Writing Your Papers | Online Conferences
NOTE: I’m still changing rhetoric from “Hangouts” to “Chat”. Google has closed down “Hangouts” and moved everything to “Chat”.
Writing Your Papers in KSU Google Docs
- REMEMBER: all papers must be written in KSU Google Docs! There are many reasons for this:
- Google Docs can be easily accessed from any type of computer (Microsoft Windows, Apple, Linux, Google Chromebooks, . . .). This is a good thing when you have to share it with me and (later) with your Writing Workshop partner(s).
- Because your documents are saved in an online cloud, there is a significantly reduced chance that you will loose it (such as in a computer crash).
- Google Docs maintains a history of revisions that anyone (who has access to the document) can see. That’s a good thing! For example: maybe you deleted a paragraph (out of frustration) and later realized that there’s a sentence in it that you
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want to use? For another example: I can look at previous drafts to analyze the thinking behind the most recent draft, try to help you move the thinking and writing forward.
What to do:
- Login to your KSU Flashline account.
- In the upper right corner, there is a Google Drive Icon; click on that icon.
You should find yourself in Google Drive, but if you are looking at your mail, then click on the square-of-squares (upper right corner).- Select the Google Drive icon (the green, blue, and yellow triangle thing).
- Click on the “+ New” button.
- Select Google Docs.
- Select Blank document.
- Write your assignment.
- Be sure to label your assignment with:
- your name
- the type of assignment (Essay One, Essay Two Revision, …).
- When you are finished and ready to have me evaluate it, share the assignment with me:
- click on the “Share” button in the upper right corner
- type my email address in the space provided: clrobins@kent.edu
- make sure that you give me permission to edit the document (so that I can mark and comment upon it)!
Holding an Optional Online Conference with Me
If you want to hold an online conference with me, you must sign up for an appointment. We will meet for a text chat.
- I use WeJoinIn for the sign-up sheets.
- These appointment sheets will be posted, one for each week, on the Conference Appointments page. Directions on how to sign up for an appointment are also on that page.
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- NOTE: I’m still changing rhetoric from “Hangouts” to “Chat”. Google has closed down “Hangouts” and moved everything to “Chat”.
- Login to your KSU Flashline account.
- In the upper right corner, there is a Google Drive Icon; click on that icon.
Click on the square-of-squares (upper right corner).- Select the Google Chat (not Hangouts) icon.
- Wait for me to begin the text chat. It is likely that I will have to invite you to the first chat.
- Note: we do not do video chat in this class! Why? I have several reasons, but the main reason is that I want our text chat to serve as notes for you as you work on your essays.
- The text chat is always saved, automatically. If you have trouble finding it, just send me an email, and I’ll help you find it.
