Module 4 — Thesis / Proposal Writing
Transform your structured writing into a complete thesis or research proposal. Academique guides you step-by-step through chapter and section organised using Outlines, content flow, and formatting, helping you prepare a fully coherent academic document. Export to Word to generate Table of Contents. Import References to include Bibliography. Assemble your content into complete chapters or proposals. Follow structured guidance to create a well-organised, academically sound document. The FEATURES (explain the module elements) and HELP (how to use the module elements) are arranged in the order that they are used.
Thesis / Proposal Writing
Mind Map Outline
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 live, parallel examples within an idea nursery, showing users exactly how to structure, format, and mature raw concepts into fully realized, publication-ready text.
HELP (Nursery Setup)
Purpose: Customise project sections and structure.
Action: Define sections, sub-sections, and headings for your proposal.
Outcome: A personalised outline ready for content input.
Next Step: Proceed to 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 gaps.
Action: Use keywords, Boolean operators, and databases to find scholarly sources.
Outcome: A pool of sources relevant to each identified gap.
Next Step: Proceed to 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: Use keywords or database tools to find scholarly articles, books, or reports.
Outcome: A pool of potential research sources.
Next Step: Proceed to Mind Map
FEATURES (Mind Map)
This dynamic tool transforms mind map node outlines directly into your document structure, linking visual concepts, text excerpts, and source contents into a seamless, highly organized writing framework.
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.
Outcome: A single, finalized research foundation loads into the workspace.
Next Step: Proceed to Mind Map: Import
FEATURES (Mind Map: Export)
This flexible environment lets you edit, save, and expand your mind maps, allowing you to develop new, related concepts and scale your outline into a broader ecosystem of interconnected content.
HELP (Mind Map: Export)
Purpose: Share or backup your visual node frameworks outside the platform.
Action: Select the file format and download the active map data.
Outcome: A portable document is ready for presentation or archival storage.
Next Step: Proceed to Proposal Editor: Overview
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: Proceed to Mind Map: Export
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: Draft the proposal using structured outline and sources.
Action: Review the generated outline, major themes, sections, and overall organisation. Modify the sequence if required.
Outcome: A complete draft proposal aligned to research objectives.
Next Step: Proceed to 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 literature review 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 literature review is produced.
Next Step: Proceed to Proposal Editor: Mind Map
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Mind Map)
Visualise the completed literature review 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 literature landscape is created, supporting synthesis and critical analysis.
Next Step: Proceed to Appendices
FEATURES (Proposal Editor: Containers)
This multi-format workspace integrates standard text paragraphs, parallel nursery examples, data tables, images, and analytical graphs, enabling you to construct highly visual, comprehensive academic documents within a single unified view.
HELP (Proposal Editor: Containers)
Purpose: Compose complex academic documents using diverse content types within a unified system.
Action: Insert, edit, and arrange text, nursery concepts, tables, images, or analytical graphs.
Outcome:
Next Step: A rich, publication-ready document layout with perfectly synchronized visual and textual data.
FEATURES (Page with Contents)
View a sample literature review page demonstrating structured writing, providing guidance on how themes, arguments, and references are integrated into a clear and academically sound narrative.
View the complete structure and contents of the literature review, enabling quick navigation, section management, progress monitoring, and efficient organisation of the entire document.
HELP (Page with Contents)
Purpose: Provide a complete overview of the literature review 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 literature review structure is confirmed before final editing.
Next Step: Proceed to Sample Word Output.
FEATURES (Sample Word Output)
This is the final, polished document generated from text data. It displays the intended layout, fonts, colors, and styling, showing exactly how the printed or shared file will look.
HELP (Sample Word Output)
Purpose: Demonstrate the expected structure and formatting of the generated literature review document.
Action: View the sample Microsoft Word document to understand the layout, headings, content organisation, and presentation style before exporting your own work.
Outcome: Users gain a clear understanding of the expected document format and final appearance.
Next Step: Proceed to Sample Word References.
FEATURES (Sample Word References)
These are the internal citations, bibliographies, and footnotes embedded within a document. They credit source material, link to external data, and allow readers to verify the author's 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 understand citation style, bibliography layout, and formatting consistency before generating your own reference list.
Outcome: Users understand how references will appear and can verify citation accuracy and completeness.
Next Step: Proceed to Research Gaps.
FEATURES (Appendices)
Organise supporting materials such as questionnaires, interview protocols, ethical approvals, supplementary tables, and additional documents referenced throughout the research project.
HELP (Appendices)
Purpose: Store additional supporting documents or evidence.
Action: Upload or link reference supplementary materials.
Outcome: A complete repository of supporting evidence.
Next Step: Proceed to Summary
FEATURES (Summary)
Review the completed literature review, research gaps, 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: Proceed to Reports
FEATURES (Reports)
Select and preview contents that can be exported to Word with table of contents, list of tables, list of figures, bibliography.
The report setup defines the overall structure of the research document, including chapters, sections, formatting standards, and output configuration. It ensures consistency across all components of the study, enabling seamless compilation of literature review, methodology, analysis, and findings into a professionally structured academic report.
HELP (Reports)
Purpose: Compile the proposal into formatted outputs.
Action: Generate structured document with references, visuals, and appendices.
Outcome: A professional proposal document ready for review or submission.
Next Step: Proceed to Presentation
