Survival Guide

As I go through my program at the University of Phonenix, I realize that a Student Survival Guide is necessary for my success. It will work as a quick reference when I need to refer to the material that I have used before. Gen 105 provided valuable information that helped me to familiarize myself with the online learning environment. The educational resources were very helpful because they offered information as well as tutorials with step by step learning. I found the different grammar mechanics to be very important since it's been a while when I first learned grammar. They provided a detail of the different grammar concepts such as commas, comma splices, apostrophes, capitalization, semi-colons and colons. After reading upon each concept a quiz was given to test how much of the information was retained. I was able to understand how much I needed to study the information to prepare me to write effective papers. I was also able to learn more about downloading pertinent information from the website. The course readings are usually in Adobe Acrobat Reader which is helpful when I need to save it for later use. It allowed me to download the material and read it offline when I transitioned away from an internet connection. The University of Phoenix Library resources makes it very easy to navigate through the library. There are tutorials available to show all the services that the library provides. The Center for Writing Excellence is helpful to check the similarity index for plagairized material. The best part about the service is how fast I was able to get my papers returned. Writepoint is also helpful to check to see if I had any grammatical errors that needed to be changed prior to turning my paper in. This course has also shown me how to find the important points in an article. This was helpful when I didn't have much time, I could find the bolded words or headlines and read the information presented right after and I would usually get an understanding of that...