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Introduction: Using this Book
Introduction: Using this Pressbook
Acknowledgments
Why might students want to use an AI Text Generator for writing assignments?
What are some of the risks to students of relying exclusively on AI?
I'm teaching a course with writing: what should my AI policy be?
Create AI Policies for Individual Writing Assignments
What are some potential advantages to instructors (and students) of incorporating generative AI into teaching with writing?
Designing writing assignments that motivate original and independent thinking
Ideas for incorporating AI into the writing process
Example assignment incorporating AI: Psychology Professor Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Example Assignment Incorporating AI: Professor Jeremy Morris
A Low-Stakes Assignment Incorporating ChatGPT
Scaffolding a larger paper using generative AI: Nathan Jung, Teaching Faculty
A High-Stakes Writing Assignment Incorporating ChatGPT: Professor Chris Kirchgasler
A High-Stakes Writing Assignment Incorporating ChatGPT: Professional Writing for Healthcare
Made Not Only By Me: Coauthoring a Children's Book With Text And Image Generation
UDL in Your Syllabus
What is Comm-B?
What Does It Mean to Teach a Comm-B Course?
Who Take Comm-B Courses?
Sequencing and Scaffolding Writing Assignments in Your Comm-B Course
The Research Requirement: The UW-Madison Libraries Can Help
Teaching Communication Skills Other Than Writing
Comm-B and Universal Design for Learning
This Sourcebook is Filled with Resources for Teaching Comm-B Courses
Undergraduate Writing Fellows Can Support You to Teach Writing
Strategies for Effective Assignment Design
The Importance of Genre
Emily Bouza - Writing Across the Curriculum
The Anatomy of A Well-Designed Writing Assignment
Kathleen Daly - Writing Across the Curriculum
Inclusive Practice
Checklist for Designing Formal Writing Assignments
Research Essay Assignment from Slavic 231
Professor Łukasz Wodzyński - Slavic
Critique Assignment from Population Health Sciences
Professor Rebecca Meyerson - SMPH
Research-Based Revision Assignment from Classics
Professor Nandini Pandey - Classics 322: The Romans
Analysis Assignment from Atmospheric Sciences
Professor Ankur Desai - Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Environmental Studies
Two Service Learning Writing Assignments in a Political Science Course
Professor Kathy Cramer - Political Science 425
Speaking/Performance Assignment from Classics
Grant Proposal Assignment and Peer Review in Comm. Arts 260
Professor Sara McKinnon - Communication Arts 260
Written Analysis of a Photograph in English
Professor Christa Olson - English 550
Carbon Footprint Analysis: A Written Analysis Based on Computation
Writing to an Outside Audience in Astronomy 150
Writing about Habitus in Introductory Anthropology
An Analytical Essay Project in a Political Science Course
Professor John Zumbrunnen - Political Science 566: Contemporary American Political Thought
Using Low-Stakes Research Projects to Critically Analyze Course Content
Professor Catalina Toma - Communication Arts 345
Writing Project Two: Action Project and Rhetorical Critique of Applied Rhetoric
Professor Caroline Druschke - English 245: Seminar in the Major, “Writing Rivers”
Writing Assignment In History and Environmental Studies: Animals Making History
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy - History and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Collaborative Essay Assignment In a Literature Course
Professor Ramzi Fawaz - English 177: American Fantasy
A Collaborative Paper in Geography
Susy Ziegler - Geography 365
Individual and Group Research Papers on Social Identities
Professor Yoshiko Herrera - Political Science 401
Team Research Projects in Biochemical Engineering
Professor John Yin - Chemical and Biological Engineering 560
What is "low-stakes" writing?
Why incorporate low-stakes writing into your teaching?
