PENGUATAN PEMANFAATAN SOFTWARE PENULISAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN SOFT SKILLS MAHASISWA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31764/sjpu.v3i1.3380Keywords:
artikel ilmiah, mahasiswa, penulisanAbstract
Menulis merupakan salah satu keterampilan yang harus dimiliki oleh mahasiswa tingkat akhir untuk menyusun karya ilmiah. Keterampilan menulis juga menjadi modal penting bagi lulusan untuk bersaing di dunia kerja. Namun demikian, penguasaan keterampilan menulis masih menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi sebagian mahasiswa. Kesulitan tersebut timbul dari ketidakmampuan memanfaatkan software penulisan secara maksimal dan kurangnya pemahaman akan konsep plagiat serta pencarian literatur yang berkualitas. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan melalui pelatihan dan pemberian materi terkait ketrampilan menulis. Peserta pelatihan merupakan 100 mahasiswa dari perguruan tinggi negeri dan swasta yang ada di Kota Malang. Pengabdian dilaksanakan secara daring dengan durasi selama 10 jam. Materi yang diberikan antara lain, ialah pemaksimalan fitur Ms. Word dan Mendeley untuk daftar pustaka. Tindak lanjut diberikan melalui penugasan dan umpan balik terkait materi pelatihan. Hasil surveymenunjukkan bahwa peserta pengabdian memperoleh pemahaman terkait pemanfaatan software penulisan. Peserta mampu mensitasi dan menggunakan fitur Ms. Word untuk mengoptimalkan penulisan karya ilmiah.
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Writing is an important skill to be possessed by graduates to obtain jobs. This skill is also needed, especially for final year students to write their thesis. However, academic writing poses a challenge for many students. This challenge is due to a lack of understanding in searching for quality literature, inability to use writing software, including the misunderstanding of the plagiarism concepts. This public service activities were conducted for 10 hours by providing training to maximise the use of Ms. Word and Mendeley also explaining the characteristics of academic writing. The participants of this public service activities were 100 public and private university students in Malang. Participants were provided online training materials in relation to the use of Ms. Word to assist academic writing and the use of Mendeley to properly cited prior studies. Assessments related to the course materials were designed and feedbacks were provided to the participants. Based on the evaluation survey, participants agreed that the activities improve their knowledge and skills to use Ms. Word dan Mendeley for academic writing. Participants are able to cite properly by using Mendeley and use Ms. Word to accelerate academic paper writing.
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