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Online Consultations

Important Notice:

The Online Consultation Service is available.

Face-to-face consultations

are the most effective method for helping you with your college papers, and we highly recommend that you visit the center whenever possible. (Please call (925) 439-2181 ext 3176 to schedule an appointment.) However, when face-to-face consultations are not possible, online writing consultations are an alternative method of receiving advice about papers.

As with face-to-face consultations, the online consultation does not edit papers. Please remember that the consultant's role is to support students with their writing; the ultimate responsibility of correctness and completeness rests with the student.

 

 

Please allow up to two writing center business days (48 hours) for us to read and respond to your papers . The center is closed weekends and holidays during the semester, so we will not respond to papers during these times.

 

Requests will be processed Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00 pm and Friday 8:30 am to 12:00pm. We will alert you via your email that we have received your request. If you do not receive notice or a response from us, please call the center at (925) 439-2181 ext 3176.

 

The Online Session

As the center’s mission is to provide writing instruction, (coaching) consultants do not proofread or edit papers. We primarily look at global issues (development, organization, logic). We will direct your attention to style and grammar problems by marking areas of concern. On longer papers, we will mark only the first two pages for style and grammar convention errors. Please limit your submission to 5 pages. If your paper is longer, please select and submit the areas that concern you the most, and if possible, include your working thesis statement.

 

During peak periods or limited staffing, we may not be able to respond to you in a timely fashion. We will let you know as soon as possible if this is likely to happen.

 

After receiving your paper, consultants will do the following:

• Provide feedback to you by using the insert comment function. The consultant’s comments will appear in the margin or inserted in the body of your paper.
• Send verification to your instructor informing him or her about any comments or suggestions made to you. We will also keep a copy of our comments in the Writing center.

When your paper is returned to you, please do the following:

• Respond to any of the consultant’s questions.
• Revise the paper and resubmit or visit the center if you wish and due date allows.
• Revise and turn it into your instructor.
• Remember that the ultimate responsibility for correctness and completeness of your papers rests with you.

To send your draft or questions to a writing consultant:

• Complete the following form.
• Answer all of the questions.
• Paste a copy of your draft into box #11
  • NOTE: If you would rather submit your draft as an email attachment then fill the form out below and state that you will email the draft in the last question and say what the title of your document is. When you hit submit you will be redirected to a page that has an email address you can use to submit your draft via email if you wish.

To: Writing Consultant

1.) Full name	*	A value is required.
2.) Email Address	*	A value is required.Invalid format.
3.) Student ID number
4.) Course number:
5.) Instructors name:
6.) Due date:
7.) Paste the ASSIGNMENT. If you are unable to do this, please describe the assignment in as much detail as possible:		A value is required.
8.) Briefly include any other relevant information we may need to provide the best possible feedback:
9.) What is your thesis/working thesis?		A value is required.
10.) What are your specific concerns/difficulties with your paper? For example, you might ask for help with your thesis statement. Or, you might need help with organization. Please do not ask the consultant to evaluate or grade your paper.
11.) Paste YOUR DRAFT and push submit.
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