PERRLA/PERRLA 101
PERRLA 101: a free live walkthrough, four times a week.
Our support team walks through PERRLA from a blank page to a finished paper, then takes your questions. Each session runs 30 to 45 minutes on Zoom. There's no signup: join at the session time.
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 PM Central. Saturdays and Sundays at 4 PM Central. Free, every session.
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday, 7 PM Central. Saturday and Sunday, 4 PM Central.
- Length
- 30 to 45 minutes: a demo of PERRLA, then live Q&A
- With
- PERRLA's support team
- Cost
- Free
- Signup
- None. Email reminders are optional.
- Can't make it
- PERRLA 101: Getting Started, on YouTube
Four sessions, every week.
All times are Central. 7 PM Central is 8 PM Eastern, 6 PM Mountain, and 5 PM Pacific. 4 PM Central is 5 PM Eastern, 3 PM Mountain, and 2 PM Pacific.
Nothing to sign up for: join from the Zoom link at the session time. If you'd like an email before the next one, get a reminder.
What a session covers.
A full demo of PERRLA in the order you'd write a paper, then live Q&A with the support team.
First:
create a paper
Pick APA, MLA, or Turabian and the paper type, fill in the title page fields once, and see the document open with the margins, spacing, and page numbers already set.
Next:
add references
Look up a source by its DOI, ISBN, or link, and use a guided form for anything else, from a government report to a podcast.
Mid-sentence:
insert citations
Open the citation picker at the cursor, pick the source, and see the references page build and format itself from what you cited.
After the demo:
your questions
Live Q&A with the support team. Ask about a source type, a paper type, or where to find something in PERRLA.
Who PERRLA 101 is for.
Anyone who wants to see PERRLA used start to finish before, or while, they write.
New to PERRLA
On the free trial, or about to start your first paper in PERRLA. See a paper set up, cited, and finished once, then do it on your own.
Back in school after a while
If your last paper was years ago, one session walks through everything a paper needs, in order, with time for whatever you want to ask.
Teaching with PERRLA
Faculty at programs that license PERRLA can see what their students see, then point students to the next session in week one. PERRLA for faculty
Can't make it live? Start here instead.
Two recordings, a support team with published hours, and a free course on the format itself.
PERRLA 101: Getting Started
A video on YouTube that covers getting started, for anyone who can't attend live.
Advanced Papers (PERRLA 201)
A recorded session on multi-section papers, for dissertations and theses.
Support, every day
[email protected], Monday to Friday 10 AM to 10 PM Central, and Saturday and Sunday 1 to 10 PM Central. Or the Help Center: guides and setup steps.
PERRLA Pro and PERRLA Unlimited include Priority Support, with weekly Office Hours.
APA 101
Eighteen free lessons on the APA format itself: the title page, headings, citations, the references page, and the rest.
Questions about PERRLA 101
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What if I get stuck between sessions?
See it done live this week, then try it on your own paper.
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