This document provides guidance on online workshopping and reviewing documents. It discusses three methods for providing feedback on documents: using Track Changes in Microsoft Word, directly typing comments into the document and changing the font color, and typing comments at the end of the document. For each method, it outlines the pros and cons, as well as additional tips. The key information is that the document reviews three methods for providing online feedback on documents, from using advanced commenting features in Word, to simply typing comments at the end in plain text. It aims to provide writers and reviewers with options and best practices for online workshopping.

1. Online Workshopping
Guide
Technical tips and process advice

2. Why we workshop

3. Why we workshop
For writers:
Multiple
perspectives
Reader reaction
“New Eyes”

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

5. How we do it
Most complex (MS Word Reviewing features)

6. How we do it
Most complex (MS Word Reviewing features)
Pros: Lots of features, built into Word,
easier to use (once you know how)

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

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

10. “Track Changes” in Word

11. “Track Changes” in Word
Review > Add Comment

12. “Track Changes” in Word

13. “Track Changes” in Word
Review > Track Changes

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

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

17. Save a new
copy with your
name in the file
Type right into
the document
Change the font
color
Make sure you
mark every
comment

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

19. How we do it part 3
Easiest method (just type some comments at
the 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

20. End of the paper

21. End of the paper
My comments

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

23. Further Tips:
Write a lot. Because there are no comments
in the rest of the paper, you have to make it all
up here.
Be specific. “Some stuff seems vague still” is
not very helpful—try to be as clear as possible.

24. For all methods:
Workshops are worth 5 points each.
Comment on every paper you receive on time.
If you receive a peer’s paper late, then
comments on it are optional.
Write about two substantive, specific
comments (or questions) per page. Or, write
about a half of page at the end.
:) and :-) are not comments. They are smiley
faces. Also, “Nice Paper!!!” is almost
meaningless. Try to be specific.