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Welcome to the Success Zone Canvas space. The resources here aim to provide you with information and learning materials that you will need while settling into and journeying through your time in college. Here, you can learn to develop (or refresh!) transitional skills such as note-taking and time management, explore budgeting and the realities of university life and develop effective academic writing and communication skills to ensure that you get the most out of the time here at University College Cork.

You will find learning material from Student IT, the UCC Library, the Graduate Attributes Programme, the Bystander Intervention Programme, UCC Career Services and UCC’s Skills Centre. These resources will help you develop academically, personally and professionally. Feel free to browse through all of the sections and use them as you want to. Dive into the tips that will help you thrive in university, discover and develop your library skills and embrace the writer and researcher within as you dip in and out of the skills below. There are lots of quizzes, worksheets and engagement opportunities for you throughout the modules for you to enjoy.

Why not set up a Google Drive or One Drive folder called Success Zone to store all of these together so that you can access them quickly and easily. If you are looking for more interactive writing and study engagement opportunities just email skillscentre@ucc.ie or book directly through our website (Links to an external site.).

Welcome
Academic Integrity
The Kit
Canvas & IT
Graduate Attributes
Skills Centre
Library
Exams
Bystander Intervention
Career Services

Yellow box with "The Kit" written on it

Introducing: The Kit

The Kit is an excellent resource which allows you to become familiar with UCC's landscape and all that the university has to offer - before you arrive! In this self-guided resource, you will learn about the different student programmes and apps available to you, how you can get involved in campus activities, how UCC encourages you to be part of its healthy campus, and more. The Kit is an important introduction to everything you need to know about studying at UCC, allowing you to step onto campus feeling confident of the facilities and aware of any resources you might need and where to find them. You can access The Kit here in the Success Zone throughout your time in UCC. It is here whenever you need it, allowing you to use this newfound knowledge to enjoy the UCC experience and focus on your course.

Part 1 - Know Before You Go

Part 2 - Finding Your Feet

Part 3 - Skills To Add To Your Kit

Part 4 - Know As You Go

Part 5 - Setting Your Goals

This Academic Integrity Fundamentals course contains 8 modules and takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete. It is strongly recommended that all students take this course to familiarise themselves with academic integrity, academic misconduct and related topics. This will help you identify the skills you need to succeed and give you the confidence to stand over your own work and take pride in it.

How the course works

To progress through this course, you will need to complete all the sections in one module in order to unlock the next one. At the end of each module is a short quiz. You can choose to complete the full course in one sitting or to take breaks and return to it in your own time. If you are returning to the course, remember to locate the correct module that you last left off at. If you click on a module and cannot access it/see a notification that it is locked, this means that you have not yet completed the previous module and need to do so before beginning this module.

Certificate

When you complete the course and fill out the relevant form at the end with your details, you will be issued an Academic Integrity Fundamentals certificate in recognition of your achievement. Please note that the Skills Centre issues these certificates on a weekly basis, so you will not receive it immediately. Please allow up to 2 weeks for your certificate to be processed.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact the coordinator, Dr Loretta Goff, directly: loretta.goff@ucc.ie

To begin the course, click on Module 1 below.

Module 1: What is Academic Integrity?

Module 2: Skills that Support Academic Integrity

Module 3: Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Module 4: What is Academic Misconduct?

Module 5: Risks of Contract Cheating and File-sharing

Module 6: Understanding Text-Matching Software

Module 7: Academic Integrity Supports in UCC

Module 8: Course Completion - Certificate

Student IT Services provide IT facilities and support to UCC Students. We're your first point of contact for questions on services such as email, printing, collaborative tools and everything in between!

Our Student Helpdesk is staffed by current UCC students, who know and understand the role of IT in your university experience. You can find our Student Helpdesk on the Q floor of the Boole Library.

We’ve put together the training video below, to help new students navigate through the range of IT services available:

IT Orientation - YouTube

1. The Basics of Canvas

2. Navigating Canvas

3. Download the Canvas App.

4. Update your profile picture

5. Using the Calendar

6. Link your Google Drive Account

7. Communicating through Canvas

Practice submitting online assessments

1. Submitting Assignments

2. Quizzes / MCQs in Canvas

- Academic Writing Essentials
- Unpacking the question
- How to write an essay
- How to develop an Argument
- Culture of Academic Writing for International Students
- Evidence and Incorporating research
- Editing your essay
- Proofreading your essay
- Literature Review
- Reflective Writing

Welcome to UCC Library
Access to UCC Library
Online Resources available
Information, Teaching and support available

Preface
1: Plagiarism
- Common Knowledge
- Direct Quotations
- Paraphrasing
- Test Your Knowledge
2: Citing & Referencing
- How It Works
- Secondary Referencing
- Referencing Styles
- Citing and Referencing Tools
Conclusion

Career Services

UCC Employagility