Complete your final project

What is a master's/bachelor's degree final project? What is the format? Where can you find help when you are working on your final project?

Ascertain your need, select the appropriate sources, carry out the search and evaluate the results.

If you are about to embark upon your final project, a good starting point might be to cast your eye over the bachelor's and master's degree final projects that teaching staff from the UOC's different faculties have honoured for their quality.

A book published by Editorial UOC on how to prepare a master's degree final project based on a practical approach, with examples and solutions.

Indispensable guide to successfully writing a master's or bachelor's degree final project.

This website contains all the information about the methodological, ethical and legal criteria you have to take into account in your research.

What is intellectual property? What is copyright?

A practical guide to clear up any doubts you might have when it comes to writing formal texts. It provides guidelines on how to summarize, study, prepare and present assignments, among other things

Advice from the UOC Language Service on ways to communicate effectively.

It is obligatory to cite sources correctly in a project, plus it is an indicator of the quality of your work. It also means you are using the information you have found ethically, respecting the copyright and avoiding plagiarism.

Practical resources you can use when preparing your work and to help you avoid plagiarism.

Here is a practical introduction to the key elements of designing a research project.

Extremely useful guide to preparing master's or bachelor's degree final projects with a gender perspective.

More and more students are choosing to write their final projects in English. If you'd like to join them, this guide can provide help on how to improve your writing style, organize your work and cite your sources correctly. It's been produced by the Vives Network's Language Quality working group, and the UOC's Language Service has played an active part in putting it together.

Prepare your oral presentation using the simple guidelines in these three short videos: preparing the presentation, oral presentation and defending the project to the panel.

Susan Frekko, a specialist in giving oral presentations, gives you tips on how to make an effective oral presentation in English.

Tips on how to prepare a formal academic document and project presentation so they effectively support your oral presentation.

Learn the techniques and tools of public speaking applied to oral presentations of degree final projects.

How to build trust, be heard and communicate with confidence.

Want to learn techniques to improve your communication skills? This book offers guidelines, tips and examples on public speaking.

Resources for finding and reusing free images to illustrate your work.

Another book from the Harvard Business Review Press collection, designed to help you improve your presentations. It includes pointers for preparing your message well, rehearsing effectively, engaging your audience, and managing question and answer sessions.

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Eloi Trullàs, the author of this UOC final project, sets out seven factors behind a successful presentation. They include preparing thoroughly, structuring the content properly, and being careful when choosing your words.

A Skills series webinar with the journalist and conference speaker Ami Bondía, sharing essential ideas for capturing your audience's attention in a few minutes. Learn the structure and characteristics of a good presentation.

An ebook that sets out techniques and tools for making presentations in public, face-to-face and online, in a very practical way. It includes exercises, the phases in preparing the presentation, ideas to inspire you, and tips when dealing with queries from the audience.

An audiobook published by the Harvard Business Review, with expert advice on crafting your message, preparing and rehearsing, engaging your audience, and dealing with Q&A sessions.

Learn strategies to reduce stress, and how to make riveting opening and closing remarks. It includes guidelines for making online presentations, telling interesting stories, formulas for engaging the audience, and the most common mistakes you should avoid. There is also a self-assessment test.

Guidelines for presentations from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s (UOC) Language Service. It includes the language criteria you need to follow in your slides, with examples of good and bad practices.

What is open access? What are the benefits? Open access publishing strategies, the legal framework and much, much more.

Guide explaining how to submit your final project to the O2, the UOC's institutional repository.

Does your work contain sensitive data or confidential information? Do you want to allow your work to be used for commercial purposes? Do you want further work to be based on your project?

This tool for creating and sharing maps allows you to add your own links and documents and invite others to edit your project. With the free version you can create up to three maps. It requires registration and has a web version and an app for iOS and Android. 

This is a free and highly intuitive tool for creating mind maps and to-do lists. It lets you link external websites and add images from a URL. When you're finished, you can export your work in the most common formats. Registration is required. 

This tool lets you create concept maps automatically as you type, separating concepts onto different levels when you hit the tab key. The tool graphically structures the information for you. It doesn't require registration and gives you the option to download your work.

You can use this tool on a PC or mobile device, simply sign in first. With it you can collaboratively create concept maps and flowcharts (up to 10 using the free version). It offers loads of templates for iOS and Android. 

This tool lets you turn real data into highly visual displays. There are dozens of templates, from circular bar charts to maps. You can also add your own images and videos. With the free version you can share your project and view it online, but you can't download it. Registration is required.

This tool offers a catalogue of ready-made templates that you can modify as you see fit. You can also add content. The free version has some limitations when it comes to downloading your work.

This tool allows you to create infographics from scratch. It comes with a wide selection of pre-designed templates and is great for building Creately flowcharts, Venn diagrams, storyboards, network diagrams, organizational charts and site maps. Registration is required.