Academic Skills Portfolio: Note-taking, Plagiarism, Referencing Skills

This portfolio provides an explication of essential academic skills, emphasizing the significance of note-taking, reliable information sources, plagiarism avoidance, referencing techniques, and presentation skills. It highlights the benefits of effective note-taking for improved comprehension and retention, differentiates between primary, secondary, and tertiary information sources, and underscores the importance of avoiding plagiarism to maintain academic integrity. The portfolio also explains referencing and paraphrasing, stressing the use of in-text citations and bibliographies, particularly in APA style, and emphasizes the role of presentation skills in effectively communicating ideas through visual representation. Ultimately, the portfolio asserts that mastering these academic skills is crucial for constructing accurate and impactful reports.

ACADEMIC SKILLS
Assessment 1 – Portfolio (1000 words)

Table of Contents
R D CINT O U TION .....................................................................................................................................3
ote takingN - ......................................................................................................................................3
Source of information ........................................................................................................................4
lagiarismP ........................................................................................................................................4
Referencing and araphrasingP .........................................................................................................4
resentation skillsP ...............................................................................................................................5
C C SON LU ION.........................................................................................................................................5
R R C SEFE EN E ..........................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The academic skills and the capabilities can be termed as the benefits of the
academic pursuits through the acquisition of précised report writing skills, research
conductions and the presentation skills. The critical analogy, time management
ability and the understanding of the conception of referencing is significant in order to
accurately design a report (Assender and Leadbeater, 2022). This helps in the
effective assignment delivery also proves to be an aid in the building of proficiency in
the structural designing. This portfolio aims at the provision of the explication of the
significant of note-taking, the reliable sources of information, why and how to avoid
plagiarism, conception of referencing and the importance of presentational skills in
the academia.
Note-taking
The benefits of outlining what is significant and what is not, helps in the better
understanding of the subject matter. The various formats that can used for this
purpose is the utilisation of flowcharts, mapping, bullet points and etc. The important
part of the lectures or the conferences must be written down so that on can revisit
the notes after the class and do not miss out on any specific and significant piece of
information later on. The benefits of note taking can be classified in terms of:
In the class benefits – This helps in focusing over the lectures in the class and
understand the concepts better. This furthermore helps in the improvement of the
listening skills, retention levels and the effectual comprehension of the materials and
prove to be aid for remembering what is heard and seen in the lectures (Assender
and Leadbeater, 2022).
Post the class benefits – This could be beneficial for taking a revisit over the matter
and understand it even more properly. The concise manner of noting down the
significant points can help in the saving of energy as well as a reduction in the scope
of disorganisation.
Source of information
The information can be defined as a source which helps in the provision of
informing others about particular things. The sources can be acquired through a

number of significant observations, speeches of influential people, documentaries or
even through the medium of pictures. The most important sources of information can
be taken from the medium of magazines, books, newspaper reading and the
catalogues that are present in the libraries (Fathi and Rahimi, 2022). The potential
discrimination of the sources can be based upon: Primary, Secondary and the
Tertiary sources. The actual motive of the sources of information in to accelerate the
comprehension skills of an individual and to stir them up with epochal emotions in
regards to the subject matter. This moreover help in the development of effective
communication skills through the implications of correct usage of grammatical
concepts, reduction in the errors, building up of research skills and etc.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is refereed to as the presentation of someone else' work as one's
individual idea. It is the situation when the incorporation of the acknowledgment of
others work is missing from the report. The presence of plagiarism can be unplanned
or even can be intentional, but is considered to be as a strict offence. The
importance of the consideration of plagiarism is in regards to the rupture of the
academic integrity of the work. This means that an individual fails in the process of
learning and thereby obligated in the direction of the immediate need to copying
somebody else's work (Kumarawel and Yusop, 2022). The scholar should avoid the
reasons to plagiarize the work as its simply reciprocates the conception of the lack of
ability to present one's point of view in regards to the matter and represents the lack
of the understanding of the importance of interdisciplinary skills. In order to eliminate
the scope of unintentional plagiarism, one should effectively note down the subject
matter in a precise manner and should not recklessly analyse the all-encompassing
matter of the academia.
Referencing and Paraphrasing
The procedure of referencing can be defined as the acknowledgement of
somebody else's work and presenting it in a constructive manner in one's report. The
authentic sources are recognized in the work thereby. The components of
referencing are thereby the active utilisation of in-text citations and the presence of
bibliography in the report. This thus helps in giving due regards towards the research
of significant scholars in the field of academics. The referencing style which is vividly

popular in the academic research is the utilisation of APA styling. The paraphrasing
of the work, on the other hand, helps in the explicating of the ideas and the view
points of others (Rashid, 2022). The individual can put their own words and try to
explain the actual meaning of the subject matter in their own respective manner. The
motive of paraphrasing is that the individual is capable enough to understand the
matter and translate in his/ her own words.
Presentation skills
The showcasing of compelling presentation skills helps in the elucidation and
apprehension of the work in an innovative and creative manner by an individual
through the visual representation of the work. The way a piece of work is presented,
instructive, informative and enlightening, helps in the better understanding of the
conception. The virtual cognition makes it appealing and builds interest to read and
comprehend towards the subject (Yoong, 2022). The presentation can be
persuasive, instructional and informative depending upon the dimensions of the
work. The best way to improvise the presentational skills is to prepare it in advance
which will give an individual ample of time to make it as comprehensive, appealing
and constructive as it can be. The briefings that are required to be showcased in the
slides must be concise and precise which reflects the real meaning of the work.
CONCLUSION
An inference can thus be incurred that the imperativeness of the accuracy in
each of the segments discussed in the portfolio is essential for the effectual
construction of a report. The comprehension of the significance of the academic
skills helps in the numeration of the varied aspects involved in the presentation of a
conception. This thereby proves to be an aid in the delivery of the subject matter
according to the requirements and the needs of the ideology and not based on the
inefficacy of the determiner.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals

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