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Doctoral Writing Center Consultations

    • Time: All appointments are booked for 45 minutes. This typically allows for review of approximately 5 to 7 pages of content.**If you need an APA review only, you can book a slot for asynchronous APA review. Your editor will return your feedback to you on a Word document.
    • Booking: In order to book your consultation, please click here.
    • Making Appointments: If you need help learning how to make an appointment, please see ‘Booking Appointments’ below for further information.

Learn more below:

Session Expectations

In your consultation session, please come prepared with questions and specific areas you would like your Specialist to focus on. Sessions are guided by you, so knowing your priorities will help us make the most of our time together.

What We Do:

    • Provide suggestions, strategies, and considerations for you as the author.
    • Focus on the areas you identify as most important.
    • Discuss aspects related to writing, structure, and clarity, not content.

What We Do Not Do:

    • Provide editing or line-by-line corrections. If you wish to hire an editor, it is your responsibility to locate and vet the editor yourself. Westcliff University can provide a list of suggested questions to ask and factors to consider, but this list is for guidance only and does not serve as an endorsement or vetting of any individual or company. You are under no obligation to use an editor, nor to select anyone from a suggested list.
    • Tell you what to do. (Your work is your own, and we respect that.)
    • Offer sessions or feedback outside of the times available.
Booking Appointments Through Accudemia

Please see this tutorial to show you how to create an appointment and manage your account with WCOnline.

How to Set an Appointment

Note: Please use Firefox or Chrome (not Safari) for the best experience.

Follow these steps to set an appointment to receive either live or asynchronous support:

  1. From the main menu, click Centers → Appointments → New Appointment.
  2. Select the Service you would like to request.
  3. Select the Subject Area(s) you need assistance with.
  4. Choose an available date and time (asynchronous (written) support requests will be returned within 24 to 48 hours of the selected appointment date)
  5. Add any notes or documents (you MUST provide submission notes and a Word document for asynchronous subject area requests) then click Confirm.
Need help getting started?

View the Student Tour Guide: https://www.attendance-tracking.com/docs/doku.php/accudemia/10/student/quickstart   

 For technical assistance with signing in, please submit a ticket to the IT Help Desk by selecting “Request Service” from the link provided.

If No Appointments are Available

If there is no time available for the week you are requesting, please join the waitlist for the day you wish to meet with a specialist. If an appointment does become available, you will receive a notification of the availability. You can choose if you would like to be notified by text or email.

If you receive this notification, make sure you login to schedule your appointment at that time. Every student on the waitlist will be notified, so ensure you lock in the appointment time.

Need Help Accessing Asynchronous (Written) feedback?

Asynchronous Writing Center feedback is typically completed and returned within 24–48 hours of your scheduled appointment date. Because asynchronous appointments do not include a live meeting with a specialist, there is nothing you need to join at the scheduled appointment time.

Once your specialist has completed the review, you will receive a notification from Accudemia, so please keep an eye on your email for that message.

In the meantime, you can check the status of your appointment and access your appointment details directly in Accudemia by navigating to:

Centers > Appointments > View All

From there:

    1. Select the current term, an appropriate date range (e.g., Last 7 Days), or the date of your appointment. Once the appointment list appears, locate the appropriate appointment.
    2. Select Details to view the appointment information and, once completed, your specialist’s feedback.

Please note that asynchronous appointments may sometimes display a “No-Show” status in Accudemia. You can disregard this designation. Because these are written-feedback appointments and do not include a live meeting, the “No-Show” label does not mean that you missed your appointment or that your work will not be reviewed.

If 48 hours have passed since your scheduled appointment and you do not see feedback in your appointment details, please feel free to reach out and we will be happy to look into it.

Changes in the Appointment

When you book an appointment, you are reserving a specialist’s time for yourself—please note this is a time that another student will not be able to book. If you need to change or reschedule your appointment, ensure that you do so a minimum of six hours prior to your scheduled appointment.

How? Login to your account, select your appointment in the upcoming appointments box and add/change the necessary information.

Day of the Meeting

For synchronous Zoom meetings, your link can be found in your confirmation email or in the “upcoming appointments” box on your Accudemiz dashboard.

For asynchronous appointments, you should not attend a Zoom meeting. Instead, keep an eye on your email for a notification from Accudemia within 24-to-48 hours of your appointment date informing you your feedback has been completed.

Still Need Help?
If you still need help, please email writinghelp@westcliff.edu