Did you know that UCI now has an official designation for a “C” Communication Course, just like it does for a W Course? Attend this workshop to find out what it is, how to teach it, and what’s needed for an official “C” designation. This workshop will only be hosted on Zoom.

This workshop is ideal for those PREPARING to teach an upper-division writing course, for those THINKING about teaching an upper-division writing course, and for those considering PROPOSING an upper-division writing course. Topics will include low-stakes writing, writing that best supports your content, peer-review strategies, and writing portfolio design and assessment. The workshop will only be hosted on Zoom.

Traditional grading practices often fail to recognize the diversity of linguistic and cultural knowledge that multilingual student writers bring into the classroom. This 60-minute workshop introduces a linguistic justice framework toward writing assessment that values UCI students’ diverse language practices while maintaining academic rigor. Participants will explore principles of equitable assessment, discuss strategies for providing meaningful feedback, and workshop an alternative grading rubric grounded in a linguistic justice framework.

Intimidated by the blank page? Overwhelmed by a pile of revisions? Your students are too. In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for helping student writers find confidence in their own writing process. We will discuss strategies—including metacognition, orientating exercises, low-stakes writing opportunities, and feedback loops—to help students trade anxiety for awareness about their writing.

In this lunchtime panel and discussion, three writing instructors from across campus will briefly share about difficulties they have encountered when assigning reading and what strategies they have used to promote close and careful reading from students. We’ll finish with an open-dialogue about assigning reading in the writing classroom. A light lunch will be served.