COMP1205 Writing summaries: activities

Description of a set student activity to create summaries of selected academic papers. Also contains small set of selected papers from which to choose two papers to read and summarise

ELEC6021 Research Methods: Report Writing

Slides and Handouts for this part of the module

Sustaining Success reports vs reflective writing

This handout summarises obvious differences between reports or essays and reflective writing.

Looking at reflective writing

Two reflection exercise to help you understand the reflection process better, and how to evaluate this type of activity In each case you are asked to read through some reflective writing, and then decide how they compare

How to use styles when writing your thesis in MS Word 2013 (PC) Manual

Writing your thesis will be made a whole lot easier if you learn to use styles. This document is written to show you how to create a consistent looking file with a table of contents. It makes considerable reference to the new University thesis template which can be downloaded from the same site as this manual.

Tidying up tools for writing a thesis in MS Word 2013 (PC) Manual

This manual shows you how to use a range of useful smaller features Word 2013 - cross referencing, track changes, word count, endnotes and footnotes, spell checker, autocorrect, screen split, comments and find and replace.

Technical report template, links to additonal writing resources

A set of support material to be used when preparing a technical report. Includes report template, and links to other supporting materials specific to the University. Finally link to 2015 COMP1205 technical report assignment specification and allocations http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/14582/

Technical writing

How to write a technical report, finding and evaluating online sources, citations

Methodolology for writing protocols

Animation considering all key things to consider. Includes audio.