Center Self-Guided Tour
Please visit the
following sites listed
below and answer the questions
about each site to familiarize yourself with the tools available in the
Writing Center in LC 110.
Site #1: Sign
If you are an English 98 or 120 student, you are required to sign-in on
a computer to record your lab visit. Find a computer and sign-in by
clicking on the Class Sign In
icon, located on the desktop. Enter the information as prompted
by the computer. Close the window after you sign in.
Congratulations you are signed-in for one hour!
- What information are you asked to enter into the computer
in order to sign in?
- What color is the background of the sign-in screen?
#2: Favorite Internet Sites
While you are still at the computer, click on the Internet Explorer
icon on the
desktop. The Favorites Menu
the top of your screen lists several online sites that you may use to
help with your writing. Click on the Favorites
and click on Purdue
University's Online Writing Lab
. This site offers many handouts
on general writing concerns, grammar, and research skills. Find one
handout that you feel would help you with your writing.
#3: Online Writing Center
- What is the name of the handout?
- What does the OWL logo look like?
- What is the Internet address of the OWL site?
CoM also offers online tutoring to students. If you would like feedback
from a tutor, you may visit the Online Writing Center
(OWC). You may visit the OWC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Your
instructor may also offer lab credit for visiting the OWC. (Check with
your instructor for details and class policies.) To get to the OWC,
click on Online Writing Center, in the Favorites
of Internet Explorer
- What is the Online Writing Center for?
- How can you access the OWC?
- What is the Internet address for the OWC?
#4: English Skills Computer
You may also improve your grammar skills by using the
English Skills computer which allows you to use interactive computer
exercises in order to strengthen your writing. Find the English Skills
Computer (look for the signs) and click on one of the folders on the
desktop. Select a program to work on and try one interactive exercise.
- What is the name of the program you used?
- Did you find this activity helpful? Why or why not? Explain you
Site #5: Meet a Tutor
Visit the two tutor stations, introduce your self to the tutors and
collect any handouts available.
- What are the names of the tutors whom you met?
- What handouts were available?
- What suggestions did the tutor (s) give you?
Site #6: Explore the Room
Read the signs hanging in the Writing Center.
- What did you learn from the signs in the room?
Site #7: Front Door
Read the signs on the front door.
- Is there anywhere else you can go for help if the Writing Center
in LC 110 is closed?
- What should you avoid wearing in LC 110?
- LC 110 is open what days and times?