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PowerPoint Posted on Canvas

 

Author(s). (Year). Name of slide deck in italics [PowerPoint slides]. Canvas. https://lynn.instructure.com/ 

 

Example Canvas PowerPoint:

Farazmand, F. (2020). Public sector [PowerPoint slides]. Canvas. https://lynn.instructure.com/ 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Farazmand, 2020)
  • in-text quote: (Farazmand, 2020, Slide 3)

Example Cengage Slides (with no individual author):

Cengage Group. (Date). Title in italics and sentence case [PowerPoint slides]. http://www.cengage.com 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Cengage Group, Year).
  • In-text quote: (Cengage Group, Year, Slide 3). 

Note: APA does not provide rules for adding citations to PowerPoint slides but you should include a References slide and add in-text citations to each slide.

Note: If the audience for which are you writing does not have access to the slides, cite them as a personal communication.

Lecture notes in Canvas (and other platforms)

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Author(s) Lastname, First intial. (Year, Month Day). [Lecture notes on subject covered]. Department name, school name. URL of material

Example for Lynn Canvas material: 

Norcio, R. (2021). [Lecture notes BUS 311 course outline]. College of Business and Management, Lynn University. https://lynn.instructure.com/ 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Norcio, 2021)
  • In-text quote: (Norcio, 2021) [or use the slide number if available]

Example from Outside Lynn Canvas: 

Jerison, D. (2006, September 14). [Lecture notes on chain rule, and higher deriatives]. OpenCourseWare, MIT. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/resources/lec4/

  • In-text paraphrase: (Jerison, 2006)
  • In-text quote: (Jerison, 2006) [or use the slide number if available]

Note: If the audience for which are you writing does not have access to the notes, cite them as a personal communication.