For this week’s topic of the week professor Nixon had us complete and online assignment/work-shop called NewsU Cleaning your copy. Before going starting the workshop I had always been told that I was a great writer and had excellent grammar and punctuation skills. After taking the course I started to wonder if the people who told me those things were smoking something because I did not do so well.
One thing I really liked about the course is that there is a feature that allows you to take a pre-test to determine my strengths and weaknesses in specific areas. After the pre-test I found out that I do very well in grammar and spelling, but not so well in Ap style or punctuation.
As I just stated above the four main topics discussed were grammar, Ap style, punctuation, and spelling. I believe this course would be good for anyone especially those in the professional fields that have to write a lot. Even if you believe that you may be a very good writer and do not make mistakes, you could still use the course to freshen up on a few areas.
One thing I did not like about the course was how long it was. I felt like some of the stuff we learned and that was discussed was very tedious and repetitive. The only reason I would not come back to the site and take another course would be because of how time-consuming it was. Although, after realizing how much more work I need in certain areas I will definitely come back to the site and take a few more refresher courses.
I’m not going to lie, that course was very time consuming and after taking the test at the end it was pretty discouraging, but its always good to know my weaknesses so I know where I need to improve. I thought I was a decent writer, but this course knocked my confidence back down to remedial. A lot of the mistakes I made when i took the test at the conclusion of the course were small, but small mistakes are still mistakes. I feel like if you type 3:00 p.m. it should be the same as 3 p.m. but according to the exam at the end of the course the “:00” is unnecessary. I too will be visiting NewsU again and taking a few more courses to improve my writing and skills in general.
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