Writing Center

Tutoring for writing projects is available in the K-State Salina Writing Center in Room 102 of the Technology Center. The Writing Center promotes Kansas State University's Principles of Community and Student Learning Outcomes by providing an inclusive environment which nurtures independent writing skills, emphasizes writing process and encourages individual progress. Tutors will assist with global writing goals as well as style and delivery customized for individual assignments. Provide assignment guidelines, applicable research sources, and assessment rubrics for determining focus and purpose, development, and organization.

Schedule an appointment!

NOTE: If it is your first time booking an appointment, create a new WC Online account using your K-State e-mail address.

- Login into your created WC Online account; make sure the correct calendar (Writing Center Fall 2024) is selected.
- Type in the appropriate course information.
- Follow the prompts provided for your available appointment times.
- Check the box next to your preferred tutor (If you have no preference, leave the boxes unchecked)
- Fill out and submit the electronic form provided.
- After you meet with the tutor, find your tutor feedback form in your k-state.edu email.

Walk-In Hours

While scheduling an appointment with a tutor is the best way to guarantee sufficient time for consultation, tutors also offer walk-in hours on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Fall 2024 Walk-In Hours

Wednesdays and Fridays
- 2 PM - 4 PM
- Writing Center space (Technology Center Room 102)
Thursdays
- 6 PM - 7 PM
- Earhart Hall lobby

Writing Center Tutors

Fall 2024 Writing Center Tutors:

- - - - Nathan Weiss: ndweiss@ksu.edu
        
        In-Person and Online
        
        When ready for your virtual appointment time, click on your appointment block and the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" box
      - Kayla Storer: kstorer@ksu.edu
        
        In-Person Preferred
      - Alex Mercy: apmercy@ksu.edu
        
        In-Person and Online
        
        When ready for your virtual appointment time, click on your appointment block and the red "Start or Join Online Consultation" box
      - John Perrone: jperrone@ksu.edu
        
        In-Person Preferred
      - Roei Biton: roei@ksu.edu
        
        In-Person Preferred

If you would like a virtual appointment with Alex or Nathan, please make sure to select the "Yes. Schedule Online Appointment" option under the "Meet Tutor Online?" box in the appointment request form.

If you have questions related to the Writing Center, please contact Kaleen Knopp at kknopp@ksu.edu or Taryn Gilbert-Howard at tgilberthoward@ksu.edu.

Add Grammarly Extension to Microsoft Word

Grammarly.com/edu

The Salina campus community has access to grammarly.com/edu, which provides language mechanics and style analysis for writing and editing. We recommend that all Salina students sign up for individual accounts, and use this tool to review and revise written work before submission for grading.

To set up:

Step 1: Pull up the following website https://www.grammarly.com/offichttps://www.grammarly.com/microsoft-officee-addin

Step 2: Download the Add In

Step 3: Restart Microsoft Office (close out and reopen)

Step 4: Open the Grammarly Tab
Grammarly Example

Step 4: Click Open Grammarly
Click on Grammarly

Step 5: Sign in to Grammarly with your ksu.edu account

How to Use Zoom

To set up a new account at Grammarly.com/edu

To upgrade an existing account

First and foremost: If you have an existing account under your K-State email address, you must deactivate that account if you only have Grammarly's free features
1. Go to www.grammarly.com and sign into your account
  1. Your Grammarly homepage should load
2. Click on "Account" in the dark left menu
3. Scroll down until you see "DELETE ACCOUNT" marked in red on the bottom. Click on the words
4. Follow the prompted instructions
Once you've deactivated your non-premium account:
- Follow this link to our account activation page:
  https://invite.grammarly.com/WTjkMWYJ
  - Follow these instructions:
    1. You must use your KSU email (yourname@ksu.edu). Otherwise, the account activation will not work
    2. Follow the prompted instructions to finish activation.
    3. Enter our campus access code when prompted: oMqxGqxEGBFDQwEF

Using Grammarly.com/edu

If you have trouble registering or need additional help, please contact:

Kaleen Knopp - Writing Center Director - kknopp@ksu.edu

Taryn Gilbert Howard, Writing Center Assistant Director - tgilberthoward@ksu.edu

Guidelines

Mission Statement

The Kansas State Salina Writing Center promotes Kansas State University's Principles of Community and Student Learning Outcomes by providing an inclusive environment which nurtures independent writing skills, emphasizes writing process, and encourages individual progress.

Appointment Scheduling Guidelines

Students may schedule up to two appointments a week. Appointments can be booked in 30 minute increments for a maximum of one hour per session. Students may only have one session per day to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to utilize our services.

A limit of one session per day encourages students to utilize feedback in their work before returning for additional consultation.

In order to get the most out of your tutoring session, you must take an active role:

Provide your assignment and your latest draft. Schedule your appointment several days before your paper is due. Waiting until the last minute will limit your revision time.
Come prepared with questions and ideas.
Plan to spend at least 30 minutes with the tutor. Tutors help with writing skills only, so focus on writing-related problems. After your tutoring session, you may stay in the Writing Center and work on your own.
You should take detailed notes during your tutoring session, noting any repeated errors. As you revise your paper, work to eliminate these errors.
If you need additional help with grammar or punctuation, ask about helpful handouts and software available.

During your tutoring session, you can expect the following from the tutors:

Using various Writing Center resources, tutors can help you discover the answers to your specific writing questions.
Keeping the Hierarchy of Concerns in mind, tutors will ask questions and offer suggestions to help the student improve their writing.
Although tutors can give constructive feedback on organizational and developmental problems in your writing, they cannot evaluate your paper. Only your teacher can grade your paper.

Defining a Writing Center

The Writing Center is a free student and faculty resource available to assist writers with reviewing, revising, and improving their writing. Students may request feedback on drafts prepared for course assignments. Faculty and tutors will read essays for organization and development of ideas. Students who need work on proofreading skills will be referred to a variety of educational resources designed to help them improve their own skills.

The Writing Center's Proofreading Policy

Because the Writing Center emphasizes the process of writing, tutors will help you learn to proofread more effectively, but the paper belongs to you. Tutors will not produce an error-free paper for you. Use grammarly.com/edu to assist you with the editing process.

We want you to become an effective, independent writer. By working hard and taking advantage of all the Writing Center resources (books, handouts, software, sample papers, as well as tutoring sessions), you can improve your college level writing abilities.

Resources

Suggestions or Feedback:

If you have any suggestions or feedback for the Writing Center, click HERE.

The Writing Center

Learn about the offerings and how the Writing Center can help you improve your academic skills!