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Information skills: Identify your needs

Identify your needs: Why should I know this?

When you follow this process, you should understand your assignments more clearly and you should also know where your marks will be earned - basically you fine tune your work. These skills will be just as useful in the workplace where you will decide how to complete a project, choose the right supplier, or just learn your rights if you think you are being treated unfairly. 

Starting your first assignment - A video

Quick Questions sessions

Find here the timetable for Learning Services Quick Questions at Christchurch City campus.

At Timaru campus Quick Questions sessions are Monday-Thursday 12-1pm, in Library.

At Quick Questions ask us about: 

  • getting set up to study,
  • managing your study and your time,
  • planning and writing assessments,
  • APA referencing,
  • preparing for exams and tests,
  • managing online learning

See My Ara for more information

Step 1. Open MyAra at https://myara.ara.ac.nz/

Step 2. Click on the Academic Support box     

Step 3. Click on the Quick Questions tile     

Some useful guides from Learning Services

Try out an assignment planning template and an example of its use which you can download from the links below.

For more information on planning your assignment you can visit Whitireia Weltec Polytechnic's page on this topic.

Other useful guides include: