Thats a good idea, theres a really cute tiny college nearby that I have faculty friends at. Maybe they can introduce me to someone

Oh this feels very helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time to write this out. I’ll be on the lookout for this. I really appreciate your advice :D

thanks for responding! Are there any specific terms to watch out for? Solid questions to ask? Ways to see if they’re actually making things vs asking their AI to do it for them? We’re a tiny advocacy group and we have a lot of medical smartness on the team the joke about doctors being utter shit at making the computer go brr is sadly very true in my team

It’s not a bad idea but most places are either saying to make it myself in one of the 4 big web builder companies, or they tend to be big enough to ask for 4 digit quotes. There’s gotta be someplace a lil indie project can find someon in the $$-$$$ bracket who wants to help a micro advocacy group out. Just looking at fiver and shit I can see a lot of AI art. Like… if I want to hire an artist I can go to Etsy, deviant art, all sorts of places both new old and micro but it seems like there isn’t a legit place to ask for website peoples help (especially if you, like me, aren’t sure what the difference is between web dev and web design)

thanks for your response!

its not… I can link you to my other web posts. I’ve been trying to ask for help and all anyone says is to just check out one of the major brands (im not sure if I’m allowed to name them here, but they all seem to suck majorly at accessibility features like making things screen reader friendly)

what could I possibly do to prove im not a bot? serious question. Do I need to take a picture with me holding a handwritten sign like they used to do for reddit ask posts? You aren’t the first one to do this shit to me and im getting tired of having my posts taken down off from other websites because I didn’t ask for help “right”

also. Rude. This is part of why asking for help is sucking so much ass right now

Largely I want to focus on APA since Im working cross departments in the graduate occupational therapy program and the undergraduate psychology program. So things like running headers, simple reference lists formatted correctly with hanging indents. Running page counts. The ability to insert figures easily without altering layout dramatically.

The OT program also uses a few alternative writing formats for publications, assignments, thesis work and public health handouts in various languages and reading levels (some are essentially comics for small children). Largely it is APA again though some publications ask for proprietary formatting in submissions. (Very similar to APA but slight differences in margin size, text alignment.

So I’m not looking for an intensive academic suite by any means so much as a simple workhorse that will be easy to use and wont require there a dedicated 2-3 hour class just walking through the concept of writing out your references (yes I need you to write them out and not ask the AI, how else will you understand if its been done wrong!) followed by how to set them all to a hanging indent. A plus if we can use the same software in both labgroups and the public handouts!

I like libre because of the comments feature too which makes feedback easier and less intrusive. Im embarassed to say I am unfamiliar with styles and will be looking into learning more about them. I’ve gotten sadly complacent with the familiarity of working in the school reccomended google apps for so long. Never too late to learn though! Thanks for your thoughts

Edit, and the AI is rampent! Some of the instructors even are having it write out assignments then smacking their heads at the students following their example. (Sigh)

I enjoy that the AI isnt forced or even a distracting temptation in libre. Im sure it has a time and a place but not with such little regulation and perhaps NEVER around the sensitive and highly regulated PHI we are handling! It isnt even that I cant trust students so much as Id love to trust that my software isnt intentionally or unintentionally ripping private health information.

interesting, could you tell me a little more about this? I am on their webpage and they emphasize that they are not a word processor application. I am looking at this page on APA formatting examples and thinking that it could be very useful for my graduate classes but probably a bit above (terrify the shit out of) the sophomore class. It seems to require some knowledge of script writing. I’ll add it to the list because I’m sure a lot of folks will use it but I think that image alone would have some of my students going down to the office to switch majors XD

wonderful! I will add this and your explanation to the list I am compiling. Students love trying new apps