Research Paper Final Steps
Move to Word
Open Gaggle document
Click on File
Click on Download As
Select Microsoft Word – Paper should now be open on your desktop.
Click Enable Editing
Click on File
Click on Save As
Save to your Desktop.Just makes it easier to delete in the last steps.
Readability
Click on File
Click on Options
Click on Proofing
Make sure the box is checked for Readability statistics
After every spell check a new box will open showing reading level of writing.
Insert In-Line Citation
Click on References tab
Click on Insert Citation
Click on Add New Source
Select type of source (Lots! Pick the right one!)
Fill in the blanks – remember to use capital letters! (Example is Web Site)
- Author – Doesn’t matter, first or last name first works.
- Name of the Web Page – this is the title of the article you were reading.
- Year – Last update to the webpage
- Month – Usually not listed. Okay to leave blank.
- Day – Usually not listed. Okay to leave blank.
- Year Accessed – This the current year
- Month Accessed – This is the month you LAST went to the article. Just the first three letters of the month.
- Day Accessed – This is the date you LAST went to the article
- Medium – this is a repeat from the Type of Source. For a web site you would type Web. For a book you would put Book.
It will automatically place the in-line citation at the location of your cursor. Add each as you go. You will be able to select one you have already created or create a new one.
Bibliography or Works Cited
Put your cursor at the end of your paper to place your citations
Click on References Tab
Click on drop down next to Style – Select MLA seventh (selected above)
Click on Bibliography
Select Bibliography or Works Cited – it should insert – if not…
Click on Insert Bibliography
Save one last time and minimize document
Uploading back to Gaggle
Click on your Digital locker
Click on the upload button
Navigate to your paper on the computer desktop
Click on Open
Wait for the Done in the upload window
Select Replace (make sure you are right! Might not get a chance to undo) or New Copy (Choose this one! Then you can make sure YOUR document uploaded. Program will put a (1) in the title)
Submitting to Gaggle
Click on Assignments
Click on Submit Assignment for the correct assignment
Click on the Paper Clip icon
Navigate to your paper
- Digital Locker
- Click on My Locker
- Click on the name of the paper to submit
- Click on Select
- Computer
- Click on Click to Select
- Navigate to your paper
- Click on open
Make sure the download is complete
Click on the Paper airplane icon to submit
Wait for receipt to ensure submission is complete
Delete from the computer desktop
Right click on file
Select Delete
Select Yes
DO NOT just drag it to the trash, it is not necessarily gone if you do this.