Drop-In Computer and Writing Consultant Services

Drop-In Computer and Writing Consultant Services are available Monday through Friday

from 7:45 A.M. to 3:45 P.M.

All Palomar students are welcome.

Writing assistance is arranged by appointment and a time may be reserved by either visiting the Drop-In Lab

(room MB-3) or by phone at campus extension 2778.

Attention: The Drop-In Lab is closed during the Summer session, but Writing Consultants

may be available in the classroom when there are no classes in session.

The Writing Center's Drop-In Lab is located in room MB-3 and is open Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

All workstations in the Drop-In Lab have word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and web access software utilizing Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer 7.0 respectively.  In addition, all stations have a self-paced program designed to assist English 10 students review and enhance their grammar skills.

If you are using the computers in the Drop-In Lab, it is recommended that you utilize either a flash drive or email to save your completed work. Email your work to yourself as an attachment if you are using this method. While use of a floppy disk for saving material is available it is not recommended.  In anticipation of computer malfunctions and power outages, remember to save your document every five minutes.

Should you have any questions regarding our computer hardware or software, please feel free to ask an assistant. Assistants will not, however, be able to respond to questions regarding your writing; please direct writing questions to our Writing Consultants.

Writing Consultants are available to answer questions from students working on the computers and to work more extensively with student writers. Appointments may be made in advance to meet one-on-one with a Writing Consultant. Please speak to the assistant at the front desk in order to schedule an appointment or phone campus extension 2778.

You will be required to "Log In" and "Log Out" when visiting the Drop-In Lab, using your PIC card or by manually entering your student ID at the front desk of the Drop-In Lab. If you do not have your PIC card with you (or you have forgotten your student ID number), you should ask for help to get your ID number.