AP Seminar Performace Task 2: Submitting your IWA
Summary
TLDRThis video tutorial guides students through the final steps of preparing and submitting their Individual Written Assignment (IWA) for the AP English Language and Composition exam. It emphasizes the importance of removing identifying information, ensuring citation consistency, and adhering to a 2000-word limit. The presenter provides a detailed walkthrough of formatting the paper, saving it as a PDF, and submitting it through the College Board's digital portfolio. The video also addresses common concerns such as style guides and the inclusion of elements in the word count, aiming to alleviate student stress and streamline the submission process.
Takeaways
- 📝 Final Checklist: The video focuses on completing a final checklist to prepare the paper for submission and the steps to submit the Individual Written Assignment (IWA).
- 🔍 Remove Identifying Information: Ensure no references to your name or school are present in the paper before submission.
- 📑 Title Page: Suggested to have a title page with the paper's title, research question, and word count, though it may not be necessary depending on the style guide.
- 🔑 Consistency: Maintain consistency in citations, font, font size, line spacing, and other formatting aspects throughout the paper.
- 📚 Style Guide: There is no required style guide for referencing sources; continue using the style (APA, MLA, Chicago) consistently and accurately as done throughout the year.
- 📈 Word Count Clarification: The 2000-word limit includes everything within the body of the essay, excluding tables and figures but including in-text citations and headings.
- 🖨️ PDF Submission: Save the final version of the paper as a PDF, ensuring all formatting is correct and consistent.
- 🔄 Formatting Checks: Use page breaks instead of multiple enter key presses and ensure hanging indents are consistent for references.
- 📲 Digital Portfolio Submission: Access the digital portfolio at digitalportfolio.collegeboard.org to submit the paper.
- ✅ Final Submission Process: After uploading the final paper, run an originality report, review the file, and submit it as final to ensure it is sent to the College Board for scoring.
- 📍 Correct Assignment: Submit the IWA to the 'Individual Research Based Essay and Presentation' section of the digital portfolio to avoid confusion with other assignments.
Q & A
What is the main goal of the video?
-The main goal of the video is to guide viewers through the process of preparing their paper for submission and to walk them through the steps of actually submitting the Individual Written Assignment (IWA) to the College Board.
What should a student have completed before reaching the final checklist stage mentioned in the video?
-Before reaching the final checklist stage, a student should have completed their drafts, undergone peer reviews, made revisions based on feedback, and be ready to submit their paper.
Why is it important to remove identifying information from the paper before submission?
-It is important to remove identifying information such as the student's name and school to maintain anonymity during the evaluation process, ensuring that the paper is assessed solely on its content and quality.
What are the three essential elements that should be included in a paper according to the video?
-The three essential elements that should be included in a paper are the title of the paper, the research question, and the word count.
What should the title of the paper represent?
-The title of the paper should be descriptive and accurately represent the content and focus of the paper, rather than being a generic title like 'IWA' or 'My Paper'.
Why is consistency in citations and references important for the paper?
-Consistency in citations and references is important to maintain academic integrity, ensure proper attribution of sources, and make the paper appear professional and well-organized.
What is the word count limit for the IWA paper?
-The word count limit for the IWA paper is 2000 words.
What does the video suggest regarding the use of style guides for citations?
-The video suggests that there is no required style guide for citing sources; students should continue using the citation style they have been using throughout the year, such as APA, MLA, or Chicago, as long as they are accurate and consistent.
How does the video guide viewers on saving their paper as a PDF for submission?
-The video guides viewers on ensuring consistent formatting, using page breaks, creating a hanging indent for references, and saving the paper as a PDF through the 'Download as PDF' option in their document editor.
What website does the video mention for submitting the IWA to the College Board?
-The website mentioned in the video for submitting the IWA to the College Board is digitalportfolio.collegeboard.org.
How can a student verify that their paper has been successfully submitted to the College Board?
-A student can verify that their paper has been successfully submitted by looking for black check marks on the digital portfolio website, indicating that the submission process is complete and the paper has been sent to the College Board.
What is the difference between submitting a draft and the final version of the paper on the digital portfolio website?
-Drafts are for review and do not get submitted to the College Board for scoring. The final version of the paper must be uploaded and submitted as final to be sent to the College Board for evaluation.
Why is it advised not to leave the submission until the last minute?
-It is advised not to leave the submission until the last minute to allow time for any potential issues that may arise, ensuring that there is enough time to address them and successfully submit the paper.
