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Note: 8 page long paper on the topic: “Future of Metaverse”
Include an updated version of your outline at the beginning of the document and begin the draft of the report on a new page. I do not expect you to turn in a 10 page paper at this point. Approach writing the paper as suggested in the YouTube video you should view (a link to the video and an outline of this video written by someone is included above). I am expecting to see that you made substantial progress in the body of the paper. At this point it is not critical that you remove all grammatical errors in what you have written but you should fix the obvious ones. At the end of the draft include all references you have found related to your topic.
How to Write a Paper in a Weekend (By Prof. Pete Carr)
Key points: written by a viewer of this video
1. don’t procrastinate;
2. review the notes and renew the literature search;
3. determine who your audience is – most likely reviewers, so get their concerns firstly addressed;
4. create the outline and get the big picture done, i.e., complete the first draft while resisting the temptation to correct and edit as you go; the logical sequence of data/tables/figures may be the outline; while writing the first draft, take notes indicating what references might be needed and would be about, but don’t stop to collect the references;
5. begin with the easier part of the task – experimental section rather then the introduction; then follows the results and discussion section;
6. then comes the really hard part – critical editing where you make sure that the English is coherent and the science is correct;
7. write the conclusion in a numbered format;
8. then comes the abstract and the acknowledgements;
9. now comes the introduction, the two most important things to address in which are the purpose and relevant background;
10. then collect the references.
Power Point slides
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holguj2/CIVL2030/How_to_write_search/How_to_write_a_good_technical_report.pdf
https://www.aresearchguide.com/writing-a-technical-report.html
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/ei/internal/forstudents/engineeringdesign/studyguides/techreportwriting
https://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/engineering/eng-writing-technical-reports
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013813.pdf
An Example Template
https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Technical-Report
https://my.mech.utah.edu/~rusmeeha/references/Writing.pdf
Technical Report Requirements
You will use the format of the article from Week 1 as a guide for your paper.
Title at the top of the first page (no title page)
Put your name as the author followed by the University information on the next line. For example on the next line you must have the following:
Your name, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, A&M-Commerce
Required major headings in the paper include the following:
(do not number major headings and do not use Roman Numerals; headings cannot be larger than a pitch of 14. Twelve pitch is preferred and they must be in bold type.) Do not indent the first line of any paragraph. If you indent a sub paragraph the indent for the text cannot be more than 5 spaces and if numbered, the number must be at the left margin.
Do not use left and right justification in the text of the paper and references.
Abstract – bold font – This is the last section in the paper you will write.
Keywords– bold font
Introduction– bold font
Other major headings as needed– bold font
Subheadings as needed– use bold font
Conclusions or summary– bold font – This is the next to last section in the paper you will write.
References– bold font
Other requirements
Use acronyms when needed. For the first use of an acronym, type the complete phrase followed by the acronym in parentheses. For example, Bring Your Own Pencil (BYOP). After the first use, you can just use the acronym.
Minimum of 10 pages single-spaced – not including tables, figures and references
Times New Roman 12 point
Standard margins – 1in top, bottom, left and right, do not justify the paper; no headers or footers
Do not use two columns as in the example article
‘In text” citations and the reference list at the end of the paper must be in APA format.
Tables must be identified as a Table with a number and title after the table
Figures must be identified as a Figure with a number and title after the figure
If you did not create the table or figure, you must include an ‘in text’ citation so the reader can identify the source of the figure or table.
References at end must be in alphabetic order – see article from Week 1 for indentation format for the complete reference. For each reference in the list, you must have an ‘in text’ citation in APA format. If you do not cite a paper then do not include it in the reference list. This will be checked. In the reference list, the first line of the reference will be at the left margin and all remaining lines for each reference will be indented a few spaces just like this requirement has been done. All references must have a URL which is a hyperlink. I cannot verify the reference without the URL.
The URLs below contain information about citing references in the text of your document, ‘in text citation’, and creating the reference list at the end of the document. Use APA format in the report for references at the end of the paper and the ‘in text’ citations. This format was used in the article in Week 1.
https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th/intextcitation
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2016/04/how-to-cite-a-blog-post-in-apa-style.html
Read the PDF document in the DocSharing module about plagiarism, “how-not-to-plagiarize” developed by the University of Toronto.
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