02-06-2018, 08:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2018, 08:54 PM by High_Order1.
Edit Reason: I frigging misspelled something. Pride goeth
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Neat question!
I think true editing is ethically wrong. I think if you have to have editing help to graduate... do what you have to do to survive, but understand that the capstone showcases your ability, not compose.ly's.
Having someone review your stuff and suggest areas that you need to go back and look at is probably ok.
My experience with TESU's capstone (Novemeber 17 cohort) is that you do the sections and turn them in; the mentor tells you what you need to tighten up on.
Far as software, I bought referencepoints APA 6th ed template. Had I had time and a demo project to get conversant with it, it probably would have been a big help; all it did was complicate things. My paper was like 71 pages, for reference.
I used the citation machine online to format most stuff, and a copy of the latest APA (with errata) I found online to crosscheck.
My mentor did not follow the TESU Capstone book exactly. If you get the lady that wrote it, it may be different. I hammered my mentor with questions... earn that money! But I wasn't going to lose points because the book lady said this, this, this, and the page with the assignment said THIS, you know?
I didn't use grammarly, but typically that's not my problem. Math is... lol
I think true editing is ethically wrong. I think if you have to have editing help to graduate... do what you have to do to survive, but understand that the capstone showcases your ability, not compose.ly's.
Having someone review your stuff and suggest areas that you need to go back and look at is probably ok.
My experience with TESU's capstone (Novemeber 17 cohort) is that you do the sections and turn them in; the mentor tells you what you need to tighten up on.
Far as software, I bought referencepoints APA 6th ed template. Had I had time and a demo project to get conversant with it, it probably would have been a big help; all it did was complicate things. My paper was like 71 pages, for reference.
I used the citation machine online to format most stuff, and a copy of the latest APA (with errata) I found online to crosscheck.
My mentor did not follow the TESU Capstone book exactly. If you get the lady that wrote it, it may be different. I hammered my mentor with questions... earn that money! But I wasn't going to lose points because the book lady said this, this, this, and the page with the assignment said THIS, you know?
I didn't use grammarly, but typically that's not my problem. Math is... lol
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