Workshop Session Descriptions
Session 1 (9:15 am -10:30 am) Designing Writing - Concurrent Workshops
Session 2 (10:45 am -12:00 pm) Designing Writing - Concurrent Workshops
Each workshop is offered twice.
Designing a Writing-Oriented Syllabus
This workshop will focus on effective ways to design a syllabus so that it frames the role of writing in your course and discipline and clearly conveys writing expectations and policies for students. The requirements for a Writing-Intensive course will also be reviewed.
Assignment Design & Sequencing
Well-designed and intentionally sequenced writing assignments provide a strong impetus for student learning and are powerful tools for both finding out and furthering what students know, think, and believe on a given subject. This hands-on workshop will review principles of effective assignment design and provides participants with opportunities to draft and discuss their prompts.
Informal Writing Assignments/ Writing to Learn
Effective low-stakes writing assignments can quickly engage students, require minimal feedback from instructors, and are often strong indicators of student learning. This workshop will provide instructors with samples and strategies for using informal, exploratory writing-to-learn strategies in their courses.
Writing and Technology
This workshop is for instructors curious about ways to use Canvas and other digital tools to make their instruction and evaluation of writing more engaging, more effective, and perhaps easier.
Writing with Sources
Many academic fields value the integration and citation of sources, yet many students struggle to do so in ways that meet faculty and disciplinary expectations. This workshop will offer productive ways to support students by developing and scaffolding assignments and in-class activities that promote deep engagement with sources and encourage meaningful evaluation of their credibility.
12:45-2:00 Working with Student Writing - Concurrent Afternoon Session 3
2:15-3:30 Working with Student Writing - Concurrent Afternoon Session 4
Each workshop is offered twice.
Responding to Student Drafts
An optimal time to comment on student writing is at a formative stage, when students have an opportunity to revise. This workshop focuses on strategies for commenting on student writing to foster revision.
Grading Student Writing
For many instructors, grading student writing is one of the most challenging and least enjoyable aspects of teaching. This workshop might not change one’s attitude about grading, but it will provide effective, efficient, and equitable strategies to use when evaluating student writing.
Supporting Multilingual Writers
Working with student writing samples from a variety of disciplines, this workshop will discuss and practice feedback strategies for promoting revision and effective error feedback for multilingual writers.
Supporting Collaborative and Group Writing
Given their academic and real-world importance, team-based writing projects are excellent opportunities to develop group writing and collaborative editing skills. This workshop will provide participants with several activities for designing and supporting collaborative writing and editing tasks that make effective use of in-class exercises and technology-based resources.
Writing and Inclusivity
This workshop will review the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and discuss effective ways to ensure writing assignments and in-class activities are accessible for all learners.