Every semester we are tasked to write a paper...and every semester I'm looking up videos to help me remember how to do it lol. I will be bookmarking this video for sure. It was awesome. Thanks!
You are the MVP!! Thank you! Idk why other people feel the need to make long drawn out videos explaining APA when you were able to get straight to the point with it! Thanks!!
I have been using this video for over a year now! I have so many papers and all required in APA format. I never get dinged for it thanks to this video!!
I REALLY appreciate tutorials such as this: simple, clear, and no wasted words. If only all tutorials were like this and didn't add their cheery, useless banter.
Colin, you have taken something seemingly complicated (and a little scary) and made it simple and thus, accessible. I can not thank you enough!! THANK YOU!!!!
Honestly, I was afraid of just hearing the word A.P.A. style. You have indeed been a life saver with this video when I was in crunched time and really needed something now. Thanks a million!
Omg I love you!!! First time college student after a 20 year return... I dont belive I did APA or MLA anything when I was in high school. Thank you for this video!
You're really a saint for making this. I've had classes where the professors have spent entire class periods telling us how to do APA, and I learned more from this video than I did from all of those classes combined. All of the instructions were clear and to the point.
Mahpara, thank you for your kind comment. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
I don't usually comment on videos, but I'd like to thank you for making my life a little bit easier with this video. It's an absolute lifesaver. You explain things so easily without babying the listener and simply explaining to them like a real person. Cant thank you enough.
Thank you for making this easy to follow guide! This is a great resource for someone returning to university after being out of high school since '06. Thanks a million!
This video currently helped me an insane amount since I am taking High School online right now while I am also in College. This college paper I thought was going to be insane and it took me 12 years to fully understand MLA and I am incredibly thankful that you are able to teach APA in a short amount of time. Thank you again your a life saver!!
Life saver. I wish everyone could be to the point and efficient in their teaching or videos. I learned more in this 4 minutes than my 2 writing classes.
Thank you Shahab. It was very kind of you to take the time to say this. Many of my students struggled; some with APA and some with Word. Ergo, i created this video to share with those needing the "Cliff Notes" of how to write in APA format.
Thank you so much for this super helpful video! I have literally never in my past 3 years of college had to write in APA, only MLA. This makes it sooo simple to understand.
Widywati, you are very welcome. That was my intent in sharing it. It is short enough that my students can re-watch it when needed, and print-screen the steps at the end.
Chideya, thank you for your kind comment on the v6 video. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
One tip I would like to add is to use the vertical ruler on the left side of the page to help center the text on the title page. Your example only uses 3 lines on the title page, but if you need to add more lines, spacing down a random number of times could make the text not be centered vertically on the title page. Your explanation of running heads and page numbers are a life saver!
Thank you so much. My PSYC teacher is no help at all. She’ll tell me my format is wrong, give me 0s on my papers but won’t offer feedback on what to correct. You video is so helpful.
Honestly, my biology teacher is a savage, she is constantly drowning us with homework, and I did not know what to do. To be honest, I still don't know how I've made it this far. I've used this video twice now, and since I can't high-five you over the internet, I guess a "Thank you very much" will have to do. Cheers mate!
Thank you Burd! My students are often long-removed from academia, and the (required) APA format is simply another punishment for returning. This video was intended to simplify it for all of their classes, as well as those who find it on TH-cam. Watch for the new APA 7th ed. video (7th ed. has some dramatic changes) in the next couple of months... Thanks again, Colin.
Fantastic! Thank you! I don't know why they make this so friggin hard. The instructions in my first online class assignment were vague and this video cleared it all up. THANK YOU!
I’m writing my final Capstone paper because I’ll be graduating in May! Yay! I’ve used the steps in this video countless times in the last 2 years and I’ve sent the link to my classmates. You’ve really simplified the APA process for many students and elevated much of the stress associated with writing papers. So thank you for this video! 👍🏽
Thank you! Of the many heartfelt and supportive comments I've received for these videos, yours included both your progress and achievement. Your ongoing academic effort and ultimate success is what I hoped was happening to those using this video, and you are so kind to share it. CONGRATULATIONS!!! "I'll be graduating in May!" is a fabulous achievement. I am so happy that this video was helpful!
Oh my effen god! Where was this the past year lol! This was the easy to understand. My school has all these tutorials and templates that are hard to understand and really don't make sense. I'm going to be using this every time I need to do a paper.
Hey Colin, this has been extremely helpful over the years, but now they updated APA format to the 7th edition! I need your quick, easy, and helpful guide once again :)
Julius, thank you for your kind words! The 7th edition video should be out in the next week or two. I'd intended to add it in the late spring, but work has been busy, and I'm sorry for the delay.
