Write on Competition

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Coor inating an managing a write-on competition for yo r law school program can bea a nting challenge. Yo may be familiar with The West E cation Networ (TWEN) inthe classroom an for yo r law review, b t are yo aware that TWEN is also a powerf lwrite-on competition tool? Yo can create a separate law review co rse in TWEN tomanage st ent s bmissions, maintain anonymity among the competitors, plancompetition sche les, an recor an anno nce res lts at the en of the competition.

Extending Your Westlaw® Password

All Write-On Competition participants will nee to exten their Westlaw passwor for

the s mmer session in or er to participate in the Write-On Competition.To exten yo r Westlaw passwor , sign on tolawschool.westlaw.com an clic theExtend my Westlaw Password banner an follow the instr ctions to exten yo rWestlaw passwor thro gh the s mmer session.

Creating a Course in TWEN

Yo r Aca emic Acco nt Manager (AAM) or st ent representative will nee to create aco rse in TWEN for yo r Write-On Competition. Once the co rse is create , the AAM orst ent representative will nee to a the st ents who are managing the Write-OnCompetition as a co-teacher or a ministrator for the co rse. A ministrators an co-teachers have f ll access rights to the co rse.

Becoming an Administrator for Your Write-On Competition Course

In or er to manage the Write-On Competition co rse in TWEN, yo r Aca emic Acco ntManager, St ent Representative, or an existing co rse a ministrator (e.g., o tgoinge itors) will nee to a yo as a co-a ministrator or co-teacher for the TWEN co rse.

To ma e someone an a ministrator or co-teacher for a co rse, complete these steps:

1. Clic the co rse name on the My Co rses page. The co rse home page is isplaye .

2. Clic Modify Course n erDisplay for Faculty Only to isplay the Mo ify ThisCo rse page.

3. Clic Modify Course Information . The Mo ify Co rse Information page is isplaye .

4. In the Access Groups section, enter the n meric portion of the Westlaw passwor inthe Co-Teacher Access text box.

5. Clic Submit Course Changes .

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Yo can enter the co rse by clic ing the co rse title on the My Co rses page. Yo can personalize theCo rse Home page, an mo ify any of the co rse elements that s it the nee s of yo r competition (e.g.,for ms, oc ment pages, an q izzes.)

Designating a Neutral Proctor

Anonymo s gra ing allows yo to se st ent-create i entifiers (instea of names) when reviewing write-on competition pac et s bmissions so that yo o not now which st ent’s wor yo are reviewing.

Yo can esignate a Ne tral Proctor to manage the s bmissions for the Write-On Competition. A Ne tralProctor is the only a ministrator with the ability to eactivate anonymo s gra ing for assignments oncethey’ve been s bmitte . Typically a ne tral e itor is esignate as the Ne tral Proctor for the write-oncompetition.

To esignate a Ne tral Proctor for yo r Write-On Competition co rse, complete these steps:


2. Clic Grade Book & Assignments . The Gra e Boo Home page is isplaye .

3. Choose Manage Anonymous Instructions from the rop own box in the pper-right corner.

4. Choose a name from the Designate a Neutral Proctor for the course rop- own list. The list containsall of the a ministrators for the co rse an a efa lt No Proctor option.

5. In the Anonymous Grading Instructions text box, enter instr ctions on how to s bmit the assignment.These instr ctions will be visible to all co rse participants.

6. Clic Submit , then clic Submit again to confirm yo r choices.

Once yo have establishe anonymo s gra ing for this assignment, yo can contact West TechnicalS pport to remove anonymity if a Ne tral Proctor is not specifie .

When yo view a list of st ent i entifiers, the list is sorte alphabetically base on the st enti entifiers.

Creating a Write-On Competition Assignment

To create a new assignment, complete these steps:



3. Choose Create an Assignment from the rop- own list the pper right corner of the Gra e Boo Homepage. The Create | E it Assignment page is isplaye .

4. Type a title for yo r assignment in the Title text box.

5. Type a escription of yo r assignment in theDescription of the assignment text box.

6. Clear the Automatically mark citations in your description to link to Westlaw chec box if yo o notwant citations in yo r assignment escription lin e to Westlaw.

7. To ploa a file from yo r comp ter, clicBrowse next to the uploa Files text box. Locate the fileyo want to attach an then clic Open . The path an file name are isplaye in the File to ploatext box. Click More Files... if yo nee to attach more than three files to this assignment.

8. Specify when the assignment will be available to st ents by choosing the appropriate availabilityoption (e.g., Make this assignment available now ) an other options (e.g. e ate).

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9. Choose the assignment’s e ate an time from the appropriate rop- own lists.

10. Select whether to se anonymo s gra ing for this assignment.

11. Select whether to req ire Honor Co e acceptance for the assignment.

12. Clear the Send an e-mail message to me each time a student submits an assignment chec box ifyo o not want to receive notification (via e-mail) each time a st ent s bmits an assignment.

13. Yo can a a message to explain to st ents that this is a time assignment. This message isisplaye before the st ent accesses the assignment.

14. Select whether to allow st ents to attach m ltiple files to a single s bmission/ raft.

15. Select whether yo want the assignment’s e ate a e to the co rse calen ar an whether yowant TWEN to sen an a tomatic e-mail message as a remin er to yo r co rse participants prior tothe e ate.

16. Choose the rop box that yo want to associate the assignment from the Select drop Box Associationrop own list.

17. Clic Submit .

Note St ents can access yo r co rse assignments by clic ingAssignment Drop Box on anyco rse page.

MODIFYING AND DELETING ASSIGNMENTS

To mo ify or elete an assignment, complete these steps:



3. Clic the name of the assignment yo wan to mo ify or elete in the table. The Assignment drop BoxPage is isplaye .

4. Complete one of these steps:

To e it an assignment, clic Edit Assignment . The Create/E it Assignment page is isplaye .up ate the information on the form an then clic Submit .

To elete an assignment, clic Edit Assignment . The Create/E it Assignment page is isplaye .Clic Delete . Clic Delete again to confirm the eletion.

Downloading Submissions

Yo can ownloa all of the s bmissions for an assignment at once by performing these steps:



3. Clic Enter Grades next to the assignment. The Assignment drop Box page is isplaye listing all thest ent s bmissions.

4. Clic Grade Assignment . The Gra e Assignments page is isplaye listing the st ents in theco rse an their s bmissions for the selecte assignment.

5. Clic Batch Download at the top of the page. A .zip file is create containing the most recents bmissions for all of the st ents yo selecte to incl e in the batch. A Batch Manifest are alsoincl e in the .zip file.

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6. Clic Download Selected .

7. Clic Open to open the .zip file or Save to save the file to yo r comp ter or networ .

Removing Anonymous Grading

After all of the Write-On Competition s bmissions have been t rne in, yo will nee to remove anonymo s

gra ing from yo r Write-On Competition co rse in or er to view who s bmitte what assignment. Only theesignate Ne tral Proctor can remove anonymo s gra ing from the assignment.

To remove anonymo s gra ing from the assignment, the Ne tral Proctor m st complete these steps:



3. Clic Edit in the Actions col mn for the assignment.

4. In the Additional Settings section, clear the Activate anonymous grading for this assignment checbox.

5. Clic Submit .

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