How to incorporate low-stakes writing into your teaching
Examples of Standard Low-Stakes Writing Activities & Assignments
Examples of Low-Stakes Writing in UW-Madison Courses
A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing a Low-Stakes Writing Assignment
Designing Multimodal Writing Assignments
MK Keran - Writing Across the Curriculum
Multimedia Writing Assignments in East Asian Visual Culture
Professor Adam Kern - East Asian 433 / East Asian 833
Critical Internet Project in Communication Arts
Professor Jeremy Morris - Communication Arts 346
Radio Stories in a FIG Course Syllabus
Professor Erica Halverson - FIG Course: L&S 106
Infographic on Personal Multimodal Literacy Experiences
Micro-Podcasts, Web-Based Story Map, and Presentation
Kassia Shaw - Environmental Studies
Options for sequencing and scaffolding writing assignments
Teaching Revision
Rebecca Lorimer and Rebecca Schoenike Nowacek - Writing Across the Curriculum
Sequencing Tasks for a Substantial Paper in an Advanced History Course
Professor Emily Callaci - History 600
Sequencing Smaller Assignments to Support a Semester-Long Research Paper in Sociology
Mytoan Nguyen - Sociology 210
A set of assignments that explore a social justice issue in Gender and Women Studies 310
Labor Portrait Paper in Human Ecology 375
Professor Jennifer Gaddis - Inter-HE 375
Sequencing Assignments for a Final Project and Presentation in Asian American Studies
Professor Morris Young - Asian American Studies
Scaffolded Assignments in Medical Anthropology
Research-Based Strategies for Working with Multilingual Writers
Marking (or NOT Marking) Errors
Evaluating and Grading Multilingual Students' Writing
Labels: Multilingual, Non-Native English Speakers, English as Second Language Speakers
Incorporating Linguistic Justice into Your Work as an Instructor
Listen to Multilingual Students
Holding Student-Teacher Writing Meetings
Strategies for Conducting Conferences Throughout the Writing Process
Pre-Conference Questionnaire Examples
Timeline for Preparing for Conferences
Dawn Biehler - Geography
Making Peer Review Work
Kirsten Jamsen - Writing Across the Curriculum
Preparing Students in Advance for Peer Review
Stephanie White - Writing Across the Curriculum
Inclusive Peer Review
Gabrielle Kelenyi - Composition and Rhetoric
Doing Peer Review through In-Class Presentations
Emily Bouza - English 100
Activities for Focused Peer Review with Psych 225
Noelle Crooks - Psychology
Peer Review with Writer's Response from Zoology 957
Professor Prashant Sharma - Integrative Biology
Asynchronous Peer Review Feedback Form in Occupational Therapy 671
Professor Karla Ausderau - Scientific Inquiry in Occupational Therapy I: Evidence-Based Practice (Occupational Therapy 671)
Strategies for Responding to Student Writing
A Brief How-To Guide: Using SpeedGrader to Respond to Student Writing
Mike Haen - Writing Across the Curriculum
Assessing High-Stakes Writing Using Screencast Feedback
Responding to Students’ Drafts Using Audio
Inclusive Assessment
Developing Transparent Evaluation Criteria
How to Build and Use Rubrics Effectively
Writing Across the Curriculum
Ungrading and Alternative Grading
Incorporating additional Communication Components
Rebecca Schoenike Nowacek
Participation Grading Sheet
Cris Ruggiero - Political Science 452: Criminal Law
Mock Trial Assignment
Cassie Chambliss - African Languages and Literature 201
Works in Progress Presentations
Elisabeth Miller - Writing Across the Curriculum
Prepared and Extemporaneous Speech Assignments in a Communication-B Course
Professor Greg Downey - Library and Information Studies 201
Scaffolding Presentation Assignments in Communication Arts
Professor Jenell Johnson - Communication Arts 262
Using Debates to Find an Argument
Rebecca Lorimer - English 201
Dos and Don’ts for Brief Research Talks
Gordon H. Bower - Psychology 225
Interactive Workshop Presentations
Professor Betty Kramer - Social Work 821
Preparing PowerPoint Presentations
Dr. Michelle Harris - Biocore
A Final Presentation Assignment And Rubric in Journalism 620
Professor Lindsay Palmer - Journalism 620: International Communication
Evaluating Students’ Oral Participation in Class
Professor Yoshiko Herrera – Political Science 186
Guidelines for Discussion Participation
Professor Karen Evans-Romaine - Lit Tran 205/Gender and Women’s Studies 205/Slavic 405
Example: Low-Stakes Writing Assignment that Incorporates ChatGPT
Strategies for Designing Low-Stakes Writing Activities
Checklist for Assigning and Responding to Low-Stakes Writing
Example: Biomedical Engineering: In-Class Essay
Professor Megan McClean - Biomedical Engineering 330: Engineering Principles of Molecules, Cells, and Tissues
Example: Introductory Biology: 100-Word Response
Example: Introduction to Physics: Write a Tweet or a Thread
Example: Journal Entries and Live Music Response in Music 416
Example: Mini-Projects in an Upper-Level Psychology Course
Example: When Less is More: The Fifty-Word Writing Assignment
Example: Extra-Credit Writing Assignments For East Asian Literature 363/Asian Languages and Culture 353
Introduction to the UDL Framework
Three Principles of Universal Design for Learning
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