Thank you for this video. I teach Engineering Ethics and students have to write several APA papers and I use this video as a resource to help them with the formatting. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! I am very glad that it is helpful. Soon I will add a new video in similar format for the APA 7th ed. The changes include a simplified format for non-published (e.g. student) papers. I expect my students to be relieved by the changes, as am I.
Bizzybee1, the current APA is version 7. It is much simpler than v6. That video is "APA v7 Basic Format in 5 Minutes" and this is the link to it... th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html Good luck on the final paper!
Thank you so much for this! I always forget how to do these formats off the top of my head, then wind up messing something up with the header or paragraph indentations like you said. This video is so very helpful, I love how you just get right to the point and show us how to do it without all of the excessive explanations we tend to get in class and from our class formatting references guides. I saved this in like 3 different places so I can always find it when I have to do a paper, this is by far the best video for APA formatting I've come across so far! :)
Awesome tutorial! Never heard of APA style until I got an assignment that had to use this format and the directions that went with the assignment were very complicated.
Thank you! The APA v7 format is even easier, for student papers. They simplified the header, standardized the title page, and basically made it just font, margins, header, and title page for student papers. Citations and references have minor changes. If interested, here is a "APA v7 Basic Format in 5 Minutes." th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html
Spent all of high school and community College working witj mla format and then they throw this in my face at university. Saved my ass 15 minutes before paper was due, thank you!
Thank you! Very helpful, very clear! I am even using the web app version of Office/Word and therefore the locations of options is slightly varied. Still very clear!
Thank you for your kind comment on the v6 video.. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
The true mark of genius is simplicity. Thank you, sir.
Every semester we are tasked to write a paper...and every semester I'm looking up videos to help me remember how to do it lol. I will be bookmarking this video for sure. It was awesome. Thanks!
You are the MVP!! Thank you! Idk why other people feel the need to make long drawn out videos explaining APA when you were able to get straight to the point with it! Thanks!!
Every time I have to write an APA paper I look up this video, thank you Colin!
This is EXTREMELY helpful! When teachers make this seem harder than it looks... This video is a lifesaver. Thank you! Your video helped a lot!
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I have been using this video for over a year now! I have so many papers and all required in APA format. I never get dinged for it thanks to this video!!
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
I REALLY appreciate tutorials such as this: simple, clear, and no wasted words. If only all tutorials were like this and didn't add their cheery, useless banter.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
I was getting ready to fail in college until I came across this!! Thank you soooo much❤️
Me too
Me three
Colin, you have taken something seemingly complicated (and a little scary) and made it simple and thus, accessible. I can not thank you enough!!
THANK YOU!!!!
Honestly, I was afraid of just hearing the word A.P.A. style. You have indeed been a life saver with this video when I was in crunched time and really needed something now.
Thanks a million!
Omg I love you!!! First time college student after a 20 year return... I dont belive I did APA or MLA anything when I was in high school. Thank you for this video!
This made it so easy, just straight to the point without all the extra talking!
You're really a saint for making this. I've had classes where the professors have spent entire class periods telling us how to do APA, and I learned more from this video than I did from all of those classes combined. All of the instructions were clear and to the point.
Very short and explicit. I’m not a computer person but was able to quickly follow the steps and get my homework done
Saved. My. Life. I was stressing so bad trying to understand this on Perdue owl. Thank you so much!
I am in Purdue too. How are you doing on the program?
Thank you Mr. Murphy for such simple and precise tutorial on APA format. I always switch to your video when in need.
Mahpara, thank you for your kind comment. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
About to finish my degree and I have to thank you for this video. Every week I would use it just to make sure I was doing the right thing. Thank you!
I slowed down the speed and worked as you talked, thank you for this video
I am a 47-year-old veteran and I really want to thank you because I forgot since I took it's up about 15 years ago.
I don't usually comment on videos, but I'd like to thank you for making my life a little bit easier with this video. It's an absolute lifesaver. You explain things so easily without babying the listener and simply explaining to them like a real person. Cant thank you enough.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
I appreciate the straight, forward, streamline information contained, that omits the extra verbage that only distracts!!
This dude deserves a thumbs up! Very clear and to the point and I can't say how many times i've watched this video.
Thank you for making this easy to follow guide! This is a great resource for someone returning to university after being out of high school since '06. Thanks a million!
Omg heyyyyy fellow classmate of ‘06! Im returning to school as well and this was definitely a lifesaver! Happy studies!!
