The Conectados MindTap Personal Study Plan identifies your areas for improvement and provides extra study and practice personalized to your needs. The Personal Study Plan can be accessed via the "Extra: Personal Study Plan" links in the MindTap Learning Activities folder in each Module folder of your Brightspace course.
Videos
Watch the following videos to reinforce some of the grammar concepts featured this module.
The following video shows you step-by-step how to use a variety of spelling and grammar checkers to improve your writing in Spanish. It covers Google docs, Word online, languagetool.org, and spanishchecker.com. As you will notice, the professor is not from NU, but her advice on how to use these tools is very relevant for the writing that you will do in this course.
Job Aids
Type Spanish Accent MarksSzynalski, T. (n.d). Type Spanish accents. TypeIt. https://spanish.typeit.org/
Use this website's Spanish character buttons to type in Spanish. Then copy and paste it into your documents and Brightspace discussions and exams.
Typing Spanish Accent Marks & Characters Job AidKeep this document nearby! It lists various ways to use your computer's built-in keyboard shortcuts to type in Spanish. These methods will allow you to type directly into documents and Brightspace discussions and exams.
MS Word Spanish Punctuation & Spellcheck Job AidAs a student at NU, you get access to Microsoft Office. This document guides you through using Microsoft Word to insert Spanish-language characters and punctuation, and also how to set up spellcheck to accurately review Spanish spelling and grammar.
Recording Audio for Discussions in BrightspaceView this job aid for specific instructions on how to create and submit audio recordings for the Discussion assignments that require it.