Workshop on Academic Writing and Online Journal Submission for Senior Undergraduate Students

Abstract

This community service program was carried out with final-year Mechanical Engineering students of UM Metro as partners. The main problems identified were the students’ lack of familiarity with the Online Journal System (OJS), limited knowledge of article submission procedures through OJS, and insufficient skills in writing scientific articles. The solutions offered included: introducing OJS and its stages in the journal publication process, training students to create author accounts in OJS, providing guidance on how to submit scientific articles through OJS, socializing the principles of scientific writing, and conducting training sessions on writing scientific articles. The results of the program showed that participants were able to recognize OJS and understand the stages of the publication process, successfully create author accounts, and submit scientific articles through OJS. In addition, students improved their ability to write scientific articles properly. Monitoring and evaluation were also conducted to ensure the sustainability of future activities and to further address the partners’ challenges.