Using the University Writing Center

At UCF, we have a University Writing Center (UWC) that serves all of the students across our campus. The writing center specializes in helping students develop their writing during all stages of the writing process, whether that is in the brainstorming phase prior to writing a paper, during the content creation phase as you work on developing your ideas, and during the revision phase after you have a rough draft and are working on finalizing your work. Just note that UWC tutors are trained to not edit your paper for you. So, they won't point out every grammar error in your paper. Instead, they will identify patterns in your writing for you to go back and work on later.

You can check out their website and hours of operation (which change slightly during different semesters) here: https://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/

The UWC has created the following helpful video explaining the available online services they will be offering and how to schedule a consultation:

Scheduling a Consultation

Consultations must be scheduled in advance, by appointment, through TutorTrac: https://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/Links to an external site.

Appointments should be scheduled at least 2 hours in advance. No walk-in or Adobe Connect consultations will be offered during this time.

To access Zoom, writers will need the following:

An internet connection
Speakers and a microphone
Access to a Knights email account, for all official communications from the UWC

While a webcam is highly recommended, writers are not required to share video if they prefer not to, but Zoom users must have microphone/speaker capabilities. When students make an appointment for a virtual consultation, before the appointment, instructions will be emailed to their Knights email regarding how to access a Zoom meeting with a peer tutor. For questions, please email uwc@ucf.edu.

What to Bring to a Writing Consultation

Bring with you the assignment sheet that you are working on (homework assignment prompt, related content pages, major paper assignment sheet, etc.), your own writing and notes, and specific questions. While the writing consultants can help you work on any stage of your writing process, they are focused more on content and ideas rather than grammar.

Additional Resources

On top of all of that, they have a really useful resources page covering topics like, academic writing, citations, grammar and punctuation, and style, all of which you can use in this class. You can see those resources here: https://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/find-resources/

If you are interested in becoming a tutor yourself, check out this page (https://uwc.cah.ucf.edu/become-a-consultant/) and reach out to me I can guide you through the process. You will need to take a class in the Fall semester to be qualified to tutor in the UWC.