How To Workshop

Online Workshopping Guide Technical tips and process advice

Why we workshopFor writers: For readers: Multiple Analysis practice perspectives “Stealable” Reader reaction techniques “New Eyes” Modeling (and counter-modeling)

How we do itMost complex (MS Word Reviewing features) Pros: Lots of features, built into Word, easier to use (once you know how) Cons: Incompatible, sometimes unpredictable

FIRST STEP!Save a new copy of the ﬁle with your name. annas percy paper.doc > annas percy paper ian comments.doc

“Track Changes” in Word

“Track Changes” in Word Review > Add Comment

“Track Changes” in Word Review > Track Changes

Further Tips:Group member doesn’t have MS Word?Export as PDF (Mac: “Save as PDF” in thePrint window; PC: install a PDF exporter as aprinter)Use comments without “track changes”If you don’t know how to do it: use somethingsimpler

How we do it part 2Not as complex (type directly in thedocument) Pros: Compatible with everyone, relatively easy to use, very ﬂexible Cons: Gets confusing easily; every comment must be marked

Save a newcopy with yourname in the ﬁleType right intothe documentChange the fontcolorMake sure youmark everycomment

Further Tips:Use other methods to differentiate yourcomments (font size, etc), but make sure it’sclearly different from the text.It’s harder to make corrections and deletionsusing this method; I usually just write “oops”next to mistakes.Don’t get too fancy--it will just consume timeLearn about “Format Painter” (MS Word) or“Copy and Paste Format” (Mac) to speed thisup

How we do it part 3Easiest method (just type some comments atthe end of the paper) Pros: Foolproof, no need to format, allows you to reﬂect on the paper Cons: Very hard to make speciﬁc comments about issues on individual pages, important to include a lot

End of the paper Don’t forget! Save a new copy with your name in the ﬁle before you make changes My comments

Further Tips:Write a lot. Because there are no commentsin the rest of the paper, you have to make it allup here.Be speciﬁc. “Some stuff seems vague still” isnot very helpful—try to be as clear as possible.

For all methods:Comment on every paper you receive on time.If you receive a peer’s paper late, thencomments on it are optional.Write about two substantive, speciﬁccomments (or questions) per page. Or, writeabout a half of page at the end.:) and :-) are not comments. They are smileyfaces. Also, “Nice Paper!!!” is almostmeaningless. Try to be speciﬁc.

How To Workshop

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