Module 4 — Thesis / Proposal Writer
How to use this module: Transform your structured writing into a complete thesis or research proposal. Academique guides you step-by-step through chapters and sections organized using outlines, content flow, and formatting. Export to Word to generate Table of Contents. Import References to include Bibliography. The FEATURES (explain the module elements) and HELP (how to use the module elements) are arranged in the order that they are used.
Features and Help
FEATURES (Overview of Thesis/Proposal) Academique has an elegant way to conduct and write Thesis/Proposal.
Select suitable Mind Map
Identify References
Identify Excerpts
Write Thesis/Propoal
FEATURES (Academique integrated modules) Academique organizes a research activity using a Mind Map. Nodes in the Mind Map are linked to excerpts in published articles. Students use the excerpts as a basis for literature review. Research gaps are identified. Writing is supported by a nursery. Nodes in the Mind Map are organized into the outline for thesis/proposal/report writing. Academique generates the following key sections and all contents are exported to Word.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter Outline
Chapter Detail
Bibliography
FEATURES (Nursery Setup)
This innovative function provides parallel examples for a concept, showing by example, how to add contents pertinent to the concept.
HELP (Nursery Setup)
Purpose: Setup of nursery to create original content by using a scaffolding method.
Action: Predefined contents for context writing where supported.
Outcome: A contextual outline ready for content input.
Next Step: Search Sources: Source Details.
FEATURES (Search Sources: Source Details)
Search and select relevant journals, conference papers, books, reports, and other scholarly sources to support the literature review and research development.
HELP (Search Sources: Source Details)
Purpose: Locate scholarly articles related to your research gaps.
Action: Use keywords and Boolean operators across databases to find scholarly sources.
Outcome: A pool of sources relevant to each identified research gap.
Next Step: Search Sources: Journal Entries.
FEATURES (Search Sources: Journal Entries)
Save journal links that can be used to locate relevant journals, conference papers, books, reports, and other scholarly sources to support the literature review and research development.
HELP (Search Sources: Journal Entries)
Purpose: Locate relevant academic materials for your study.
Action: Save links to sites to find scholarly articles, books, or reports.
Outcome: A pool of potential research sources.
Next Step: Mind Map.
FEATURES (Mind Map)
Create a visual representation of ideas, concepts, themes, and relationships to organise thinking, identify connections, and improve research planning.
HELP (Mind Map)
Purpose: Choose the optimal concept node from your evaluated research topics.
Action: Filter, compare, and click to activate the highest-ranked mind map. Only Default mind maps are amenable for content editing.
Outcome: A single, finalized research foundation loads into the workspace.
Next Step: Mind Map Outline.
FEATURES (Mind Map Outline)
Create a visual outline of interconnected ideas, concepts, themes, and relationships to organise the writing process.
HELP (Mind Map Outline)
Purpose: Visually organise the outline for writing contents.
Action: Show the outline structure.
Outcome: A clear structure for Proposal sections.
Next Step: Mind Map: Export.
FEATURES (Mind Map: Export)
This feature allows you to edit, save, and develop new mind maps better fitted to your research.
HELP (Mind Map: Export)
Purpose: Share or backup your visual node frameworks outside the platform.
Action: Select the file format and download the active mind map data.
Outcome: A csv format is ready for saving.
Next Step: Mind Map: Import.
FEATURES (Mind Map: Import)
This responsive editor transforms your mind map outline into an interactive workspace, allowing you to compose text directly alongside linked nodes, live excerpts, and visual structural references.
HELP (Mind Map: Import)
Purpose: Integrate external structural concepts into your current writing workspace.
Action: Upload a compatible data file directly into the editor view.
Outcome: The platform renders new, editable node pathways instantly.
Next Step: Proposal Editor: Overview.
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Overview)
View the overall structure of the literature review, including sections, themes, and organisation before developing detailed discussions and supporting arguments.
