Some of our webtexts contain writing templates. These are designed to guide you through the process of completing your writing assignment.

You must complete the templates in order. If you do not complete them in order, you will see a message sending you back to the incomplete template. Remember that “incomplete” could mean that you’ve filled out the template but haven’t yet clicked the Add button.

You may have to click several links until you are taken back to the incomplete template.

As you complete templates, your work will be saved automatically. When you’re finished with the template, click the Add button. This will add the content to your assignment.

The Add button will appear in a lighter color and will not be clickable until the template is finished.

If you’d like to change your responses after you’ve added them to the assignment, click Edit Responses.

Make sure to click the Add button again after making any changes so your updated work is added to your assignment.

When the time comes to download an assignment, you’ll see a Download button in the template. Clicking the Download button will save the document to your device, likely in the Downloads folder.

If you don’t see the Download button, make sure to click the template’s Add button first.

Please note that only some webtexts contain this feature.

Click on the part of the sentence where you want the in-text citation to appear, then click the Add Citation button.

Choose the source you’d like to cite, and then respond to the prompts that follow.

Once you’ve completed all of the required fields, the Create Citation button will become clickable.

You’ll then see your citation in the text. You can add as many citations as you need!

If you’d like to make a change, click on the citation and the box with the drop-down menus will reappear, allowing you to change what you’ve chosen from the menu options.

Click the X to delete the citation.

Please note that only some webtexts contain this feature.

If you see a small B or I at the top of the text box, you can format text within that template. Select your desired text then click B to bold it or I to italicize it.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the Table of Contents, you’ll see the Index of Writing Templates. There you will see a list of every template in your webtext and the page number where it is located.

You can also watch an overview of templates in this screencast.

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