Online Writing Resources

Information, strategies, exercises, and quizzes to help you improve as a writer can be found on at NAIT Learning Services or No Red Ink. 

Additional online resources for more information and writing skills development are found below: 

Grammar

Writing

The Writing Process

See the following links for general writing resource presentations:

Writing Tips

Below are writing resource tip s with videos, notes, and presentations.

How to critically engage with a source that includes a template outline for critical reading and writing.

Critical Reading

Overviews many different types of sources and why they may or may not be considered academic or scholarly. Additionally, provides tips for evaluating sources.

Source Credibility Presentation

Evaluating Sources

An example mind map (web) and template for creating your own mind map.

Mind Mapping

Instructions for creating an outline and an example outline for an argumentative essay.

Outlining

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

An overview on paraphrasing with tips on how to effectively paraphrase in your writing and summarizing, steps for creating an effective summary, and a comparison of summarizing with other forms of descriptive writing.

Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing Presentation

Paraphrasing

Summarizing