When you open a Write Experience activity, a writing prompt is shown and you can
enter an essay-type answer that can include text formatting. Write Experience activities
display the Write Experience icon
above the writing prompt.
Note The My Editor, Writer's Model, and
My Tutor tools might not be enabled for your
activity.
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Write your answer.
If needed, use the toolbar to apply text formatting such as boldface and
italics.
Important Don't paste text from another editor like Word. This can
sometimes cause your answer not to be scored correctly.
Your work is automatically saved every few minutes. A message below your
response shows when your work was last saved.
- To save your work manually, click Save and
Continue.
- To resize the writing prompt, drag its bottom border.
- To hide or show the writing prompt, click Editor
Only or Writing Prompt.
- Optional:
Click to see instant feedback on grammar and punctuation.
Possible problems are displayed in red with an icon
.
- Hover over
to see brief
feedback.
- Click
to see more extensive
feedback.
- Click Refresh to update the feedback after
changing your response in the editor.
- Optional:
Click Writer's Model to see an explanation of the
grading rubric with examples.
- Optional:
Click My Tutor to see general revision tips and
examples.
Click a rubric category — Focus,
Content, Organization,
Language, or Mechanics —
to see information for that category.
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Click Submit and Score.
Confirm by clicking Yes, submit for score.
Write Experience scores your answer and displays feedback.
Your instructor might review your answer and provide comments or adjust the activity
score.