No official APA format for citing online classroom materials exists - this is merely a recommended format to use in citing such documents. Course Module - Material Created or Adapted by UMGC Author. (Year). Title of document.
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Select the type of course material you are citing using the tabs. In-text citation examples shown are for paraphrases and summaries ( Author-Date pattern). When citing a direct quote, you will also need to include either a page number or paragraph number ( Author-Date-# pattern).
Q: If an article does not have a digital object identifier (DOI), how do I cite it in APA? A: End the reference with the article’s page numbers. For example:
Previously published articles, chapters or other resources: Cite the article or chapter as if you have found it in the original source. These details should be provided within the course pack or compiled textbook as part of a correct copyright or permissions statement.
Parenthetical citation: ("Philosophical foundations", n.d.) Narrative citation: "Philosophical foundations" (n.d.) "If the title of the work is not italicized in the reference, use double quotation marks around the title in the in-text citation."
In general you will need to know the author (University of Maryland Global Campus is the author for classroom materials), date, document title, the UMGC class and course code, and a URL.
Document in a UMGC online classroom. Format: University of Maryland Global Campus. ( date). Document title. ... Image/figure in a UMGC online classroom. Format: University of Maryland Global Campus. ( date). Image/figure title [Image]. ... Entire course Website. Format: University of Maryland Global Campus. ( date). Course title.
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of document. In A. Instructor (Ed.), Course number: Course title (pp.
Online courses, including Moocs, can be cited by providing the instructors, year of course creation (if known), title of the course, site that hosts the course, and URL.
References may be given either in the main text of your essay, or in a footnote or endnote. References are in brackets and take the form of the author's surname, followed by date of publication, followed (if appropriate) by page number(s), e.g. (Wiggins 1997, 251).
Format for e-booksAuthor: List the last name, followed by the first initial (and second initial). ... Year: List the publication year between parentheses, followed by a period.Book title: In italics. ... Publisher: List the name of the publisher when available. ... DOI or URL: Use DOI when available.
Course materials - reprint from another source Previously published articles, chapters or other resources: Cite the article or chapter as if you have found it in the original source. These details should be provided within the course pack or compiled textbook as part of a correct copyright or permissions statement.
Citing a lecture in APA Style Instead, you should usually just cite the lecture as a personal communication in parentheses in the text. State the lecturer's name (initials and last name), the words “personal communication,” and the date of the lecture.
The basics of a Reference List entry for lecture notes:Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.Year.Title (in italics).Description of format.Unit name and Unit code.University.Date lecture was delivered.
Professor's last name, Initial of first name. year, month and day of lecture. Lecture title in italics [Lecture recording]. Type of LMS platform.
General Format: First name Surname, “Title of source,” Course Code Brightspace at University name, Access Month Day Year, URL.
In-text citations are located within the text of your paper and references are located in the references page at the end of your paper. References use a hanging indent. Click here for more information! References are double spaced . If your course material has more than one author, click here. If your course material is missing an author, date, ...
Please note that according to APA formatting rules, references are double spaced in the References list (see rule 6.22 in the Publication Manual). Due to space limitations, examples of APA references provided below are single spaced.
A: Citations are a way of giving credit to the author of a work (article, book, web page, recording, video, etc.). Any information or quotes that you take from another’s work must be cited.
A: Quotation marks indicate a direct quote of the exact words from a work. A citation gives the author credit for the quote or for any information found in a work that you have rephrased into your own words. Q: There are a lot of different types of materials that are confusing to cite.
If in your Discussion post you quote, paraphrase, or summarize your course module or course readings or other material you researched from the library or the Web or a print source, give an in-text citation AND a reference list citation at the end of your Discussion post in the same manner as you would within a research paper.
No official APA format for citing online classroom materials exists - this is merely a recommended format to use in citing such documents.
Author last name, author first initial. (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume (issue), pages. DOI URL
Author last name, author first initial. (Year). Book title. Publisher name.
Author last name, author first initial. (Year). E-book title. Publisher name. DOI URL
Author last name, author first initial. (Date). Web page title. Web site publisher, if different than author. URL
For more examples of APA citations, see the library's APA Citation Examples guide.
Course packs are collections of materials that instructors compile from many sources. Treat the items in your course pack like articles or chapters in an edited book that are reprinted from another source. Use the name of the instructor as the editor. If the instructor's name is not given, use the department as editor.
If the instructor's name is not given, use the department as editor. Use the date the course pack was issued as the date of publication. If there is no date of issue, use the current semester and year for the date of publication.
Unrecorded classroom lectures are considered personal communications (works that can not be recovered by readers). APA instructs to "use a personal citation only when a recoverable source is not available. For example, if you learned about a topic via a classroom lecture, it would be preferable to cite the research on which the instructor based the lecture. However, if the lecture contained original content not published elsewhere, cite the lecture as a persona communication." (Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed., 2020, p. 260)
Personal communications are cited in the text only, not in the reference list.
Not all lecturers approve the use of Unit materials, such as lecture slides, in assignments. Check with your lecturer first to see if these resources are acceptable
Note: With regard to Monash University MOOCs produced through FutureLearn, Monash maintains the copyright. This might differ for other MOOCs and MOOC providers. Often MOOCs will provide a copyright statement at the bottom of each page.