EC's Capstone - LA498 - Help/Advice/Info Appreciated

[Exfactor]

Thanks so much for the info...

My unique problems/concerns:
Other than SL's Comp I & Comp II, I have not taken any online courses that had written assignments. SL uses MLA formatting, EC uses APA - I am completely unfamiliar with APA.
No clue as to PowerPoint - let alone how to create the voice over component.
I am a VERY slow writer - it took me almost a year to complete the 2 SL courses...

I bumped back my Capstone start date to Feb - hopefully I'll be able to figure out APA and PP by then.

I am trying to glean some info from the LA986 syllabus, but am not getting any helpful clues as to the assignments - I guess I'll just have to dive into the deep end of the Capstone "pool" to see what exactly is required. To say I'm not feeling confident is the understatement of the century. :ack:

The Excelsior OWL is a great tool to see how things should be written. You can view about writing discussion boards here (You will want to also view discussion board content, Discussion Board Style & Structure Discussion Boards in Review which you will see on the side bar).

Learning APA is very important, as not only will the papers you write require APA format, but your discussions will also require them. You will have to provide sources for your discussion board replies, and provide references for them. You can see how APA is done here (You will also want to view APA In-Text Citations, APA References, APA Style Demo, APA Checklist, APA Activity, and APA Side by Side on the side bar). The syllabus at Excelsior are generally spot on, I took a bunch a courses with Excelsior and the syllabus that they provide on the registration page is the same syllabus your professor will give you.