OERu learner support/Help resources/Working on assignments



Working on assignments can be scary, especially if you haven't written one for a while or are new to tertiary study.

This page provides resources you will find useful to help you research, structure, draft and write your assignments.


 * Essays and assignments
 * Report writing
 * Reflective practice
 * Searching for information
 * Literature Reviews
 * Referencing

There is a lot of material that can be found on the web to assist you with academic English.

Below is a set of links which will act as a starting point. If you can't find what you need here, ask for help in the support or course forums.

Essays and assignments

 * Essays (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Essay Writing (Video) (Massey University)
 * Assignments (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Planning and Writing University Assignments (PDF) (Otago University Student Learning Centre)
 * Writing for success (PDF) (Saylor)

Report writing

 * Reports (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Report writing (Video) (Massey University)
 * Business reports (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Case study reports (Otago Polytechnic)

Reflective practice

 * [http://studentservices.op.ac.nz/learning-support/reflective-practice/ Reflective practice) (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Reflective writing Three podcasts (Leeds Beckett University)

Searching for information

 * Searching for information (Otago Polytechnic)
 * 5 tips for better searching (Smithsonian Libraries)
 * Searching on the Net (PDF) (Queensland University of Technology Library)

Literature Reviews

 * Literature reviews What is it and how to undertake one.
 * The literature review (Video) (Massey University)
 * Literature review overview (RMIT)
 * Doing a literature review (Video) (University of Reading)
 * Annotated bibliographies (Otago Polytechnic)

Referencing

 * Citing and referencing (Otago Polytechnic)
 * Zotero: a free personal research assistant that allows you to store reference information. It helps you collect, organise, cite, and share your research sources.
 * Mendeley: allows you to organise, read and annotate documents in one place. You can import documents directly from the Web.