The video below demonstrates how to forward your JALC Volmail account to another email address.
The New MLA Style Manual Is Available
The Modern Language Association has released the 8th edition of its MLA Style Manual (there is a link to purchase the book below). Their website has a breakdown of what is new in the eight edition. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) also has a page on what is new in the eighth edition. (Their main MLA page is here.) Chegg has updated its online guide to MLA to the eighth edition as well.
Here are some other posts on MLA citation.
How to Balance School and Work: 5 Strategies for Academic Success
How do you juggle your career, classes, family, and friends? Deb Levy, a certified life and business coach, and a Harvard Extension School workshop leader, offers five tips to help you find success in and out of the classroom.
Students’ Top Tips for Becoming an Engaged Learner
Cengage Learning has a post over at the Engaging Minds blog by Tami Strang addressing tips for students about how to become a more engaged learner. The tips have to do with note taking, studying, participating, etc. There are 10 tips provided by students to help other students become more engaged and successful in the learning.
The post is available here.
TLC Resource of the Week – Academic Search Complete
This week’s resource is one of the JALC Library online databases: Academic Search Complete. The database is available both on campus and off campus to faculty and students (see links below). The library has also created a video tutorial for using Academic Search Complete.
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Nobody Likes a Copycat: The Ethical Use of Information
This is a neat little video exploring copyright, plagiarism, and the ethical use of content. The video was created by La Trobe University Library.
Top Three Steps Students Take to Ensure College Success
In a recent blog post the results of Cengage Learning’s Student Engagement Insights survey showed the top strategies students employed to guarantee their success in college.
The top three practices were: Continue reading “Top Three Steps Students Take to Ensure College Success”
New Version Available – Forwarding Your Volmail
If you do not check your JALC Volmail account regularly, you can miss important information from your instructors or the college. If you prefer to receive your mail at a different email address, you can forward your Volmail to that account. This video shows the process.
Infographic: 10 Attributes of a Successful Online Student
Here is a link to the PDF version of the infographic: http://www.cengagesites.com/sites/1094/13P-IN0218_PluggedIn_Infographic_w.pdf
New Version Available – Stop Forwarding Your Volmail
If your are graduating or not retuning to JALC next semester, you will want to stop forwarding your email if you have set Volmail up to do so. The video below shows how to do that.
