West
Los Angeles College's Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers FREE
tutoring in writing for all WLAC classes, including English,
History and other courses requiring writing assignments.
Assistance
Available at the OWL
At
the WLAC OWL you can obtain assistance with:
Prewriting:
Essay organization and developing details.
Revisions:
Re-organization of your paper, general review of sentence structure
and discussion of essay development.
Online Tutoring
assistance is provided by the campus Writing Lab instructional assistant
and Writing Lab tutors. Tutoring is delivered using the ETUDES-NG
online course management system.
Accessing
the OWL
To gain access
to the OWL, simply enroll in SUPERVISED LEARNING ASSISTANCE - Section
#8978. Once enrolled, you will see the course tab "WLAC TUT
001" when you login to ETUDES-NG.
Enroll
anytime during the semester to access free online tutoring. You
can even enroll online by clicking here: LACCD
Student Information System
Navigating
the OWL
Once
you have entered the OWL course in ETUDES-NG do the following:
Use
the DISCUSSION area to post questions.
Use
the ASSIGNMENTS area to submit your writing
for review.
Use
LIVE CHAT for real-time communication
with the tutoring staff.
Further
Information
If you have
any questions about the OWL and tutoring, you can contact us at:
onlinetutoring@wlac.edu.
Also, please
feel free to come visit the campus Writing Lab for an in-person
demo of the OWL. The campus Writing Lab is located on the 1st
floor of the Library
(HLRC).
Writing
Lab Schedule
On
Campus: (June 9 through August 5, 2008)
Monday: 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Tuesday: 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Friday: 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Online:
Tutors may also provide online
tutoring Monday through Thursday when they are not working
with students face-to-face.
The
WLAC Online Writing Lab (OWL)
