Workshops By Request | Writing, Assessment, and Academic Integrity
Departments and units are invited to schedule special workshop sessions on topics of broad departmental interest at a time and place most convenient for interested participants.
- Sessions are generally 50 minutes; longer sessions are possible based on conversations with the facilitator.
- Scheduling is first come, first served based on CTLT staff availability.
- When possible, we recommend scheduling a session at least one quarter before the desired date.
To request a workshop, click on this link to go to the Request Form page, or click on any title. For questions about a specific session or interest in a related topic not noted here, contact the CTLT facilitator directly from our Consultations page.
Teaching Students to Write in your Discipline
Facilitator: Dianna Winslow, CTLT Assistant Director and Writing Instruction Specialist
This workshop is an introduction to using writing in your disciplinary classes in ways that support the student learning goals you have set. We will talk about the differences between writing to learn foundational concepts for the field, writing to engage critically with those concepts, and writing to gain familiarity with specific disciplinary genre, design, and style conventions. Note: this can also be adapted to address writing in the Gen Ed courses that your department offers.
Faculty Writing Retreats
Facilitator: Dianna Winslow, CTLT Assistant Director and Writing Instruction Specialist
This workshop is meant to provide structured, dedicated time and peer support to help your faculty make significant progress chapters, articles, grant proposals, or creative projects. It is ideal as a "kick start" for faculty working on scholarship for tenure and promotion. It is also an excellent collegiality-building practice. This session can be scheduled for a few hours, a day, or up to three days, with scheduled progress followups, if desired.
The facilitator will provide encouragement, consultation, and opportunities for collegial feedback. Participants will spend time working on individual writing projects, whether they are in the conceptual stage, the polishing stage or any stage in between. They will also have opportunities to give and receive peer-to-peer feedback from colleagues at the beginning and end of the scheduled time. If day(s)-long, there will be a noontime check-in.
Alternative Assessments for Equity and Inclusion
Facilitator: Dianna Winslow, CTLT Assistant Director and Writing Instruction Specialist
(Description forthcoming)
Course Design for Academic Integrity: Principles and Practices
Facilitator: Dianna Winslow, CTLT Assistant Director and Writing Instruction Specialist
(Description forthcoming)
Turning on TurnItIn: The Ethical Responsibilities of Using Text Matching Services
Facilitator: Dianna Winslow, CTLT Assistant Director and Writing Instruction Specialist
While TurnItIn has been touted as a time-saving application for uncovering plagiarism in students’ writing, a significant concern is that the application is often used without a full understanding of what this kind of text matching services does, and what it doesn't do; i.e., no text matching service is capable of definitively "proving" plagiarism has taken place. This workshop presents information and resources gathered by the Spring 2019 TurnItIn faculty user study group. It is intended to increase your knowledge about the tool, as well as to cultivate reflective awareness of TurnItIn’s limitations, patience with non-native users of English, and transparency with students about how you are using it to assess their written work.