This video currently helped me an insane amount since I am taking High School online right now while I am also in College. This college paper I thought was going to be insane and it took me 12 years to fully understand MLA and I am incredibly thankful that you are able to teach APA in a short amount of time. Thank you again your a life saver!!
Life saver. I wish everyone could be to the point and efficient in their teaching or videos. I learned more in this 4 minutes than my 2 writing classes.
Thank you Shahab. It was very kind of you to take the time to say this. Many of my students struggled; some with APA and some with Word. Ergo, i created this video to share with those needing the "Cliff Notes" of how to write in APA format.
Thank you so much for this super helpful video! I have literally never in my past 3 years of college had to write in APA, only MLA. This makes it sooo simple to understand.
Came in handy. And in e mere 4 minutes. The voice was calm, unhurried and very patient. Well done!!
Thank you! You are alive saver for any student. The way you teach is clear and easy to understand.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
I find myself coming back to this video every time i have a submission, thanks! Awesome vid!
This is super helpful, I watch this video before each of my assignments. Thank you.
Colin, your video is a lifesaver for my students! Thank you very much for making it very quick, painless and digestible.
Widywati, you are very welcome. That was my intent in sharing it. It is short enough that my students can re-watch it when needed, and print-screen the steps at the end.
Can't thank you enough for making this video. Your video just saved my life. It took me forever to find a video easy enough to understand.
Can I say that I love you? Like really... I love you. This is the most concise and helpful explanation ever!
Chideya, thank you for your kind comment on the v6 video. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
One tip I would like to add is to use the vertical ruler on the left side of the page to help center the text on the title page. Your example only uses 3 lines on the title page, but if you need to add more lines, spacing down a random number of times could make the text not be centered vertically on the title page. Your explanation of running heads and page numbers are a life saver!
My government professor just sent me this video and I am eternally grateful!
I've learned more with this youtube video than I have in college. Thank you!
Don't forget to make the running head 12-point Times New Roman, too!
Whew...glad my instructor sent us this video to help with formatting! Thank you.
Thank you so much. My PSYC teacher is no help at all. She’ll tell me my format is wrong, give me 0s on my papers but won’t offer feedback on what to correct. You video is so helpful.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
Awesome! I dreaded this so much and you made it so easy! The word APA gave me a headache...so relieved! THANKS!
Thanks for making video short and explaining each and every thing in detail as well
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
THANK YOU!!!! Total sanity saver!! Why does everyone else make it so complicated?? 😁
Honestly, my biology teacher is a savage, she is constantly drowning us with homework, and I did not know what to do. To be honest, I still don't know how I've made it this far. I've used this video twice now, and since I can't high-five you over the internet, I guess a "Thank you very much" will have to do. Cheers mate!
Thank you Burd! My students are often long-removed from academia, and the (required) APA format is simply another punishment for returning. This video was intended to simplify it for all of their classes, as well as those who find it on TH-cam. Watch for the new APA 7th ed. video (7th ed. has some dramatic changes) in the next couple of months... Thanks again, Colin.
Very helpful & concise. You made APA formatting in Word very user-friendly. Thank you!
Thank you Thank you Thank you. It's been 23 years since I've used APA.
Thank you very much 😭.
This video save me for my Midterm Requirements.
Fantastic! Thank you! I don't know why they make this so friggin hard. The instructions in my first online class assignment were vague and this video cleared it all up. THANK YOU!
Bless you kind sir. Appreciate the short and to the point explanation. Very helpful resource.
I’m writing my final Capstone paper because I’ll be graduating in May! Yay! I’ve used the steps in this video countless times in the last 2 years and I’ve sent the link to my classmates. You’ve really simplified the APA process for many students and elevated much of the stress associated with writing papers. So thank you for this video! 👍🏽
Thank you! Of the many heartfelt and supportive comments I've received for these videos, yours included both your progress and achievement. Your ongoing academic effort and ultimate success is what I hoped was happening to those using this video, and you are so kind to share it.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! "I'll be graduating in May!" is a fabulous achievement. I am so happy that this video was helpful!
Oh my effen god! Where was this the past year lol! This was the easy to understand. My school has all these tutorials and templates that are hard to understand and really don't make sense. I'm going to be using this every time I need to do a paper.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you so much! What I thought was going to take me an hour only took me 20 minutes. Your the best!
This was very helpful. The simplistic way it was offered really helped.
Please put out more content!!! You are awesome!!! You left no questions
Hey Colin, this has been extremely helpful over the years, but now they updated APA format to the 7th edition! I need your quick, easy, and helpful guide once again :)
Julius, thank you for your kind words! The 7th edition video should be out in the next week or two. I'd intended to add it in the late spring, but work has been busy, and I'm sorry for the delay.
