About Our Service
The Learning Advisors Team offers targeted academic support that is delivered to students in three distinct stages. While these stages are progressive in nature, a student seeking academic support can tap into the process at any point they deem necessary. These stages are:
STEP 1: Mind Mapping or Brainstorming
Learning advisors are happy to begin the brainstorming process with students who are unsure of how to approach an assignment question. Students booking a brainstorming session should attach the relevant unit information document to the booking, including the assignment question, and the assessment rubric. This gives our learning advisors context for the booked brainstorming session and allows them to do some background reading if required.
STEP 2: 1st Draft (1D) Review
Our learning advisors will provide detailed feedback when reviewing a 1D (first draft) student paper. Just as with the mind-mapping or brainstorming stage, students must include in their booking the relevant unit information, the unit outline (with rubric) with their emailed paper. Students should view this stage as an opportunity to learn more about their own academic writing process. The comprehensive feedback provided by the learning advisors is designed to help students develop and hone their academic writing skills which will support them on their path to academic writing autonomy at Avondale.
STEP 3: Review of Final Draft (FD) Paper
Learning advisors are also happy to review a final draft before students submit their papers to Turnitin. It is expected that a FD (final draft) paper will have resolved the issues highlighted in the preceding 1D (first draft) paper and will include finalised proofreading, formatting and referencing. A FD paper that has not resolved previously highlighted issues and/or does not included finalised proofreading, formatting and referencing, will not be reviewed for a second time.
NOTE: at any time the student can access Studiosity to gain feedback.