Outlines
📝 Final Checklist and Submission Process
The speaker introduces the video's purpose, which is to guide viewers through the final steps of preparing and submitting their Individual Written Assignment (IWA) for the AP English Language and Composition exam. The focus is on completing a checklist to ensure the paper is ready for submission. The speaker advises that the audience should have completed drafts and peer reviews and be ready to finalize their work. Key points include removing identifying information, ensuring the paper has a title, research question, and word count, maintaining citation consistency, performing a final spell check, and maintaining formatting consistency such as font, font size, and line spacing. The speaker also discusses the importance of adhering to a style guide and the stress related to meeting the 2000-word count requirement.
📑 Formatting and Saving the Paper as a PDF
This paragraph delves into the specifics of formatting the paper for submission. The speaker emphasizes the importance of using consistent fonts and font sizes, utilizing page breaks effectively, and ensuring that the reference page has proper hanging indents. The process of saving the paper as a PDF is outlined, including checking for correct formatting, such as indentations and page breaks, before final submission. The speaker provides a step-by-step guide on how to select all text and change the font and size uniformly, how to insert page breaks, and how to create hanging indents for citations. The final step is to save the paper as a PDF and review it to confirm that all formatting is correct.
🔗 Submitting the IWA to the Digital Portfolio
The speaker explains the process of submitting the IWA to the digital portfolio on the College Board's website. The video script details the navigation through the digital portfolio website, including selecting the correct assignment (Individual Research Based Essay and Presentation, or PT2). It is crucial to upload the correct file and to review it before submission. The speaker mentions the importance of running an originality report and the steps required to submit the final version of the paper. This includes confirming that the file is the correct version, ensuring it does not contain identifying information, and acknowledging that no further changes can be made once submitted. The speaker advises viewers to follow the steps carefully to ensure successful submission.
✅ Confirming Submission and Next Steps
The final paragraph focuses on confirming that the IWA has been successfully submitted and what to expect after submission. The speaker advises viewers to look for black check marks as an indication that the paper has been submitted correctly. They differentiate between drafts (indicated by orange triangles) and final submissions (indicated by black check marks). The speaker also emphasizes the importance of submitting to the correct assignment tabs to avoid confusion between the Team Project and Presentation (Irr) and the Individual Written Argument (IWA). The video concludes with advice to check with teachers before submitting, not to leave submission to the last minute, and to celebrate after successful submission.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Final Checklist
💡Submission
💡Identifying Information
💡Title Page
💡Citations
💡Consistency
💡Style Guide
💡Word Count
💡Digital Portfolio
Highlights
Introduction to the video on submitting the iwa (Individual Written Assignment).
Final checklist preparation for paper submission.
Assumption that drafts and peer reviews are complete.
Five major steps to prepare the paper for submission.
Step 1: Removing identifying information from the paper.
Recommendation for including a title page with paper details.
Emphasis on a descriptive title for the paper.
Maintaining consistency in citations and works cited.
Final spell check and formatting consistency.
Importance of adhering to the 2000-word count limit.
Clarification on what is included in the word count.
Guide on saving the paper as a PDF.
Ensuring consistent font, font size, and page breaks.
Using hanging indents for proper formatting.
Submitting the paper through the digital portfolio website.
Instructions for uploading and finalizing the submission.
Confirmation of submission through black check marks.
Advice on submitting work as final and celebrating completion.
