Help

The menu on the left side of the screen provides each of the following functions, all of which are available to you from any screen once you have logged in.

Home : takes you to the first screen your students see. To go to the input screen, login again with your email and password.

Help? : opens this window

Edit home page : allows you to edit the content on the first screen your students see. Enter assignment description in the text boxprovided and click "go". What you have written will be saved, and also viewed by students who go to your page. You can edit the content as often as you like, and you can use html to format the text.

Email : opens a blank email addressed to all of the students who have signed up.

Create assignments : allows you enter the name, grade weight, level of formality, description, and due date of individual assignments. Click go when you have entered your assignment; you can go back later and edit your assignments from the edit assignments tab on the left.

Grade assignments :

Edit assignments : allows you to edit or delete assignments.

Clipboard : allows you to type once phrases you write often in the margins of student papers. You can use the follwing three commands:

• Add : Type the phrase in the textbox and click "add". What you have typed in will appear below. Highlight the phrase and
  then drag and drop it into the appropriate place as you respond to student work.
  
• Sort : To sort your entries, click on "sort".
  
• Edit : To edit what is already there, click on "edit." Edit what appears in the textarea, and when you are content, click "update".

Rubric: the rubric is a set of conventions for analyzing student writing. The categories provided are suggestions, and you can use them, or develop your own rubric.

E.G. assignments : provides a list of some common WAC like writing assignments. Choose from among these or create your own. If you do create your own, keep in mind that an effective writing assignment is:

• connected to course outcomes
• has a specific audience
• requires a specific kind of thinking:
  • problem-solving
  • synthesizing
  • evaluating
  • arguing
  • presenting data
  • drawing conclusions from given data
    
• indicates level of formality expected
• suggests a structure

Add to Clichés : allows you to add a phrase to the list of clichés that the style checker uses. If you want your students to use the style checker, it's a good idea to show them how it works and what it is for. If you want the director of WAC to provide assistance, contact him or her.

Add to redundancies : allows you to add a phrase to the list of redundant expressions that the style checker uses. If you want your students to use the style checker, it's a good idea to show them how it works and what it is for. If you want the director of WAC to provide assistance, contact him or her.

Empty chat log: this link allows you deletes the saved text, or log, created when you participate in an internet chat session.