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Boundless Teaching Platform - Customizable Textbooks and Intuitive Teaching Tools

The Boundless Teaching Platform allows educators to engage students with affordable, customizable textbooks and intuitive teaching tools. Customize textbooks in over 20 subjects and access pre-made teaching resources.

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Boundless Teaching Platform - Customizable Textbooks and Intuitive Teaching Tools

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  1. Boundless Lecture Slides Available on the Boundless Teaching Platform Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  2. Using Boundless Presentations Boundless Teaching Platform Boundless empowers educators to engage their students with affordable, customizable textbooks and intuitive teaching tools. The free Boundless Teaching Platform gives educators the ability to customize textbooks in more than 20 subjects that align to hundreds of popular titles. Get started by using high quality Boundless books, or make switching to our platform easier by building from Boundless content pre-organized to match the assigned textbook. This platform gives educators the tools they need to assign readings and assessments, monitor student activity, and lead their classes with pre-made teaching resources. Get started now at: • The Appendix The appendix is for you to use to add depth and breadth to your lectures. You can simply drag and drop slides from the appendix into the main presentation to make for a richer lecture experience. http://boundless.com/teaching-platform • Free to edit, share, and copy Feel free to edit, share, and make as many copies of the Boundless presentations as you like. We encourage you to take these presentations and make them your own. If you have any questions or problems please email: educators@boundless.com Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  3. About Boundless • Boundless is an innovative technology company making education more affordable and accessible for students everywhere. The company creates the world’s best open educational content in 20+ subjects that align to more than 1,000 popular college textbooks. Boundless integrates learning technology into all its premium books to help students study more efficiently at a fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks. The company also empowers educators to engage their students more effectively through customizable books and intuitive teaching tools as part of the Boundless Teaching Platform. More than 2 million learners access Boundless free and premium content each month across the company’s wide distribution platforms, including its website, iOS apps, Kindle books, and iBooks. To get started learning or teaching with Boundless, visit boundless.com. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  4. Introduction to College-Level Writing Introduction to College-Level Writing ] Introduction to College-Level Writing Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  5. Introduction to College-Level Writing > Introduction to College-Level Writing Introduction to College-Level Writing • Basic Principles of Academic Writing • Developing Your Voice as a Writer • Getting Help Meeting College Writing Expectations • Discussing Writing in Class Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/writing/textbooks/boundless-writing-textbook/introduction-to-college-level-writing-233/introduction-to-college-level-writing-234/

  6. Appendix Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  7. Introduction to College-Level Writing Key terms • academic writingWriting that is published or presented to a specialized audience in order to inform, persuade, demonstrate, explore, or achieve some other specific purpose. • analysisA critical examination by the writer which draws connections (or notes disconnections) between points of evidence. • claimAn assertion, used as the basis for an academic piece of writing, that must be proven with evidence. • counter-argumentsIdeas and evidence which refute or oppose the original claim. • draftingThe process of beginning to write and revise a paper, with the understanding that no one else will see it. • formatThe arrangement of images, titles, headers, content, and other formal elements of writing within a work. • genreA category or type of writing, usually in reference to different academic disciplines. • styleAn author's unique method of putting together words, phrases, sentences, analogies, metaphors, idioms, and expressions. • voiceThe distinct personality that comes through in a writer's work which may convey the author's attitude and character.  It may represent the characteristic speech and thought patterns of the writer.   • workshopA gathering of students who share brainstorming, research, drafting, revision, and editing tips by reading and responding to each other's papers. • workshopA discussion in which people can give one another feedback on each other's writing. • writing centerA space (often both physical and online) that provides students with free assistance on papers, projects, reports, multimodal documents, web pages, etc. from instructor and peer consultants. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

  8. Introduction to College-Level Writing Classroom discussion This class discussion is engaging. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Public Domain Images."People in workshop class public domain image picture."CC BYhttp://www.public-domain-image.com/people-public-domain-images-pictures/crowd-public-domain-images-pictures/people-in-workshop-class.jpg.htmlView on Boundless.com

  9. Introduction to College-Level Writing Kings College, Cambridge College writing can seem daunting at first, but there are methods to help you master it. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr."Kings College | Flickr - Photo Sharing!."CC BYhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/riklowe/552649138/View on Boundless.com

  10. Introduction to College-Level Writing Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Project Gutenberg.Public domainhttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/30168/30168-h/30168-h.htmView on Boundless.com

  11. Introduction to College-Level Writing The original Dallas Public Library Across many academic disciplines, research is often required for writing assignments. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com The Nostalgic Glass."The Nostalgic Glass | Dallas Library."CC BY-SAhttp://nostalgicglass.org/background.php?pn=19View on Boundless.com

  12. Introduction to College-Level Writing Individual style at the Ohio Renaissance Festival Much like the people shown above dressed in different costumes, every writer has a distinct style. You should maintain the distinctive elements of your voice and style in the academic context. Even when you're outside your comfortable, everyday environment, you can still find ways to express your unique style. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Flickr."Two Fops | Flickr - Photo Sharing!."CC BY-SAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/frted/4003842153/View on Boundless.com

  13. Introduction to College-Level Writing Attribution • Wikibooks."Study Skills."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Study_Skills%23Having_Discussions • Wiktionary."comprehension."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprehension • Wikipedia."Style (visual arts)."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_(visual_arts) • Wiktionary."voice."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voice • OpenStax CNX."The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication, Manual for Writing Mentors. September 17, 2013."CC BY 3.0http://cnx.org/content/m15909/latest/ • Wikipedia."Writing center."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing%20center • Wiktionary."schedule."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schedule • Wikipedia."Academic writing."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_writing • Wikipedia."Concision."CC BY-SA 3.0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concision • Wikipedia."Academic writing."CC BY-SA 3.0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_writing Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com

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