The Write Place

How to Submit a Paper for Feedback

Ask a specific question about the writing process at writeplace@ohiodominican.edu

• Questions about MLA, APA, or Chicago format, style, and documentation
• Questions about proper grammar, usage, or punctuation

Or, you can also send your draft as an attachment to writeplace@ohiodominican.edu

• Please make sure you attach your draft (do not just copy and paste it into an email)
• We will accept papers in .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, or .pdf formats (no Pages or .wps files, please)
• We will not accept links from Google Docs. Please save your file in one of the above formats.
• We will accept drafts of up to 12 pages. If your paper is longer, for example a graduate thesis/final project, please email it to the Write Place Coordinator at WritePlace@ohiodominican.edu

Please make the subject line of your email “ODU Online Writing Center”

In the body of the email, please provide all of the following information:

• Your name, course, and professor
• A brief description (2-3 sentences) of the assignment in your own words
• A list of specific questions or concerns that you may have.

Online Resources

•  General Reference & Citation info   
•  Basics of College Composition    
•  Introduction to APA Format   
•  Sample APA Essay   
•  Sample MLA First Page   
•  Introduction to MLA Style  
•  Introduction to Chicago Style  
•  Thesis Statements   
•  The Sheridan Baker Thesis Machine   
•  Transition Words  
•  Topic Sentences   
•  Using the Comma   
•  Writing a Critique Paper   
•  The Classical Argument  
•  Annotated Bibliography  
•  Sample APA Annotated Bibliography   
•  Sample MLA Annotated Bibliography

 

Ohio Dominican Tutoring Center's AI Policy

Given the prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in college students, this policy is intended to help students and faculty make sound decisions regarding AI and tutoring at Ohio Dominican University. The Tutoring Center believes that AI cannot replace a human’s ability to think critically, creatively, and analytically. While AI can be a beneficial tool, it cannot replace human connection and the ability to learn. We care more about the learning process and comprehension of course materials through conversation, questioning, and working with one another towards discovery.

Even so, we acknowledge the ever-changing developments of AI and that they have impacted college education and learning. AI can complement the learning process and can help with the initial steps in the writing process or studying but should not serve as a replacement. Questions our tutors will ask include:

How and why is the student using AI?
What can we do to help learn without the use of AI?
What are your professor’s guidelines when using AI?

We understand that different fields of study have varying permissions and expectations regarding AI. With that in mind, our policy states that students must come to their appointments with the knowledge of their professors’ AI policies so that the tutors know how to best help them. We, as tutors, will support the professors’ policies regarding AI permission, use, and to what extent AI is allowed. If there is no policy, we will assume AI is prohibited in the class. Depending on the class, AI usage may violate ODU’s academic integrity standards. As such, our tutors are trained to assume AI is not allowed unless it is in writing by the professor in the syllabus.

We encourage conversations with the tutors regarding AI and the ways it can be beneficial or harmful. AI can be helpful in finding keywords for research, grammar, and generating study questions. However, AI can be incorrect in what it claims as fact, citations, and it is often vague. In the Tutoring Center, we require the use of AI to be ethical with the permission of the course instructor.

The Tutoring Center is not responsible for detecting all instances of AI usage. We do not run papers through any AI detection software. Students are responsible for following their professors’ AI policies.