Submitting an essay to the OWL
PLEASE NOTICE:
1) OWL tutors are available Monday-Friday from
9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Your draft will be read by the first available
tutor. Please give tutors 2-3 weekdays to respond to your
paper. The OWL is not regularly staffed on the weekends,
so papers sent on Friday afternoon, Saturday, or Sunday will be
read the following Monday, at the earliest.
2) When an entire class of students is required
to use the OWL by their teacher, the 2-3 day turn around time
for feedback does not apply. Tutors will try to give these
students feedback in a timely manner, but these types of
class-wide submissions greatly slow down our staff; therefore,
we cannot guarantee students will receive feedback on papers
sent 2-3 days before the due date.
3) OWL tutors will read papers that are under
seven pages in length. If you send longer papers, be aware
that tutors will stop commenting after the seventh page.
If you would like the tutor to focus on specific sections of a
longer paper, please specify this on the submission form or in
your e-mail. Due to limited tutoring and funding
resources, we ask that students do not split up a
longer paper and send it as two separate submissions.
4) To submit an essay to the
OWL, please follow this link to fill out the
On-line Submission Form.
If you are experiencing problems with the on-line
submission form, please send an e-mail to owl@uwc.edu
that includes all of the information requested below:
- What is your full name?
- What is your student I.D. number? (Extremely important!!
We use the student identification number to verify your status
as a UW-Colleges student.)
- What is the course number (ex. ENG 102 or HIS 101)?
- What is your instructor's full name?
- What UW college do you attend (ex. UW-Fox Valley or
UW-Online)?
- What is your complete campus e-mail address?
- Explain the assignment as thoroughly as you can (using your
instructor's words if possible). NOTE: TUTORS WILL NOT READ
PAPERS WITHOUT AN ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION!! Without a clear description
of the assignment, the tutor cannot give you accurate feedback.
- Explain your areas of concern with this assignment as specifically
as you can (for example: Is my thesis clear? Does my conclusion
make sense? Do I need more examples? I think I have a problem
with comma splices, etc.). Please also mention any areas of concern
your instructor has pointed out in your previous writing.
- Attach your essay to the e-mail message as a Word document
(our computers won't open Works or Word Perfect attachments;
please send your attachments in Word).
- If your paper is a research paper that incorporates outside
sources, please send your Works Cited page with the draft so that
the tutor can check your MLA style.
If you have questions about or difficulties submitting an essay,
please contact Sara Pagliaroni at
sara.pagliaroni@uwc.edu
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