Specs

I’ll ask you to submit most of your writings for this course both online and on paper. I’ll also often ask you to make print copies for several readers. So please feel free to print on the front and back of each page, and don’t waste paper with separate cover pages or lists of Works Cited.

Specs

We will go over all these guidelines in the first few weeks of class. Don’t panic if you make a few mistakes at the start. These specs are more about typing than writing.

• Use Microsoft Word to complete your writings for this course. As a UD student, you can download Microsoft Office at no charge.
• Use any standard serif font for the main body of your text; a sans serif font for your titles and heads. Indent ¶s a quarter-inch. Choose 1.5 spacing between lines.
• Use the Chicago Author-Date Style for documenting sources and quotations. (For the most part, this will simply involve putting the number of the page from which you’re quoting in parentheses at the end of a sentence.)
• Type your name, the assignment number and date, and a title for your piece at the top of your first page. Create a running head that numbers the pages that follow.
• Use this formula to title your document: “First-Name Last-Initial Assignment-Number”. For example, if I were to submit the first writing for this course, I would title it: “Joe H X1.docx”.
• Post your finished document to the Google Drive Folder for this course by class time on the date it is due. I will let you how many printed copies I would like you to bring to class.

Editing

Be professional. Proofread and edit all of your writing carefully before posting it or turning it in. I will not give credit for work that strikes me as hurried or careless. We’ll talk much more during the semester about format and design, but the basic rule is: Take pride in the work you do for this course.

Writing Center

The Writing Centers in 016 Memorial Hall and 017 Morris Library offer free one-on-one instruction to students who have writing assignments in this or any other course at UD. When you work with a Writing Center tutor, it tells me that you are taking the work of this course seriously. Make appointments online.

Good luck! I look forward to reading your work!