HELP (Proposal Editor: Overview)
Purpose: Provide a high-level structure for proposal writing using structured outline.
Action: Review the generated outline, major themes, sections, and overall organisation. Modify the sequence if required.
Outcome: A logical framework of proposal writing is established.
Next Step: Proposal Editor: Details.
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Details)
Develop each literature review section by writing, editing, synthesising, comparing, and organising evidence from published studies into a coherent academic discussion.
HELP (Proposal Editor: Details)
Purpose: Develop and refine the proposal section by section.
Action: Edit, expand, summarise, compare, and synthesise literature within each topic. Add citations and supporting evidence where appropriate.
Outcome: A comprehensive, well-structured proposal is produced.
Next Step: Proposal Editor: Mind Map.
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Mind Map)
Visualise the completed proposal structure to examine relationships between themes, concepts, variables, and research gaps while improving logical organisation.
HELP (Proposal Editor: Mind Map)
Purpose: Visualise the relationships between concepts, themes, and research areas.
Action: Create, edit, and reorganise nodes and links to explore relationships, themes, variables, and research gaps.
Outcome: A visual representation of the proposal is created, supporting synthesis and critical analysis.
Next Step: Proposal Editor: Containers.
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Containers)
The workspace integrates many input types including: standard text paragraphs, parallel nursery examples, data tables, images, and analytical graphs, enabling you to construct highly visual, comprehensive academic documents.
HELP (Proposal Editor: Containers)
Purpose: Selection of container types for text editor contents.
Action: Add paragraph, nursery concepts, tables, images, or analytical graphs into the text document.
Outcome: A collection of containers to provide ready to use features for writing the proposal.
Next Step: Page with Contents.
FEATURES (Page with Contents)
View a sample proposal review page demonstrating structured writing, providing guidance on how themes, arguments, and references are integrated into a clear narrative.
HELP (Page with Contents)
Purpose: Provide a complete overview of the proposal structure and document organisation.
Action: Navigate between sections, review progress, reorganise headings if necessary, and ensure all required sections are complete.
Outcome: A logically organised and complete proposal structure is confirmed before final editing.
Next Step: Sample Word Output.
FEATURES (Sample Word Output)
This is a sample document generated from the text data displaying the layout of contents in Word format.
HELP (Sample Word Output)
Purpose: Demonstrate the expected structure and format of the generated proposal document.
Action: View the sample Microsoft Word document to understand the document layout.
Outcome: See a clear understanding of the expected document format and final appearance.
Next Step: Sample Word References.
FEATURES (Sample Word References)
These are the internal citations and bibliographies embedded within a document. They credit original source material and allow readers to verify the research.
HELP (Sample Word References)
Purpose: Demonstrate the expected formatting of citations and reference lists in the exported Word document.
Action: Review sample references to visualize citation style and bibliography layout.
Outcome: Users understand how references and citations appear in the document.
Next Step: Appendices.
FEATURES (Appendices)
Organise supporting materials (questionnaires, interview protocols, ethical approvals, supplementary tables, and additional documents) referenced in the research.
HELP (Appendices)
Purpose: Store additional supporting documents or evidence.
Action: Upload supplementary documents.
Outcome: A complete repository of supporting evidence.
Next Step: Summary.
FEATURES (Summary)
Review the completed proposal, nursery, study variables, and supporting materials to ensure consistency, completeness, and readiness for proposal or thesis writing.
HELP (Summary)
Purpose: Review key points, content and final structure.
Action: Check flow, consistency, and completeness of sections.
Outcome: A clear overview of content ready for reports.
Next Step: Reports.
FEATURES (Reports)
Select and preview contents that can be exported to Word with table of contents, list of tables, list of figures, bibliography.
HELP (Reports)
Purpose: Compile the proposal into formatted outputs.
Action: Generate formatted documents with references, table of contents, list of tables and list of figures.
Outcome: A professional proposal report ready for submission.
Next Step: Presentation.