Write Lab

Please enroll* in the eWriteLab on Canvas to access our virtual tutoring options and use our MLA, APA, and other formatting and writing resources!

Enroll in the eWriteLab

Already enrolled? Click Here to access the eWriteLab!

*This "course" is a free resource for all WVC students!

Please come in to write, print, do homework, or visit a tutor on Wenatchee campus in Mish ee Twie (MET) 1135. We're always happy to help!

Our in-person Wenatchee campus hours are:

Monday-Thursday         9:30am - 4:00pm

Fridays                           9:30am - 2:30pm

Please come in to have your assignments looked over on Omak campus in the Learning Support Center, Friendship Hall, Room 205C. We're happy to help!

Our in-person hours at Omak campus are:

Monday                          8:00am - 3:00pm

Tuesday & Thursday      8:00am - 2:00pm

The browser version of Canvas now allows students to look at their past submissions for an assignment. To access these past submissions:

• • • In the Canvas browser, go to the course you're looking for.
    • Click on the assignment you're looking for.
    • On the top left of the assignment page, there is a dropdown menu. It will appear as "Attempt 1" (or more if you've submitted multiple times).
    • Click on this dropdown, and it will give you a list of your past submissions for that assignment. From there, you can choose to look at any past submission you've made in that assignment, complete with feedback and comments from professors or tutors.

It is also possible to see past submissions in the Canvas App available in iOS and Android. Here is how to access your previous submissions in the App:

• • • In the Canvas app, go to the course you're looking for.
    • Click on the assignment you're looking for.
    • Click on the "Submission & Rubric" button in that assignment page. It will take you directly to your most recent submission for that assignment.
    • Click on the dropdown menu at the top of that page. From there, you can choose to look at any past submission you've made in that assignment, complete with feedback and comments from professors or tutors.

Questions about the WriteLab? Contact writelab@wvc.edu

The WriteLab currently needs in-person tutors to look over papers and help keep the WriteLab space clean and inviting.

We ask that applicants

• be a WVC student who is eligible for Work Study,
• know basic computer, printing, and Canvas mechanics, and
• have completed English 101 with at least a "B+" grade.

For more information, please contact the WriteLab Director, Janna Goodyear at jgoodyear@wvc.edu.

The in-person WriteLabs are spaces on Wenatchee and Omak campuses that gives students a place to go for writing, doing homework, tutoring help, or any other writing assignment need.

The way our in-person tutoring works is that you'll print out your assignment draft and the assignment instructions, bring it to our tutors at the tutor table, and wait for them to review it. Once they've reviewed it, they will call you over and go over their feedback with you.

The time a paper takes depends on the assignment length, degree of help required, and the number of students waiting for review. But generally, a 2-3 page paper can take about an hour to review and provide you with feedback.

Each tutor goes about their feedback a little differently. Some prefer to tell you about it with very few written marks, while other tutors will write all of it down before they speak to you. But regardless of how the tutors approach your feedback, we all will make marks on your printed draft where help is needed and tell you what each mark means and what we suggest you do to help improve the organization, structure, and idea of the assignment for your success.

We ask that you stay in the WriteLab while we go over your paper, and we also ask that you give us enough time before it's due to go over it.

We look forward to seeing you!

The eWriteLab is the virtual, Canvas extension of the WriteLab, and it offers the same type of tutoring help on writing assignments as well as MLA, APA, and other formatting and writing resources. To access the eWriteLab, you must self-enroll in the eWriteLab first before submitting a written assignment for review.

If you haven't done so already, please go to the above link and log in and add the eWriteLab to your Canvas Dashboard. *This is not a "course" you have to take or pay for as a WVC student; it is simply the best way to give you access to online reviews and writing help for WVC.

Once you've accessed the eWriteLab, you have the option to submit your assignment draft for Online Review. To do so:

• • You'll click on the "Click Here to Submit an Online Review" button in the Homepage.
  • Please follow the instructions on the Online Review Dropbox page to submit your assignment draft. We ask for your most current draft as a document (.doc or .docx file), PDF (.pdf file), or PowerPoint presentation (.ppt file) so we can still "write" comments on your actual draft, as well as a copy of your assignment instructions as a document, image, or screenshot.
  • If you've submitted successfully, your files should appear at the bottom of the page in a viewing window.
  • Please give our tutors at least 1 day before the due date of the assignment to review your draft. Please do not re-submit your assignment or submit a new assignment before a tutor has gotten back to you about your first submission.
  • To provide feedback, the tutor will leave comments on your draft and will post an overall feedback comment under the "Add Comment / View Feedback" section in the top right of the assignment page.
  • 1-2 days after providing our feedback, we will "grade" the assignment "0" to clear it from our queue in Canvas. *This does not reflect an actual grade of the assignment.
  • You are welcome to leave comments asking questions about our feedback both on your draft and in the "View Feedback" section. Please allow 1 day for tutors to reply.
  • When you are ready to re-submit the draft or submit a new assignment, please repeat the above instructions and submit to the Dropbox again by clicking on "New Attempt" on the Dropbox assignment page. The rules on the Dropbox page apply to every submission.

If you have any general questions, please ask them through our Contact Us Here assignment or by contacting writelab@wvc.edu.

Please be polite and respectful at all times. Follow the same rules of courtesy that are required of you in your online and face-to-face classes and tutoring situations.

We look forward to helping you!

Teams Tutoring is the virtual tutoring option for the eWriteLab. We currently offer morning availability for meetings as timeslots are available. To access the eWriteLab, you must self-enroll in the eWriteLab first before using our Teams Tutoring option.

If you haven't done so already, please go to the above link and log in and add the eWriteLab to your Canvas Dashboard. *This is not a "course" you have to take or pay for as a WVC student; it is simply the best way to give you access to online reviews and writing help for WVC.

For how to set up a meeting:

• • You'll click on the "Click Here to Schedule a Teams Meeting" button in the Homepage.
  • Once there, please book your appointment using the "Book Your Appointment" button. Please fill out the required information in the Bookings form. An automated confirmation email will be sent to you that includes how to access your appointment.
  • Once you've set up an appointment, please click on the "Submit Your Documents" button in the Teams Tutoring page to submit your instructions and documents-- as well as your draft if you have one-- in the "Teams Meeting Documents & Drafts" assignment. (A link to this assignment will also be in the confirmation email as well as a reminder email sent to you.) A tutor will go over it before your Teams Meeting as they would an Online Review.
  • At the date and time of your appointment, access your Teams Meeting by using the "Join your appointment" button in your appointment confirmation email. *If this email is lost, please contact us and we will send a link to you!
  • Please arrive on time and ready to discuss your submission.

If you have any general questions, please ask them through our Contact Us Here assignment or by contacting writelab@wvc.edu.

We look forward to working with you!