College Writing Center resource page
Chemeketa's Online College Writing Center offers writing assistance to all Chemeketa students. We will help with any aspect of your writing process, from brainstorming, sentence structure, paragraph development, phrasing your thesis, or documenting your sources, to clarifying your ideas. Students usually submit drafts that can be read in 5-10 minutes such as several paragraphs, a thesis statement, or sections from essays they are working on. We will respond within 24-48 hours after you post your work. The Online College Writing Center staff includes one of the directors of the campus College Writing Center and graduate students from area universities. We are eager to help students with any writing project for any class at Chemeketa.
How To Access the Online College Writing Center: There are two steps involved.
- Step 1: Register for the writing center by logging on to My Chemeketa and adding the current CRN. (To register for a course on My Chemeketa, log in to My Chemeketa, the click on School Services, then Administrative Services, then Student Services, then Registration, then Add/Drop Courses. Fill in the CRN and "submit changes" and you are done.) If you have difficulty registering, you may request access to this workshop prior to registration.
- Step 2: click on the My Courses tab. You will see the Writing Center Workshop 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 Chemeketa Online's website (http://online.chemeketa.edu and then click on Campus Edition Login. Log in to Campus Edition and then click on the link for the College Writing Center.)
Host college students may request access to the Campus Edition course by filling out the Campus Edition Request Form
How to Use the Online College Writing Center: Once you reach the Online College Writing Center, follow these steps to submit your work:
- Click open the "Discussions" tool by clicking on the icon or the link on the course menu.
- Click on the topic entitled "Submissions."
- Click on "Compose Message" and type a brief description of what your are working on, what the assignment asks for, and what you would like help with. Cut and paste or attach your work to this message.
- Then return to the Online College Writing Center in 24-48 hours. Under Discussions, you will see a new topic labeled with your name. This is a private conference area for which only you and your teaching assistant are the authorized viewers. Select your private topic and click on the message there. The message will open and you will be able to view the teaching assistant's comments on your work.