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APA Reference Guide: Information on Canvas / Teacher Notes

APA Reference Guide 7th Edition to correctly acknowledge sources of information in your work and assessments

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Canvas coursework

Referencing Information found on St Patrick's College Canvas (examples are in blue)


  Referencing any notes, images or information found on Canvas that has been added by your teacher is referenced a little differently to other sources of information.

 It is always best to try and find the original source. If there is an image or PDF on Canvas you would like to reference, it is best practice to find where it originally came from and reference the original source, however when this is not possible please use the examples below to reference information found on Canvas or discussed by your Teacher during class.

 Capital letters in the title: There should only be a capital letter for the first word in the title, the first word in the subtitle, or for a proper noun (such as a place or a person's name). All other words in the title are lower case.

 Title is in italics: The title of the document / image is in italics UNLESS you do not have a title and you are creating your own (see examples below)

 

(Please note the URLs listed are examples only).

 

Referencing Canvas

 

Format       Reference In-Text    Citation
Information / notes written by teacher, found on Canvas 

Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title [Course notes]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Campbelltown. Canvas URL

 

Robertson, L. (2022). All My Own Work [Course notes]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2312/pages/welcome-to-your-amow-journey?module_item_id=89860

 

(Author surname, Year).

Robertson, (2022).

 
Information / notes written by teacher on board during class Author Surname, Initial. (Year). General or brief title [Course notes]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Campbelltown.

Parsons, E. (2023). Chemical and physical reactions [Course notes]. St Patrick's College for Girls,       Campbelltown.

(Author surname, Year).

 


(Parsons, 2023)
Notes taken during class discussion (not in Canvas or written on board) See Personal Communication See Personal communication
PowerPoint Slides found on Canvas

Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title [PowerPoint slides]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL
 

Harradine, S. (2019). Copyright and music [PowerPoint slides]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. 
https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2312/pages/1b-copyright-+-music?module_item_id=89884

 

(Author surname, Year, slide number).

 

(Harradine, 2019, slide 4).

 

(Harradine, 2019, slides 4-5).
Downloadable worksheet or PDF, found on Canvas, with author and date known.

Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title [format]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL

 

Jones, J. (2012). The fate of Rasputin [PDF]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2461/pages/revolution-approaches-russia?module_item_id=115198

 

Smith, H. (2021). Nazism [Worksheet]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2461/pages/revolution-approaches-russia?module_item_id=115198

 

(Author surname, year).

 

 

(Jones, 2012).

 

 

(Smith, 2021).
Downloadable worksheet or PDF, found on Canvas, with no known author and date.

[own brief description of document] [format]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL

[Holocaust survivors] [Class handout]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2461/modules

 

[own brief description of document, n.d.]. 

 


[Holocaust survivors, n.d.].
Image found on Canvas, with author known

Author Surname, Initial. (Year). Title [Image descriptor]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL

 

kevgibbo. (n.d.). Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge [Photograph]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2312/pages/4a-referencing-an-image?module_item_id=89895

 

 

Note: the 'Author' is the person responsible for creating the image (eg: the illustrator, or photographer, etc). 

 

 

Above the figure add:

Figure (add number).
Title of figure.

Figure 1.
Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

Under the figure add:

Note: From Image title [image descriptor], by Author,
Year, St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas, Canvas URL. 

Note: From Sydney Opera House and Harbour
Bridge [Photograph], by kevgibbo, n.d., Canvas,
https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses
/2312/pages/4a-referencing-an-image?module_item_id=89895

 

NOTE: if your image is part of an Appendix and
does not appear in your main body of work,
you still require a reference list entry but do
not need an in-text citation.  
Image found on Canvas, with no known author, title or date

[own brief description of image] [Image descriptor]. St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL

 

[Black spider caught in web / propaganda] [Illustration]. St Patrick's College Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/courses/2461

 

 

 

Above the figure add:

Figure (add number).
[own brief description of image]

Figure 1.
[Black spider caught in web / propaganda]

 

Under the figure add:

Note: [own brief description of image] [image descriptor], St Patrick's College for Girls, Canvas. Canvas URL

Note: [Black spider caught in web / propaganda] [Illustration]. St Patrick's College Canvas. https://saintpatricks.instructure.com/
courses/2461

NOTE: if your image is part of an Appendix and does not appear in your main body of work, you still require a reference list entry but do not need an in-text citation.