Focus on a purpose

1. Resources > Writing > The Writing Process
2. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes

Respond to the needs of different audiences

1. Resources > Writing > The Writing Process
2. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes

Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes (Analyze, Argue/Persuade, Compare/Contrast, Describe, Evaluate, Extend, Inform, Reflect, Synthesize)

Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes (Analyze, Argue/Persuade, Compare/Contrast, Describe, Evaluate, Extend, Inform, Reflect, Synthesize)
2. Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals

Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Process > Drafting (also see Revising)

Understand how genres shape reading and writing

1. Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals
2. Resources > Writing > Writing Samples

Write in several genres

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes (Analyze, Argue/Persuade, Compare/Contrast, Describe, Evaluate, Extend, Inform, Reflect, Synthesize)
2. Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals

Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Process > Planning
2. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes
3. Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals

(Note: This outcome could be met in several ways in the Writing and Research buckets. For example, there are exercises and assignments asking students to watch a video, look at an internet site, and respond in various ways, including short answer or essay format.)

Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources

1. Resources > Writing and Resources > Research (multiple topics)

Integrate their own ideas with those of others

1. Resources > Research > The Research Assignment > Integrating Sources
2. Resources > In MyCompLab, instructors can assign both Collaborative assignments and Peer Review assignments: ToDo > Create Assignment > Peer Review (or Collaboration)

Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes > Argue or Persuade (as well as Compare/Contrast, Describe, Evaluate, Extend, Inform, Reflect, Synthesize)
2. Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals (assets about rhetoric)

Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text

1. Resources > Writing Process > Revising.

See also Composing tab where students can write and submit multiple drafts.

See also ToDo tab, where instructors can create assignments and request multiple drafts.

Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading

1. Resources > Writing Process > Revising
2. Resources > Writing Process > Finishing and Editing
3. Resources > Grammar (topics for Sentence Grammar, Basic Grammar, Usage and Style, Punctuation and Mechanics)

Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work

Multiple areas, including Resources > Writing Process > Revising. To Do > Create Assignments feature and Composing tab (writing space and MyCompLab's Toolkit) also encourage revising.

Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes

Resources > Writing Process > Finishing and Editing > Peer Review. In MyCompLab, instructors can also assign both Collaborative assignments and Peer Review assignments: ToDo > Create Assignment > Peer Review (or Collaboration)

Learn to critique their own and others' works

Resources > Writing Process > Finishing and Editing > Peer Review. In MyCompLab, instructors can also assign both Collaborative assignments and Peer Review assignments: ToDo > Create Assignment > Peer Review (or Collaboration)

Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part

Resources > Writing Process > Finishing and Editing > Peer Review. In MyCompLab, instructors can also assign both Collaborative assignments and Peer Review assignments: ToDo > Create Assignment > Peer Review (or Collaboration)

Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences

Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals (includes several multimedia tutorials for visual rhetoric)

Learn common formats for different kinds of texts

1. MyCompLab's Toolkit > Writing Samples > models listed by discipline and by writing purpose (105 models total)
2. Resources > Writing > Writing Process > Finishing and Editing (includes assets for using technology as well as formatting and designing documents)

Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics

1. Resources > Writing > Writing Process; 2. Resources > Writing > Writing Purposes
2. MyCompLab's Toolkit > Writing Samples > models listed by discipline and by writing purpose (105 models total)

Practice appropriate means of documenting their work

Resources > Research. In addition to pre-tests and post-tests for Citations, this bucket provides multiple instruction, multimedia, and assessment content for Avoiding Plagiarism, Finding Sources, Evaluating Sources, Integrating Sources, Citing Sources, Writing a Research Paper, and Research Samples.

Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling

1. Resources > Grammar. This is an extensive section that includes granular topics for Sentence Grammar, Basic Grammar, Usage and Style, Punctuation and Mechanics.
2. MyCompLab's Toolkit > Grammar and Editing FAQs
3. When commenting in the Composing space, instructors can insert pre-set common grammar error comments that link students to instructrion, multimedia and exercises to learn about that error

Use electronic environments for drafting, reviewing, revising, editing, and sharing texts

Resources > Writing > Writing Process (covered in several subsections, including Narrowing a Subject Online, Outlining using a Word Processor, Working with Text on a Word Processor, Working with Illustrations on a Word Processor.
*The Composing space for submitting assignments encourages using the electronic environment for the entire writing and revision process.

Locate, evaluate, organize, and use research material collected from electronic sources, including scholarly library databases; other official databases (e.g., federal government databases); and informal electronic networks and internet sources

Resources > Research > The Research Assignment > Finding Sources and Evaluating Sources
Resources > Research > Citing Sources
The Avoiding Plagiarism tutorial also covers electronic sources