Spotlight Skills Online Writing Workshop Series

Spotlight Workshop Information

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.

Workshop Request Form