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Unit 6 Assignment – APA Title Page and Headers

CIS112 – Introduction to Computing

Due: Midnight Sunday of Unit 6.

There is a specific yet simple format to an APA title page; the headers on the title page and other pages also have a specific format. In this assignment, you will create and format an APA title page document. You will then be able to use this as a template for any APA paper that you may need to write in future courses. Refer to the unit resources in Readings and Resources for the specifics of this type of document.

The requirements for your assignment are:

1. The name of the paper will be: APA Template.

2. Open a new Word document in your OneDrive course folder.

3. Set the font to Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced with 0 pt. spacing after the paragraph.

4. Set up the header on the first page to include the running head and page number.

5. Set up the header on the other pages to include the paper name and page number.

6. Set up the body of the document to display the paper name, your name, and the university name centered in the center of the page. 

7. Create a 2nd page containing the following sentence:

This is a template that I can use for future APA formatted papers.

8. Run spell check and ignore if your name comes up as misspelled - it should have no red underlines when submitted 

9. Rename the document yourinitials_APAtemplate.docx 

10. Your document will look something like this except with your paper name and your full name:

Refer to the grading rubric below for the grading criteria.

Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Unit 6 Assignment

Criteria	Deficient	Proficient
	0-29 points	30 points
Title Page – header	The title page header is missing or incorrectly formatted.	The title page header is correctly formatted using the running head format and page number 1.
Title page - body	The body of the title page is missing or incorrectly formatted.	The title page body includes the name of the paper, student name, and university name, in that order, centered on the page.
Second Page	The header for the second page is missing or incorrectly formatted. The sentence is missing.	The header for the second page is correctly formatted using the name of the paper and the page number inserted and updated automatically. The sentence indicated in the instructions is included.
	0-9 points	10 points
Document name	File name is incorrect.	File name is named correctly.