PERFECT! To the point without fluff.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
Apparently my professor expected me to magically know how to right in APA. Good thing this is here.
The most helpful video for APA format. After years I will remember these steps because it was clearly explained. Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I teach Engineering Ethics and students have to write several APA papers and I use this video as a resource to help them with the formatting. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! I am very glad that it is helpful. Soon I will add a new video in similar format for the APA 7th ed. The changes include a simplified format for non-published (e.g. student) papers. I expect my students to be relieved by the changes, as am I.
@@colinmurphyed.d.3583 I recently made a video on common mistakes of APA formatting. I will take a look at your video too. Thanks.
Thanks! You made understanding this process very simple. Thank You!
Thank You! I always forget APA is not terribly different from MLA, just a few things added.
I got so used to using this format that I still use it 25 years later
AMAZING, i needed it. i no more afraid from apa formatting after this video, thank you so much......m gona share it with my friends.
Thank you for this! Exactly what I needed. Now time to type this final paper!
Bizzybee1, the current APA is version 7. It is much simpler than v6. That video is "APA v7 Basic Format in 5 Minutes" and this is the link to it... th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html Good luck on the final paper!
Thanks Had To Write 3 pages using this format not knowing what it is but this video really helped
Thank you for this easy to understand tutorial. You're a real hero!
Hello! I am brand new to this formatting as I am use to MLA format from high school, my college requires apa. Your video helps so much! Thank you!
What a GREAT demonstration. Valuable video that I have taken advantage.
Oh my word. Such a helpful video. Thank you for taking the time to make this.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
It is so helpful, thanks a lot for a very clear instruction !
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you for this. I am returning to college after 12 years to pursue a degree. I needed a brush up for my first paper.
Thank you so much for this! I always forget how to do these formats off the top of my head, then wind up messing something up with the header or paragraph indentations like you said. This video is so very helpful, I love how you just get right to the point and show us how to do it without all of the excessive explanations we tend to get in class and from our class formatting references guides. I saved this in like 3 different places so I can always find it when I have to do a paper, this is by far the best video for APA formatting I've come across so far! :)
Awesome tutorial! Never heard of APA style until I got an assignment that had to use this format and the directions that went with the assignment were very complicated.
Very helpful. Short but meaty. Thanks Mr. Colin MUrphy.
Very simple and informative. Thank you for posting this video.
Your awesome!!! that broke down better than anyone has showed me! eternally greatful :)
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You helped me through my Master's program, thanks a ton!
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Thank you so much, made my assignment way easier!!!
Thank you! The APA v7 format is even easier, for student papers. They simplified the header, standardized the title page, and basically made it just font, margins, header, and title page for student papers. Citations and references have minor changes. If interested, here is a "APA v7 Basic Format in 5 Minutes." th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html
This video helped me get over my fear of APA, THANKS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! You have save me soooo much time!
Spent all of high school and community College working witj mla format and then they throw this in my face at university. Saved my ass 15 minutes before paper was due, thank you!
Very helpful instructions, clear and precise with visuals, thanks so much!
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This has been the most helpful video I've seen! Thank you very much Colin!!!!
This helped me so much! Thank you truly!
Thank u a lot for this!!! Very concise and informative.
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Ayyyyyyy now I can pass this semester, thank you!!
Thank you very much! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Simple and helpfull :)
Thanks for all of your help you have some professor give you a 50 page pamphlet when you just gave this information in 4 minutes
Done with very ease. I thought would be very tough! Thank you for such a good video 🙂 you have my thumbs up👍
Thank you for your help. It came at the exact right moment.
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Thank you for making this look so easy and it was!
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Thank you so much, this is very helpful.
Thank you so much sir this was very helpful and very clear to understand.
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Thank you so much for this video - I really appreciate it!
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Thank you very much for this tutorial. I found it to be very helpful.
Thank you so much Colin! You a life saver..
The APA v7 (released 10/2019) is the current standard, and is much simpler. Here is the video for it th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! Very helpful, very clear! I am even using the web app version of Office/Word and therefore the locations of options is slightly varied. Still very clear!
What an awesome, detailed and concise video! Thank you very much, this was extremely helpful.
Thank u Colin. Love from Pakistan
Thank you for your kind comment on the v6 video.. APA 7th edition (2020) has greatly simplified requirements for student papers. A new video th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html shows the new format. I hope that you find it useful.
That was very helpful. I really appreciate it. Thanks very much.
The APA v7 (released 10/2019) is the current standard, and is much simpler. Here is the video for it th-cam.com/video/bTFo4C5BRAg/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!! APA MADE EASY