday, Feb. 23 1:00 pm |
Presentation Skills: Visual Design |
Learn to make each presentation slide stand on its own, achieve balance and consistent layouts, explore disciplinary differences, and make visuals easy to read. |
Contact Info
Sue Beckwith