Transcripts
hey everybody and welcome to another
video
on the iwa in today's video we'll be
submitting
the iwa so let's get after it
uh so today our big picture goal is
completing a final
checklist to prepare the paper for
submission
and then actually go through the steps
to submit the iwa
so let's review a little bit at this
point
you should have already completed your
drafts you've done a peer review
you've done another draft you've done
another peer review
and hopefully you are just you know sort
of
done with the paper you're ready to get
it uh submitted
so there are a couple of final um
things that you should take a look at to
make sure that you are doing
to really prepare the paper for that
final submission
and so i'm going to start here five
major things five major steps to get
your paper
from its final draft form to the pdf
that you're gonna actually submit to the
college board
so step one is to remove any identifying
information from your paper
so no references to your name no
references to your school
so sometimes if you've been submitting
stuff for classwork it's easy for us to
overlook that we're always
sort of ingrained with putting our name
on all of our documents
so make sure that you are removing any
references to your name
or school prior to submission
i always encourage my students to have a
title page
for their final paper but a title page
may not be necessary
depending on the style guide that you
have so
make sure that you somewhere along the
paper have
the following three things the title of
your paper
your research question and your word
count those three things
i always encourage my students to have
those on that cover page it's a nice way
to introduce your paper to the reader
who will be
scoring your paper to let them know what
your paper is going to be about
make sure that the title of your paper
is not just iwa
or my paper make sure that it is
actually descriptive
of what your paper is actually going to
be about
as you're doing a final check throughout
your paper make sure that you're working
on
keeping that consistency for all of your
citations making sure that all of your
citations are in your works cited and
vice versa
do a final spell check you'd be
surprised some of the small things that
you might be missing
and then um also ensure that you are
having a consistency in terms of your
font your font size
your line spacing all of those things so
sometimes
throughout the revision process um
your paper may have gone a little messed
up maybe you're working on a couple of
different documents
so make sure that everything is
consistent right we want to make sure
that we're
presenting ourselves in the most uh
professional way here
taking a look at that final works cited
or reference page
making sure that all of your sources are
in alphabetical order
once again checking for that consistency
and then
after you've done all of those things
getting the paper ready to submit
as a pdf and i'll walk you through those
steps in a second
now before i get there i wanted to
take a moment to talk about the style
guides
and the word count because if you're
anything like my students
that word count is really going to be
something that's going to be stressful
so the first thing that i want to talk
about is the style guide
so there is not a required style guide
for
you to reference your sources and you
should continue referencing your sources
in the way that you've been doing it all
year
whether that's apa or mla or chicago
style
one way is not better than the other
what we're looking for is for you to be
accurate
and consistent and that's reflected on
your screen
with the two different um scoring
columns here for
attribution so you'll notice that for
three points the response
is attributing or citing sources through
the use of in-text citations or
footnotes
but not always accurately so that
accuracy
and inconsistency is going to
be what's preventing you from getting
from the three point
column to that five point column because
in that five
point column your response will be
attributing
accurately citing and integrate the
integrating sources
used throughout your paper and you're
going to be doing it
accurately and consistently okay
so that's the key difference there is
you're do for the three points
you're doing it but you're not always
doing it accurately consistently
for the five points all of your
citations are accurate
all of your citations are using a
consistent style
and one final clarification on that word
count
on that word count you have a 2000 word
uh 2000 word word count as far as what
is included what is not
included what i like to tell my students
is that
anything within the body of the essay
so meaning from the first word of your
paper
to the last word of the conclusion
anything in there counts for the word
count
okay now if you have tables
figures anything like that
that is not in the word count but
in-text citations
titles sub-headings all of that counts
so avoid doing a word count where you
try to like subtract
all of the in-text citations it's just a
waste of your time
anything within that body of the essay
that's really what we're counting okay
so make sure that you are adhering to
that 2000 word
word count so i'm going to take a moment
here
to guide you through the process of
saving your paper
as a pdf so here i have a sample paper
um i'm going to call it my dummy iwa
and so by this point in time hopefully
this is the final version of your paper
and there are just a couple of things
that you're going to want to take a look
at
to ensure that everything is consistent
so i mentioned earlier that you're going
to want to make sure that you
that all of your text is a consistent
font
consistent font size we can easily do
that by just selecting all of our
text here ctrl a on a computer on a on a
regular pc
command a on a mac that'll select all of
your text
and then we're going to change it all to
have a consistent font size
and then we're going to select one
type of font and that will ensure that
we have
one uh one font and one font size
now you might also consider
using page breaks instead of hitting the
enter key
30 different times to get to a new page
so if you have a cover page and you want
to go from this line of my word count
to the next line which is down here on
the large scale behavior
towards environmentalism
you go to in insert
break page break
and that's going to get you from here
to here without you having to hit the
enter key a bunch of different times
okay that'll that formatting is going to
help
when we actually save our paper as a pdf
the last thing that i want to talk about
here in terms of formatting
is your reference page specifically i
want to talk about
using this for
our indentations so on this highlighted
source here
you'll notice that my indentations
