Online Writing Tutors and Assistance
- Brainfuse Online TutoringBrainfuse is an online tutoring service that provides live, on-demand help and is currently available to all students. Students can also schedule appointments with LSC-registered tutors through Brainfuse Tutor Match.
- Using Tutor Match in BrainfuseHow to schedule tutoring appointment through Tutor Match in Brainfuse
- Accessing Intelliwriter in D2LIntelliWriter is a tool designed for students to check their grammar in written assignments. You can upload various file types or type directly in the tool and format your work easily. The tool also provides helpful resources for improving writing skills and allows you to share your work through email.
Writing Tips
- Purdue OWL: Writing in LiteratureThis section contains resources on literary terms, literary theory and schools of criticism, as well as resources on writing book reviews.
Microsoft 365 for Students
Free Access to Microsoft 365 for Lone Star College Students
Lone Star College provides free access to Microsoft 365 and 1 TB of OneDrive storage to all enrolled students
- Accessing, Downloading, and Installing Microsoft 365 on a PCStep by step instructions for accessing Microsoft 365 online and downloading to your computer.
Adding an Image (With Caption) to a Word Doc
Insert Picture using Word's menu (or Copy/Paste)
The image by default will be added "in line" with your text, which may look awkward. Change the wrapping (or not), depending on how you want to situate the image in your text.
In line (image added between paragraphs):
Layout Options for text-wrapping: "square" is a good choice.
Last: after you have the image where you want it, right click the image, then click on Insert Caption. You can do the equivalent of a parenthetical citation (possibly along with a descriptive caption), or you can place the image citation in the caption. If you include the full citation here, you do not need to have it in your Works Cited.
The caption is basically just a textbox (one that can auto-number itself). Click into the box to highlight the text to make edits to what's written there or the font appearance.
E.g. it may not be necessary to number the figures! The caption window won't let you get rid of it altogether, but it can be deleted manually after you OK the caption and it is in your document. Double-click the number in the caption box to select it, then backspace or delete to remove.
Notice the "1" is missing from the right image, which was present in the left version.
