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=Student Activity: Using Technology to Facilitate New Ways of Learning=

Using "Reviewer in Microsoft Word for Peer Revision & Editing

 * The "Reviewer" function in Microsoft Word allows editors/revisers to make comments and changes on a piece of writing. The author, then, has the choice to reject or accept the comments and changes. If you have access to a computer lab, students can pair up, read each other's writing and make comments and changes. Students can then conference with each other to discuss the feedback and then the author can return to his/her writing and consider the comments and changes made by the editor.

What does the Revisor/Editor do?

 * Open the document that you want to revise in Microsoft Word.
 * To make a comment, highlight the text that you want to comment on, click on "INSERT" and then "COMMENT." The highlighted text will be colored and a box will appear for the editor to make a comment. Type in your desired comment.
 * If you want to track changes you make to the document, click on "TOOLS" and then "TRACK CHANGES." With this function on, it will mark any text that is added or deleted.

What does the Author do?

 * After the editor has made changes/comments, click on "TOOLS" and then "TRACK CHANGES" to turn off this function. All the changes will remain, but now the author can make changes without them being tracked.
 * To delete comments, right-click on the comment, and then click on "DELETE COMMENT."
 * Any deletions and additions the editor made will be underlines and in color. Right-click on the deletion and then select "ACCEPT DELETION" or "REJECT DELETION." If the editor made an addition do the same thing: right-click on the addition and then select "ACCEPT ADDITION" or "REJECT ADDITION."