are not consistent with my hanging
indents
for my other sources so
to insert a hanging indent you just want
to go to format
align and indent indent options
and then where it says special indent
you're going to click hanging
and that'll automatically indent that
first line
any lines after that we're going to want
to make sure that we just hit our tab
and that'll move it over and that's
going to help us
in terms of making sure that our
paper is completed completely
formatted properly to save your paper as
a pdf
i'm going to go to file download as
a pdf
that paper is going to go to your
downloads file or wherever it is that
it gets sent to as part of that final
process
part of the final review you're going to
want to make sure that
all of your formatting is correct on the
so you're going to give it another
review to ensure that the formatting is
okay
to make sure that your indentations
didn't get messed up to make sure that
your
page breaks didn't get messed up
you'll see here that for the most part
this looks pretty good
this looks like it's ready to submit
so this is going to be our file you'll
notice dummy iwa is the file that we're
going to submit
okay you want to make sure that you're
submitting the appropriate file
and on the um on the digital portfolio
page which i'm going to talk about in a
second
you'll go through a couple of different
steps to complete that submission
process
so i mentioned submitting the paper to
the digital portfolio website
so in order to access that digital
portfolio which you should be pretty
familiar with because you've used it for
ebsco and you've used it for
turnitin.com
logging onto the digital portfolio you
go to digitalportfolio.collegeboard.org
and that's going to take you to the
actual college board website where we're
gonna go
to submit our paper
so logging onto the digital portfolio
website
this is probably what you're gonna see
you're gonna see on the left hand side
you will see a couple of different
options here
so what this is going to look like on
your left hand side
you're going to see two your two
projects
your team project and presentation which
is pt1
and then the individual research based
essay
and presentation which is pt2
for the purposes of this video we're
submitting the
individual written argument the iwa the
2000 word paper
the longer one so we
want to submit our paper
to the individual research based essay
and presentation
it is very important that you submit
your paper
to the correct assignment
so if you click on team project and
presentation
you will see individual research report
we are not submitting here for this
video okay so ignore that
we are looking for the individual
written argument
so to submit that we're going to go and
click
here now
as part of this we will have an option
to
upload a couple of different things
so to upload your file remember our
dummy iwa up here
you just go to click upload new
and that's going to take you to select a
file
that file will be our
dummy iwa so i want to submit
my dummy iwa
so after uploading your file you're
going to
need to make sure that you are reviewing
your file
to ensure that it is actually the final
version of the video that you want
of the paper that you want to submit
so to do that you need to go through a
couple of steps
you need to make sure that you run an
originality report
because that is going to be what allows
you to submit your final version
okay so to run that originality report
you just run it and you can view your
report
you can upload as many versions of your
paper
as you would like the only version of
the paper that gets submitted to the
college board
is the final version that you upload
so the last file that you uploaded is
the one that gets submitted
okay so if you need to upload a hundred
different drafts
to view a hundred different originality
reports
go for it the only one that gets
submitted to the college board
is the final one you'll notice this very
important alert here
that your work will not be sent to the
college board for scoring
unless you submit your work as final
this is a critical step
you need to make sure that you click on
this button
submitting the final button and i'm not
going to do that for this student
will require you to do a couple of
things
you will first need to view the file one
final time
to ensure that it is the version that
you want to submit
make sure that you go over it again you
will need to click these three buttons
to confirm that you've reviewed the file
and that it's the correct version
that you have confirmed that the file
doesn't have your name or any
other identifying information and
that you understand that you won't be
able to make any changes this is it
it's the final version so make sure that
it's the right one
make sure it's the correct paper being
submitted to the correct
assignment after you do those three
things
you'll be taken through a couple of
other steps
to finally submit that that paper
okay if you can get to this page
and if you can click on these three
buttons the next couple of steps are
pretty straightforward
the last thing that i'll look at is
ensuring that your paper is all
submitted
how will you know so once you go through
these final steps
to ensure that you have done that final
submission to ensure that you have gone
through
all of the steps you're going to want to
make sure that you look for black check
marks
okay and you'll notice an example here
of
a yellow triangle so yellow triangles
or orange triangles in this case orange
triangles mean
that you have submitted a draft drafts
do not get submitted to the college
board so if you see an orange triangle
it means that you've only submitted a
draft and that you haven't gone through
all of the steps necessary
to actually submit that paper
so to get there you want to make sure
that you go through the necessary steps
to get a black check mark
make sure that you do a final
verification of going through all the
steps needed
to get two black check marks the iwa
and the irr be very careful
if you're submitting both papers at the
same time which sometimes your teachers
have you do that
make sure that the irr is being
submitted to the
team project and presentation tab and
that the iwa
is being submitted to the individual
research based essaying presentation
okay so the team equals irr
the individual equals iwa
next steps we're almost there people we
are almost there
check with your teacher to make sure
that you should be submitting your work
as final
leave it to the last minute to submit
your work okay you always want to make
sure that you're preparing for any
anything that might potentially go wrong
once you verify that everything is good
to go
submit that paper and celebrate for a
little bit
thanks for watching
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