Kia ora. Welcome to your NMIT APA Referencing 6th ed. course. This course is designed as a self-directed online course. If you need extra help, see the Further Support tab for options.

How to use this course 

Below is a schedule of the course topics. We recommend working your way through the sections under the Topics tabs, particularly if you are a complete beginner to referencing, or haven't done any referencing for some time. These sections contain information and tasks to enhance your learning, and each section builds on what you have learned in the previous section.

The Guides and Tools tabs provide resources for you to refer to.

Throughout the course, you will be provided with hands-on practice activities, easily identified by their green label:

Things to note

• The duration of this course will vary depending on whether you have any prior knowledge of referencing. You can expect it to take anywhere from 1-2 hours to complete. You might like to do it over 2-3 sessions.
• The course focuses on the APA Publication Manual 6th edition style of referencing. As of February 2020, all courses at NMIT, with the exception of Nursing, will move to using the new APA 7th edition style.
• By the end of the course you should feel more informed about what referencing is, why we do it and be able to reference varied source types using a suitable referencing guide.