WPA Outcomes Matched to MyCompLab

MyCompLab has two main sections where instructional material "lives":

Writer's Toolkit. Click on the tab titled "Composing" to find the Writer's Toolkit. This area offers interactive tools to help students with grammar, writing, and research topics as they write.
Resources. The Resource tab contains instruction, multimedia tutorials and exercises for a wide variety of composition topics. Topics are organized under the broad categories of Writing, Grammar, and Research. Each topic has instructional assets (text-based), multimedia assets (audio lessons, videos, animations, tutorials), exercise sets (for student practice), and skill building sets (for instructors to build specific assignments).

The following paths and explanations are designed to help you find content that meets the WPA outcomes.

WPA Outcomes for First Year Composition	MyCompLab Content and Exercises
Rhetorical Knowledge
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
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
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)
Processes
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 Writer'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)
Knowledge of Conventions
Learn common formats for different kinds of texts	1. Writer'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. Writer'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. Writer'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
Composing in Electronic Environments
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
Understand and exploit the differences in the rhetorical strategies and in the affordances available for both print and electronic composing processes and texts	Resources > Writing > Writing and Visuals (includes several multimedia tutorials for visual rhetoric)