Online Tutoring

How do I sign up for online tutoring and access the Online College Writing Center?

Step 1:

Register for the writing center by logging on to My Chemeketa and adding CRN# 14652. This is a FREE course. (To register for a course on My Chemeketa, log in to My Chemeketa, then click on School Services, then Student and Financial Aid menu, then Registration and Schedule menu, then Add/Drop Courses. Choose Summer Term 2008, fill in CRN #14652, and "submit changes" and you are done.)

Step 2:

Click on the My Courses tab. You will see the Writing Center Online listed. Click on the link and you will be in the Online College Writing Center. (If for any reason the link doesn’t open, go to http://elearn.chemeketa.edu and log in from there.

How to Use the Online College Writing Center:

Once you reach the Online College Writing Center, follow these steps to submit your work:

1. Click on “My Submissions” on the course homepage.   This accesses a private journal discussion that only you, the teaching assistants, and the coordinator of the Chemeketa Online Writing Center can see.
2. Click on "Create New Entry" and type a brief description of what you are working on, what the assignment asks for, and what you would like help with. Cut and paste or attach your work (as a Word or rtf document) to this message.
3. Then return to the Online College Writing Center in 24-48 hours and go back to “My Submissions,” where you will find a teaching assistant's comments on your work.
4. Click on "Writing Consultation Evaluation" from the course homepage and complete an evaluation of your session after each time you submit to the Chemeketa Online Writing Center.

We hope to see you soon online!

Who provides the online tutoring?

Writing Center faculty and teaching assistants.

What kind of help can I expect online?

Currently online tutoring is available for short work or short portions of longer assignments. The tutor will be able to respond to work that is brief enough to be read in about 5-10 minutes. For example, you might submit a thesis statement, a paragraph, an introduction, conclusion, short paper outline, or some other small portion of a paper for feedback from a tutor. Though tutors do not edit work, they instruct with the goal of helping you read your own work critically. They provide instructional feedback and often also suggest supplemental materials.

How can I make the most of the online tutoring experience?

You can make the most of your online tutoring experience by:

• Indicating which class you are in and what assignment you are working on.
  
  
• Submitting work that can be easily read in about 5-10 minutes.
  
  
• Informing the tutor about what you want him or her to focus on in the work you have posted. Please preface your work with a brief note about your writing concerns in the passage you've posted. For example, if you are concerned with the clarity of your introduction, you might ask the reader to focus on that. If you are concerned with sentence structure, or paragraph development, or documentation, or phrasing of thesis, or clarity of ideas and discussion, etc. let the tutor know about that.
  
  
• Posting your work in time for you to use the feedback. It may take up to 48 hours for you to receive feedback from a tutor, so factor that response time into how much time you will need to revise before the assignment's due date.

Updated October 2006 by the College Advancement Department.