Building a community of lifelong learners!
Welcome to UNV 103
Building a community of lifelong learners!
Building a community of lifelong learners!
Building a community of lifelong learners!
My Introduction Video!
Hi Class,
My name is Sean Diana, you can call me Sean. I have been teaching at GCU for 10 years!
You can reach me in the Individual Forum
(Best way to contact me!)
by email, sean.diana@gcu.edu or
by phone 602-639-7144.
It is nice to meet you. Please watch my welcome video:
Sean
To be successful in this class you have to make time to be in the class and do your assignments. Take out your calendar and plan which days you can be in the class. Please watch these videos. Everyone is getting an A if you complete all the assignments!!
If you are in need of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. please use the links below for download information depending on whether you use a Mac versus a PC. These links will ask for your GCU email address, so make sure you have that on hand. Should you have any difficulty accessing the links or need further information on how to download them, please contact technical support at 1-877-428-8447 or at 602-639-7200.
In week one you will be exploring our digital learning platform called Halo, you will become familiar the GCU website, and the academic writing expectations at GCU
Assignments this week:
You have two assignments due this Sunday. The first is the GCU Code of Conduct, which must be completed using the attached template. The template is already formatted in APA 7th Edition, so please follow it carefully.
The second assignment is the Library Research Assignment, where you will learn how to search for sources in the GCU Library. See the video below.
At GCU we use APA formatting for all assignments that you will submit as Word documents. Everything from the title page and header to the abstract, body section, and reference page. Save this video!
APA formatting is the official style guide of the American Psychological Association. It’s widely used in academic writing, especially in the social sciences.
What is an In-Text Citation?
An in-text citation in APA style tells your reader where the information, ideas, or quotations in your writing come from. You should use in-text citations whenever you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote another source.
Basic APA In-Text Citation Formats
There are two main ways to cite sources in APA:
1. Parenthetical Citation
The author’s last name and the year of publication appear in parentheses at the end of the sentence.
Example: (Smith, 2020)
2. Narrative Citation
The author’s name appears in the sentence, followed by the year in parentheses.
Example: Smith (2020) found that…
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