Online Writing Lab
In order to better serve its students, the Academy has established an optional online writing lab, ACCESS (the Academy’s Center for Collegiate Excellence and Student Success). The lab presents online lessons, exercises, and feedback to foster an understanding of writing that will further students’ academic success and professional success.
The online writing lab is built around the following six writing fields:
- The General Writing Process in the Sport Profession
- Academic Writing in the Sport Profession
- Editorial Style and Formatting Within the Sport Profession
- Grammar and Language Mechanics Within the Sport Profession
- Professional and Technical Writing for the Sport Professional
- Job Search Writing in the Sport Profession
Within each writing field, students will find online tutorials on various topics. For example, to review and practice using commas, try the tutorial called “Using Commas,” found within the Grammar and Language Mechanics Within the Sport Profession field.
Evaluation is made using specific rubrics according to the following procedure:
- As students submit t heir writing assignments, they are graded by the course professor according to the appropriate rubric.
- If the professor deems it necessary, a specific tutorial(s) will be suggested. The intent is to help students become better writers. Suggestions are based upon the professor’s evaluation as well as scores for the unit writing assignments.
- If a student chooses to complete the suggested tutorial(s), work will be done with the ACCESS Coordinator to successfully complete and upload the tutorial exercises. The professor will be notified when the tutorial exercises have been completed.
Rubrics can be found in the academic catalogs.
Students are encouraged to take advantage of the ACCESS tutorials on their own, without suggestion from faculty. Through data collected by the Academy’s Institutional Effectiveness committee, students who complete ACCESS tutorials show improved grade point averages.
The Online Writing Lab can be accessed from the Course Management System.
