EOU Writing Lab

Tutorial Response Form ("Blue Slip") Policy

On Campus: (see online below)

Students who work with tutors in the Writing Lab can request a "Tutorial Report Form" or what we also call a "Blue Slip" which they can give to their professors to show that they have worked with a tutor.

The Blue Slips are meant to be a way to communicate with a professor about what a student and a tutor were able to cover in one session, with the understanding that since sessions are just one-half hour long, not all areas of a paper will be covered. Not all professors require "Blue Slips" be submitted with drafts. "Blue Slips" are required for all WR 115 students.

Below are some guidelines to make the system run smoothly:

1) Students are in charge of asking tutors for blue slips. It is not the writing tutor’s responsibility to offer them.

2) Students must ask for a slip at the end of each session. Tutors will not give out blue slips at the end of the term all at once if a student has forgotten to ask for them.

3) Tutors can complete only one form per half-hour session, and no more than two for an hour-long session. A student cannot work with a tutor longer than one hour per session.

4) If students bring several papers to a session, they will not receive a blue slip for each paper, but rather one per half-hour session.

5) Students can receive blue slips at Drop-In Hours if a tutor has time to meet with a student for at least 20 minutes. This will depend upon the number of students in line for tutoring at any one drop-in session.

6) A tutor can refuse to give a blue slip to a student who is clearly at the session just for the slip and does not actively participate in a session.

Online

DDE students can request a Tutor Report Form ("Blue Slip) that acknowledges that they have submitted a draft to the OWL and received a response.

On the submission form which students complete to send in with their drafts, students must request the "Blue Slip" from their online tutor.

OWL tutors can copy and paste the Tutor Report Form ("Blue Slip") provided on the OWL in the "Writing Tutor Corner." Tutors will complete the form and email it to the student requesting the form.

Important: It is the student's responsibility to forward the completed "Blue Slip" to the professor.