Chaffey College Writing Center

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The COW (Chaffey Online Writing Center)

Are you enrolled in an English 1A, 450, 550, or 500 class that is held at the Chino or Fontana campus or an online English 1A or 450 class?  If so, you can post your papers to the Chaffey Online Writing Center (COW) for tutor feedback. Tutors will provide feedback within four business days, Monday through Saturday, during regular Writing Center hours. The last day to post to the COW is Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 11:59 pm.

If you are taking English 1A, 450, 550, or 500 in Chino or Fontana, you must first apply to Distance Education for access to Blackboard, the course management system that hosts the COW, by filling out the form at the following address: http://www1.chaffey.edu/onlineed/COW/COW_add.htm.  One business day after you submit the form to Distance Education, you should be able to log in to Blackboard.

If you are taking an online English 1A or 450 class, you will be automatically uploaded into the COW and should be able to access it already.  You do not need to fill out the form.  Just follow the directions below.
 

Blackboard (COW) Access

The Chaffey Online Writing Center can be accessed through Blackboard.  You can get to the login screen in two different ways:

	Go to www1.chaffey.edu/onlineed (The Distance Education website), and click on the Blackboard link.  Sign on using the username and password instructions below.
	Go directly to http://blackboard.chaffey.edu/.  Sign on using the username and password instructions below.

Username:

Your username is your 7-digit student ID number (this is different than your SSN).

EXAMPLE: John Smith, ID# 1234567 would have the username of 1234567.

Password:

Your initial password is your six digit birth date in the mmddyy format.  EXAMPLE: John Smith's birth date is May 30, 1966.  His password would be 053066. 

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