Workshops

Determined to stay on track when life gets busy? We'll suggest techniques for planning out your semester, balancing your weekly schedule, and prioritizing tasks.

How often do you tell yourself “I’ll do it later”? Procrastination is normal, but don’t fret – there are ways to overcome it! Work with a Learning Strategist and a Counsellor to explore the possible factors that may contribute to your procrastination and learn tangible strategies to turn intention into action.

Stop relying on highlighting, re-reading, and cramming! Learn to make the most out of note taking, read to learn, create active learning tools, and leverage proven, powerful study techniques. Engage in high-impact studying and make your learning stick!

Boost your test-taking confidence by optimizing your preparation, increasing your focus and efficiency during the test, and reflecting on your test experience and results afterwards to perform even better the next time.

Wondering about using AI tools for your university coursework? In this session, you’ll learn about the wide range of instructor expectations, concrete strategies for dealing with some of the ethical implications of AI use, and how to figure out when AI is helping your learning and when it might be getting in the way.

Unlock the secrets to university-level writing and learn how to decode different assignment types, make sure a thesis statement matches the assignment, and tailor your writing decisions to a specific audience. This workshop will help you write with purpose and a better understanding of what your profs are looking for!

Are you feeling overwhelmed with a research assignment or don't know how to get started? Learn steps to launch each assignment, explore how to use brainstorming to focus your topic and guide your research, leverage your outlining skills to shape strong points, and stay on track one piece at a time.

Want to ensure your writing is focused and powerful? We’ll discuss what a thesis is and how to make yours effective. We’ll also identify the components of strong body paragraphs to help you support your thesis, and share strategies for integrating information from sources.

Note: We recommend completing the "Research Papers 101: Get Started" workshop first.

All academic writers strive to create texts that flow smoothly. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use reverse outlining to improve the logical flow of your ideas, and you’ll discover how different types of connectors contribute to smooth writing.

Hoping to sort out what a comma splice is, avoid those pesky run-on sentences, or finally grasp when to use a semicolon? In this workshop, you’ll learn to spot and fix common grammatical errors and review different sentence structures to help you achieve clarity and variation in your writing. Plus, you’ll discover strategies to become a more confident editor of your own work.

Are your instructors asking you to use researched information in your assignments but to... "put it in your own words?" Wondering if there are guidelines to properly paraphrase? This workshop focuses on how to reword ideas and information from sources and integrate it into your own writing. You will learn how to avoid some of the major pitfalls, such as misrepresenting sources, patchwriting, and plagiarism or citation trouble. Lots of examples and practice will help you approach paraphrasing with confidence!

New to APA style and wondering what it’s all about and how to do it? This workshop introduces foundational scholarly principles that guide citation and referencing. You’ll learn the basic guidelines outlined in the APA 7th edition and will have a chance to practice citing common source types. You will also practice using the MRU APA Referencing Guide so you can go forward and begin citing sources in your own scholarly work!

Already taken APA 1? Sign up for APA 2 for hands-on practice and discussions about citing trickier sources.

Prefer to learn at your own pace? Complete the APA Referencing Tutorial, which covers the same content as the live workshop and offers proof of completion.

Have you ever come across a source that seems impossible to cite? Not every source fits neatly into an APA template, but with the key parts to every reference and formatting guidelines in hand, you can problem-solve your way to a clear and accurate citation. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to navigate common tricky citation situations (like sources missing key details, online images, webpages, or videos) so you can cite with confidence in any assignment.

Note: Please attend the "APA 1: The Basics" workshop or complete the APA Referencing Tutorial on D2L before taking APA 2.

Need to use MLA style but not sure where to start? This introductory workshop breaks down the essentials of MLA 9th edition—the go-to citation format for the Humanities. You’ll learn about the importance of referencing, how to create correct in-text citations, and how to build a polished Works Cited page.

Check out MRU’s comprehensive MLA Referencing Guide anytime.

Prefer to learn at your own pace? Complete the MLA Referencing Tutorial, which covers the same content as the live workshop.

To enroll in the tutorial, click this link to D2L, log in using your @mtroyal.ca credentials, and then select the “Enroll in Course” button. (If you’re already enrolled, you’ll see “Open Course.”) We recommend you use Google Chrome as your web browser.