InkScribe sets up your report in your department’s format, drafts each section with you, and only cites papers it has checked against publication records. This guide follows one real project from start to finish: “Design and Construction of a Solar-Powered Irrigation Controller”, an Electrical/Electronic Engineering project at the University of Benin. Every screenshot below is from that project.
Before you start
Have these to hand. None are required, but each one makes the writing more specific to your project:
- Your topic, even as a working title.
- Your details: school, department, faculty, matric number and supervisor, for the title page.
- Notes about your project: the components, materials, sample, location, software or data you are using, and anything your supervisor has asked for.
- Your department’s handbook, if it says which citation style and length to use.
Already started your project in Word? You can import it instead of starting over, and work on it here.
1. Your topic
Open InkScribe and start a new report. The first step asks what you are writing (a project report or a proposal) and your working title. The title page on the right fills in as you type.
2. Your details and title page
Add your name, matric number, school, department, faculty and supervisor. Type your school’s name or its short form (UNIBEN, UNILAG, LASU, YABATECH…) and InkScribe finds the school’s official crest and puts it on your title page.
Leave anything you don’t know yet blank. You can change it later from File → Project details.
3. Format and references
Choose the type of study. InkScribe suggests one from your title, and it decides how your chapters are laid out: a design and construction project gets design calculations and testing; a survey gets sampling and data analysis.
- Citation style: APA, Harvard, IEEE or Chicago. Use the one your department asks for. You can switch later and every citation and the reference list update together.
- Sources published: most departments want recent work. “Last 10 years” is a safe default.
- Target length and references: set these from your handbook. InkScribe spreads the references across the chapters that need them, with most in the literature review.
4. The brief: the step that matters most
This is where you tell InkScribe what only you know about your project. Everything it writes is guided by these notes, so a few honest sentences here make the difference between generic text and text about your project.
For our irrigation controller, the brief names the microcontroller, the sensor, the relay, the solar panel and battery ratings, and how the device was tested. For other projects, include:
- Surveys: the population, location, sample size and how you collected data.
- Software or systems: what it does, the main modules, the language and database.
- Experiments: materials, apparatus, the procedure and what was measured.
- Anything your supervisor said: a framework to use, a section to include, something to avoid.
You can also add photos, diagrams, datasheets or your proposal. InkScribe reads them before it writes.
5. Your outline
Click Create report and your chapters are planned for your topic: not a generic template, but sections such as Solar Photovoltaic Power for Irrigation, Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors and PV Panel Sizing for this project. The title page, certification and front pages are already in place.
Rename, add or move any heading as you would in Word. If your supervisor gave you a fixed outline, type it in, or ask InkScribe to Tailor outline to match it.
6. Write a section
Hover over any heading and click Write with InkScribe. Start with Chapter One: every later chapter builds on your background, problem and objectives.
InkScribe reads your brief and what you have already written, searches for real papers on the topic, checks each one against publication records, and then writes. You can watch the text arrive in your page while the papers it found appear on the right.
You can also type a request in the box at the bottom right, in your own words: “Write 1.2 Statement of the Problem”, “Make 2.1 more critical”, or “Add a paragraph comparing capacitive and resistive sensors”.
7. Read, edit and own it
When a section is done, the citations are in place and the reference list at the end of the report has already updated itself.
Now make it yours. Read every paragraph and change anything that isn’t accurate for your project. Select any text to rewrite it, shorten it, or ask about it. If you don’t like a section, the Undo button under that step in the InkScribe panel puts back what was there before.
8. Your sources
Open Sources on the left to see every paper in your report. Each one shows its authors, year and journal, whether it is cited yet, and a DOI verified mark where its record was confirmed. Nothing is invented: if a paper can’t be found in publication records, InkScribe won’t cite it.
Already have a paper from your supervisor? Click Add by DOI / title and cite it anywhere with the Cite button.
9. Diagrams
Click where the figure should go, then choose Insert → Diagram. Describe it in plain words and InkScribe draws it: block diagrams, flowcharts, circuits, use-case and data-flow diagrams, and more.
Add a caption and click Insert. The diagram goes into your report as a numbered figure, and appears in the List of Figures.
10. Your photos and results
Some figures can only come from you: your prototype, your components, your test setup, screenshots of your system. Choose Insert → Where a photo goes to reserve the spot with a numbered caption, then drop your photo in when you have it.
The same goes for results. Your readings, survey responses and measurements must be your own. Where InkScribe writes about results before you have them, it leaves marked placeholders for your real figures. Replace them before you submit.
11. Autopilot
Once your brief and Chapter One are in good shape, Autopilot can draft every empty section in order, researching each one as it goes. It tells you how long it will take before it starts, and you can stop it at any time.
Autopilot is a first draft, not a finished report. Read each chapter afterwards, as in step 7.
12. Check before you submit
From Tools → Plagiarism & AI check, check the whole report for passages that match other sources and passages that read as AI-written, then fix them before your supervisor sees them. The check is private: only you see the results, and your report isn’t added to any database.
Rewrite flagged passages in your own words. A check here is a guide; your school’s own checker may give a different number.
13. Export and print
Everything is formatted as you write: the title page, numbered headings, table of contents, lists of tables and figures, page numbers, and the reference list in your chosen style.
When you are ready, use File to download your report as Word (.docx), download separate chapters for your supervisor, or print and save as PDF for binding.
Your work saves to your account as you type, so you can carry on from any device. Keep a backup with Download backup if you like.
Getting the best results
- Write a real brief. Five specific sentences about your project are worth more than any setting.
- Go in order. Chapter One first, then the literature review, then methodology. Each chapter builds on the last.
- Ask for what you want. “Make it more critical”, “Shorter, 300 words”, “Compare with Adeyemi (2021)”: plain requests work.
- Add your supervisor’s papers by DOI or title, so they are cited where they belong.
- Use your own data. Replace every placeholder with your real readings, responses and photos.
- Read every section and edit it in your own voice before moving on.
- Check, then export. Run the Plagiarism & AI check, fix what it finds, then download for binding.
Mistakes to avoid
- A vague title or an empty brief: the result reads like it could be anyone’s project.
- Leaving placeholders or sample numbers in your results.
- Submitting text you haven’t read. You will be asked to defend it.
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