Writing Center

Campus Tutorial Service’s Writing Center, made up of The Dr. Elmer G. Redford Computer Lab and The Fred M. & Barbara J. Arndt Writing Center in the Mary Poppe Chrisman Success Center (rooms 3011 & 3012), provides a quiet place for students to work on writing projects and, if requested, to meet with our writing tutors; PCs and printers are available. 

During the regular academic school year, the Writing Center is available for drop-in hours on a first-come, first-serve basis during our normal hours of operation. Feel free to stop at Campus Tutorial Services’ front desk, located on the second floor of the Mary Poppe Chrisman Success Center, for our drop-in Writing Center.

If you need more individualized support:

Given the first-come, first-serve nature of drop-in, feel free to make a one-on-one tutoring appointment with a writing tutor.

CTS Remote Writing Center

Writing Center Services

Public Speaking/Speech Practice in the Writing Center

Campus Tutorial Services provides a Public Speaking/Speech Practice service in our Writing Center for students in any class who would like a private room to practice their speech in, access to presentation technology, speech recording, and/or a peer audience to provide feedback and encouragement. This service is available for individual students and speech groups. In order to reserve a space, please contact Campus Tutorial Services at least 24 hours before your requested practice time by email at tutorctr@uww.edu or by phone at 262-472-1230.

Public Speaking Practice can help students:

  • Refine their speech topic
  • Prepare speech materials/presentational aids (i.e., notecards, outlines, etc.)
  • Reduce speech anxiety through repetition and experience presenting
  • Note areas of speech to improve before presentation day

Writing Center Partnerships

Campus Tutorial Services partners with departments and organizations across campus in order to provide students with convenient, accessible support in as many ways as possible. Our writing tutors provide in-class support in a variety of courses, including (but not limited to) English, Math, History, Biology, Chemistry, CORE, DEVLPED, and New Student Seminar. Writing tutors are also stationed several hours per week in remote locations such as Wells Hall and the Andersen Library.

In-Class Writing Support

Online Writer Resources

  • Activities for ESL Students (published by The Internet TESL Journal) diverse collection of online activities for all levels of ESL students.

  • Dave's ESL Cafe (created by Dave Sperling, The English Language Institute at San Diego State University) has more than 100 categories of the English language.

  • English as a Second Language (created by Rong-Chang Li) free learning site links for ESL students and teachers.

  • TOEFL Go Anywhere (Educational Testing Service) TOEFL preparation services.

  • APA Style Tutorial – Tutorials and Webinars, Handouts and Guides, and Sample Papers (from the APA)

  • APA Formatting – APA Format Setup in Word 2010 (audio/video), approx. 5 minutes (from the Daytona State College Writing Center)

  • MLA Formatting – MLA Format Setup in Word 2010 (audio/video), approx. 5 minutes (from the Daytona State College Writing Center)

  • MLA Style Overview – MLA 8th edition guide from the Purdue OWL (PowerPoint presentation)

  • MLA Style Center – Tips and FAQs about MLA style including  Ask the MLA

UW-Whitewater Andersen Library 

Writing Scientific Reports – (from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Grammar and Writing Websites

Plagiarism

Graduate Student Writers

Recommended Reading

Interested in the UW-System's stance on the uses of AI in an academic setting? 

See the Universities of Wisconsin guidance document for advice on the proper usage of Artificial Intelligence programs in a university context.

How do writing centers view AI in academic work?

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center has offered valuable insight into their experience with incorporating Artificial Intelligence into their tutoring. Find out what they recommend.

Did you get accused of AI cheating?

  • UW-Whitewater Disciplinary Procedures

  • What to do if you're accused of AI cheating

  • If you’re accused of using AI and did not use it, we emphasize and encourage that you have a polite conversation with your professor before anything else. It can be frustrating to be falsely accused of doing something, but there are steps to remedy the situation.

  • “Part of education is learning to advocate for yourself" (Fowler). It’s important to take a step back and remind yourself that AI is new to everyone – including professors. Nonetheless, there are tools to help you advocate for yourself both as a writer and as a student. Having a polite conversation is a great place to start in terms of self-advocacy. 

  • Research suggests that AI detectors may be unfair against non-native English speakers/writers and that AI detectors are evidently imperfect in other ways. AI detectors might indicate that something was written by AI when really it is a more technical topic that may be challenging to write about. After all, how many ways are there to explain the scientific method? 

  • Utilize the ‘version history’ of your writing software. Google Docs and Microsoft Word provide version histories of your document that keep track of changes. You can easily show this to your professor to prove that you did not use AI in your paper, therefore acting as a form of ‘physical’ evidence.

  • If you’re accused of using AI when you did not, start with a polite conversation with your professor. From there, you hopefully now have a better idea of how you can proceed in proving you did not use AI. We hope this helps!

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