ShepOWL
ShepOWL (Shepherd’s Online Writing Lab)
*Send us your paper three or more days before it is due*
View the Interactive Tutorial
How to REGISTER for ShepOWL on your Sakai site:
Email Yildiz Nuredinoski in order to be added to the site (ynuredin@shepherd.edu). Or follow the instructions below:
- Log onto Sakai and click on “Home” (top left hand side)
- On the Tool Navigation Menu (top left), click on “Membership“
- . Click on “Joinable Sites” on the top
- . Select “201630-ENGL-999:01“
- Click on “Sites” on the top right hand corner
- Find and click on “201630-ENGL-999:01” under PROJECTS to enter ShepOWL
Submit Your Paper to ShepOWL! (after you’ve registered)
1. Save Your Paper (as doc, docx, pdf or rtf) with the following information on the first page:
- Your full name
- Your email address
- The name of your class (i.e., English 102)
- Your professor’s name
- Your paper’s due date
- And, most IMPORTANTLY: Briefly explain the purpose of the paper, given in the assignment you received from your professor. Feel free to copy and paste the assignment prompt your professor gave you.
Explain how the tutor can help you with your paper. For example, do you need help with the thesis statement? with transitions? with the conclusion? with punctuation?
2. Log onto Sakai and go to ShepOWL by clicking on the class: 201630-ENGL-999:01
3. Click on Assignments, and click on today’s date
4. Read the instructions and attach your file (doc, docx, pdf, rtf).
5. You should get an email confirming your submission.
Getting Feedback on your essay
- Check your email within 72 hours to see when the tutor has released your essay with feedback.
- Once you get that email, go back to Sakai, click on the date you submitted your essay and click on your Turnitin icon.
- Turnitin should load and you need to click on the second button on the top right hand corner to view the commentary. Click here for a visual.