Online Writing Workshops
Online writing workshops
The Writing Center offers Online Writing Workshops that spotlight specific writing and research topics. All workshops are live through Zoom. Recordings of the workshops are also made available on this website within 48 hours. For questions, please call (480) 965-9072. For ASU Zoom account questions, please see our guide about how to sign up for your ASU Zoom account.
Featured Past Workshops
Reading Assignment Descriptions and Brainstorming Strategies
Learn about the essential skills for analyzing your assignment descriptions as well as brainstorming strategies you can use to get started on your course papers.
Topics include:
1. Reading Assignment Descriptions: Understanding the Prompt
2. Reading Assignment Descriptions: Types of Assignments
3. Reading Rubrics
4. Brainstorming
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightBrainstorming
Critical Reading & Engaging with Sources
This session will review ideas, considerations, and strategies that you can employ to help you read and analyze a variety of texts in your college courses.
Topics include:
1. Evaluating Sources
2. Approaching Critical Reading
3. Critical Reading Strategies
4. Using Sources
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightCriticalReading
Tips for Revising & Editing Final Papers
Review strategies for assessing and revising thesis statements, word choice, tone, and evidence integration.
Topics include:
1. Revision v. Editing
2. Revising Thesis Statements
3. Voice in Writing
4. Reviewing Transitions
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightFinalPapers.
APA Citation Style
Review the importance of citing your sources when you engage in research. Discover the aspects of a paper that APA formatting emphasizes and the source information that APA citations value and prioritize.
Topics include:
1. Importance of Citations and APA
2. Formatting Your Paper
3. In-Text Citations
4. Reference Pages
To view the recordings in this video series, please visit: asuasn.info/SpotlightAPA.
Writing Center Videos
ASU Writing Centers offer online writing workshops recordings as a way to provide you with additional information to help you be successful. You can request workshop recordings on a variety of topics. The workshops are designed to provide information on topics that you can watch at your convenience and engage in applying these principles to your classwork. Topics may continue to be added, so check back to see what’s new!
Please use the workshop request form button below to request a workshop video. The link for the video you request will be viewable upon completion of the form.