Use this template for webpages & for PDFs retrieved from the web:
Author. (Year or Year, Month Date). Title [Form, if needed]. Site name (exclude if same as author name). URL
This table shows how to format in-text citations and full references for key educational resources in APA 7th:
Resource |
In-text citation (1st instance) |
In-text citation (subsequent) |
Reference list
|
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Literacy Teaching Toolkit (website) |
(Department of Education and Training [DET], 2019) |
(DET, 2019) |
Department of Education and Training. (2019). Literacy teaching toolkit.
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/ teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/ Pages/default.aspx
|
High impact teaching strategies (HITS) (website) | (Department of Education and Training [DET], 2022) | (DET, 2022) |
Department of Education and Training. (2022, February 9). High impact
teaching strategies (HITS). https://www.education.vic.gov.au/ school/teachers/teachingresources/practice/ improve/Pages/hits.aspx |
High impact teaching strategies (HITS) (PDF) | (Department of Education and Training [DET], 2019) | (DET, 2019) |
Department of Education and Training. (2019). High impact
teaching strategies: Excellence in teaching and learning. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/support/high-impact-teaching-strategies.pdf |
ACARA Australian Curriculum (website) | (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], n.d.) | (ACARA, n.d.) |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). Australian curriculum.
https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ |
ACARA Australian Curriculum (example of a specific page within the site) | (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], n.d.) | (ACARA, n.d.) |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). English. https://australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/english/
|
VCAA Victorian Curriculum (website) | (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCAA], n.d.) | (VCAA, n.d.) |
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (n.d.). Victorian curriculum: Foundation-10. https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/
|
VCAA Victorian Curriculum (example of a specific page within the site) | Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCAA], n.d.) | (VCAA, n.d.) |
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (n.d.). English as
an additional language (EAL). https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/english/english-as-an-additional-language-eal/ |
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (individual standard) | Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership [AITSL], n.d., Standard 1.2) | (AITSL, n.d., Standard 1.2) |
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (n.d.). Australian professional standards for teachers. https://www.aitsl.edu.au/standards
Note: Include the specific standard in the in-text citation. Only reference the whole work once, even if you refer to multiple standards within the text.
|
Resource |
In-text citation (1st instance) |
In-text citation (subsequent) |
Reference list |
Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (PDF) |
(Department of Education and Training [DET] & Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCAA], 2016) |
(DET & VCAA, 2016) |
Department of Education and Training, & Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (2016). Victorian early years learning and development framework: For all children from birth to eight years.
|
Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (PDF) | (Department of Education, 2022) | (Department of Education, 2022) |
Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, being & becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia V2.0. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf
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My time, our place: Framework for school age care in Australia (PDF) | (Department of Education, 2022) | (Department of Education, 2022) |
Department of Education. (2022). My time, our place: Framework for school age care in Australia V2.0. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/MTOP-V2.0.pdf
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Authors:
Date:
Title:
Site name:
… other strategies are mentioned (Department of Education and Training [DET], 2019a)
… as described in the Toolkit (DET, 2019b)
Department of Education and Training. (2019a). High impact teaching strategies: Excellence in teaching and learning.
Department of Education and Training. (2019b). Literacy teaching toolkit. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/
school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/Pages/default.aspx
For more information on how to reference webpages, visit the APA Style website:
American Psychological Association. (2020). Webpage on a website references. APA style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/webpage-website-references