WritePointSM A Writing Tool for Students

1. WritePointSMA Writing Tool for Students Presented by Randall Harris, Dirk Hart, Wynell King Group Project, FACD702

2. WritePointSM An automated review system that provides feedback on basic grammar and usage by inserting comments into the text of a paper at the point of the error. Click here to submit a paper Complete the form below and select the services you want to use. You must select at least one service. When you are finished, click Submit

3. To see if your results are available, return to the CWE and click My Papers. Scroll to the bottom of the page. You will see a table listing papers that have been submitted. If you see a green check for your paper in the Status column, you may retrieve your results. Tip: After submitting paper, click the F5 key to refresh the page. Papers come back w/in seconds.

4. Below areexcerptsfrom a recent paper. It is the student’s responsibility to make the suggested corrections, remove any of the blue text, and resave the document. Students should resubmit their papers until no blue text remains. The facilitator should include comments in the paper (below) to offer guidance to the student. Students should get [Doctoral rule (although good advice for any academic writer)--instead of using "get," which can mean many things, more formal is to use forms of "receive," "obtain," "arrive at," "can," "could," "grow," "able to," etc.] acquainted with available writing resource centers to use as tools for spelling and grammar review. Many new online tools are available for the new online learner. The online classroom is just as demanding, if not more so, [Remove comma after a conjunction as first word in a sentence unless it precedes a parenthetical phrase] than [Remove comma before "than" ] traditional classrooms. To succeed in the online classroom students must learn to communicate through writing, learn new skills, and be prepared for a structured way of learning. Online students will be expected [The passive voice is a form of "be" (will be) and a participle (expected). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Try to use the active voice most often; for example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on time--See Center for Writing Excellence > Tutorials & Guides > Grammar & Writing Guides > Active & passive voice] use their writing skills and even polish them up as necessary. Online learners face many new challenges; it is indeed a new horizon. Students should expect to communicate online, using professional and [Check punctuation: insert a comma before this word if this is the last in a list of more than two -- or if it begins a new clause] academic writing skills. Just as in the tradition setting, tips and guidelines [in academic writing, if this is a series, place a comma before the final ] can prepare the novice online learner.

5. Reference(s) University of Phoenix. (2011). Retrieved from University of Phoenix, Writing Center of Excellence, Write Point.