Maths Support Centre

• Successful writing in exams. • Avoiding plagiarism. • Grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Academic Writing Online Programme This free, self-directed & interactive programme is designed to develop the academic writing skills of all students at IT Sligo. Whether you are new or returning to writing at 3rd level or want to improve your writing skills, this programme will be relevant for you. Each unit in the programme addresses a key topic in academic writing using a range of examples, activities, quizzes and downloadable resources to support the content:

• Unit 1: Introduction to Academic Writing. • Unit 2: Effective reading and notetaking. • Unit 3: Avoiding plagiarism: citation, referencing and paraphrasing. • Unit 4: Writing an assignment: a step-by-step approach. • Unit 5: Critical analysis & critical writing. • Unit 6: Report writing. • Unit 7: Grammar, punctuation & spelling.

Access the programme on the Academic Writing Badge page on Moodle.

Maths Support Tutors

Academic Writing Tutors

Kevin Bohan Fearghus Downes Nimra Munir Cillian O’Murchu E: maths@itsligo.ie

The Maths Support Centre is a special inter-school initiative of the Institute. It is now well known that many capable students, for a variety of reasons, may find it difficult to achieve the required standards in mathematics to support their degree studies.

The purpose of the centre is to support students’ mathematics learning across all programmes in IT Sligo by: • Providing a dedicated area with supervised access to help and resources in a relaxed informal environment.

• Delivering appropriate support services for students on service mathematics courses.

• Addressing the mathematics needs of special groups. To avail of our complete range of services, please visit your Maths Support Centre Moodle Page. There you can: • Contact our tutors directly. • See our exam revision timetables.

• Watch videos tailored to your courses. • Book one to one appointments. • Book group sessions. • Book online tutorials.

• Upload problems for correction. • Test your understanding of mathematical operations via our online quizzes. • View pdf and video solutions to Moodle quizzes and past exam papers

Note all Maths Support Centre services are provided free of charge to IT Sligo students (both online and campus students).