Formatting

• Use the APA course paper template to help with your formatting
• Trouble with Microsoft Word? See the Academic Skills Center's resources here

Scholarly Tone

• Be mindful of your point of view in scholarly writing
• Avoid bias in your discussion posts and papers

Organization and Cohesion

• Include an introduction and conclusion for each paper
• Try outlining to help organize the flow of ideas in your papers
• Strengthen your paragraphs by using topic sentences and the MEAL plan
• Incorporate evidence seamlessly in your papers by introducing, integrating, and explaining it