Writing Center Tutors work with writers—individually or in groups—on different types of projects across multiple disciplines and media. Throughout all our work—in Face-to-Face appointments, Written Feedback appointments, Online Realtime appointments, and writing groups—we emphasize collaboration, writing, and revision.
We help writers develop awareness of their own process(es) as they navigate different exigencies. In each appointment, your tutor will work with you to collaboratively set an agenda focused on one, two, or three specific topics for revision.
The Writing Center also serves as DePaul’s official source of student support for ePortfolios.
Specific details about each type of appointment the Writing Center offers are described below.
For further information, please see our Writing Center policies.
Whatever your project and wherever you are in the process, you can visit us in-person at the Lincoln Park Campus or the Loop Campus for face-to-face help.
Online appointments allow you to meet with a tutor remotely in real time and get the same quality feedback as though you were sitting face to face. You’ll meet your Writing Center Tutor online in a chatroom and/or via Webcam within WCOnline, our scheduling platform.
To meet your tutor online, log back onto WCOnline and select the red link that says, “Start or Join Online Consultation” from your appointment window approximately 5 to 10 minutes before the start of your appointment.
You and your tutor can review the paper together and make changes to it in real-time in a collaborative rich-text editor. You can upload the paper or simply copy and paste the text into the editor.
You’re in charge of the direction of the appointment, so before you meet online, try to prepare questions for your Writing Center Tutor or some goals for the tutorial.
You may also work on prewriting, brainstorming, working under pressure, improving grammar, and other aspects of writing, even if you do not have a draft or a particular assignment.
In a Written Feedback Appointment, you can receive feedback on your work no matter where you are or when you’re free. You submit your project electronically and our tutors review it and email it back to you with feedback. Your tutor will write a summary letter and leave comments in the margins that you can review at your own pace.
When you make your appointment, you can attach any applicable materials to the appointment, including your writing prompt, draft, and any sources, such as an article you’re citing, to help your tutor better help you.