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Introducing Your Classes to Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)

The OWL offers a lot of resources for students and teachers of writing. We hope that you'll encourage your students to visit the OWL for help on writing. If you have ideas not listed here, please send them our way by sending email to link@owl.english.purdue.edu. We also have a list of suggestions for introducing the Writing Lab, and some ways to incorporate the OWL into specific portions of your classes.

Here are some suggestions for introducing your classes to Purdue's OWL.

• Include information about OWL on your syllabus. If you're putting your syllabus online, link directly to our OWL main page, and to any of our handouts or resources that might be useful for your students.
• Download and print our OWL flyer and distribute it to your students.
• If you're a Purdue instructor, invite an Writing Lab tutor to come give a workshop on using OWL
  
• If you're a Purdue instructor, request bookmarks or brochures with information about the OWL for your students by calling the Writing Lab front desk or by stopping by Heavilon 226. Or, you can download and print our OWL flyer and distribute it to your students.
  
• Have your students take the OWL online tour.
  
• Have your students conduct an OWL "scavenger hunt" to find specific pieces of information contained on OWL.
  
• Have your students subscribe to the Purdue OWL News for weekly writing tips and news about OWL and the Writing Lab.

Contact Information

• Writing Lab Front Desk: 494-3723
• The OWL homepage: http://owl.english.purdue.edu
• OWL Tutor E-Mail: click here
• Grammar Hotline: 494-3723
• OWL seminars: Karl Stolley, the OWL coordinator, can be reached at coordinator@owl.english.purdue.edu

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