Writing and Communication Consultations
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Undergraduate students
How to Make an Appointment on Navigate:
- Download the Navigate App
- Download "Navigate Student" app in the App Store or Google Play. Once installed login with your ISU login.
- OR Login to Navigate through your browser
Once Logged into Navigate:
- Click “Appointments” and then “Schedule an Appointment”.
- Select "Academic Support" for the Care Unit.
- Select "Writing and Communication Consultations" for the Service.
- Select "Academic Success Center OR Virtual" for the Location.
- Then choose from available days/times and schedule your appointment.
Graduate Students
Some graduate students have been able to make appointments in Navigate! Please try this method first, as it is should be rolling out to all graduate students soon. If have trouble making an appointment as a graduate student, please email us at writingsuccess@iastate.edu with your availability and preferred consultant (if known).
Join us for our Speaker Series Event in March!
Attend our virtual language and communication justice event, "Rewriting, Reclaiming, and Reorienting in Digital Spaces," on March 29, 2023 from 4:00-5:15p. Artists and designers, Ashlee Bird, Joseph Erb, and Casey Koyczan will share their work advocating for Indigenous language justice through technology and design, followed by a Q&A with attendees.
We have weekend and evening appointments
Meet with a consultant in the comfort of your residence hall! We have virtual appointments available until 9p on Mondays through Thursdays, and appointments on Sundays from 4p-9p.
We have in-person appointment options available for students. Our in-person location is in Hixson Lied Student Success Center 2261, located across from the Maple-Willow-Larch residence halls. Located conveniently on the Orange 23 bus line, our Hixson Lied space is welcoming to all students.
Students can:
- Students can schedule up to 3 appointments a week.
- Students can schedule by walking in, calling in, or by going online (to Navigate for undergraduates; email writingsuccess@iastate.edu for graduate students).
Video Consultations are conducted Zoom. All online consultations are synchronous, meaning the tutor and student are simultaneously present. The tutor and the client interact in real-time, using video, screen sharing, and chat features.
For Undergraduate Students
- Schedule an appointment for Writing and Communication Consultations on Navigate and select the virtual option.
- In the intake form, select the "Zoom" option. Complete your intake form at least thirty minutes before your scheduled consultation.
- In your appointment notification on Navigate, you will have access to the personal meeting ID of your consultant.
- Enter your upcoming appointment on Zoom a few minutes before your scheduled meeting time.
For Graduate Students
- Email writingsuccess@iastate.edu with your availability and preferred times and dates, as well as with a specific consultant that you might want to work with (if known).
- Once an appointment is made with your consultant, fill out the intake form at least 30 minutes before your desired meeting time and select the "Zoom" option.
- Accept the calendar invite for your appointment time, which will include a Zoom link to your appointment.
- Enter your upcoming appointment on Zoom a few minutes before your scheduled meeting time.
All Google Docs consultations are synchronous, meaning the tutor and student are simultaneously present. We do not line edit your documents but rather, offer individualized assistance and suggestions to help improve your writing. Both the Google chat feature and comments will be used.
For Undergraduate Students
- Schedule an appointment for Writing and Communication Consultations on Navigate and select the virtual option.
- Open your Google doc that you'd like your consultant to help with. Open the sharing tab, and select that "anyone with the link" can "edit" the document.
3. Complete your intake form, and select the "Google Docs" option. In that option, paste a link to your Google Doc. Ensure that the Complete your intake form at least thirty minutes before your scheduled consultation.
What can I expect at my appointment?
Communication Consultants respond to any question you have about your writing and communication as well as topics you may have not considered. Consultants discuss your assignments with you, including helping with clarifying assignment sheets, discussing issues from class, and evaluating how your writing meets expectations. Consultants work with you at any stage of your thinking process, such as brainstorming, researching, drafting, and revising. You may also discuss writing and communication topics with consultants in order to gain a clear understanding of purpose, such as focus, organization, structural issues, and formatting.