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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.

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Spotlight on Generative AI

From writing hacks to big questions about voice and ethics, this three-part series, led by ASU Faculty, dives into what generative AI means for writers today!

AI as a Writing Tool

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 2:00 pm

In this workshop, Heather Hoyt, Associate Teaching Professor with the Department of English, will provide beginner strategies for how students can develop comfortability with effectively and critically developing prompt engineering skills, as well as how to evaluate the responses they receive from generative AI writing tools.

Register today at asuasn.info/AIWritingTool

Voice and Generative AI in Writing

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

In this workshop, Georgette Briggs, Associate Teaching Professor and Honors Faculty Fellow with Barrett, The Honors College, will provide students with strategies for responsibly integrating AI tools into their writing process and will discuss how students can ensure their voice is present in their writing as they receive, review, and revise feedback from these tools.

Register today at asuasn.info/VoiceGenerativeAI

Leveraging AI as a Professional

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 12:00 pm

In this workshop, Elisa Kawam, MSW Program Coordinator with the School of Social Work, will explore how students can use generative AI tools for writing in the workplace. In particular, this workshop will consider how writing tool usage might take place in the workplace and how to engage with tool feedback more critically.

Register today at asuasn.info/LeveragingAIasaProfessional

 

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.

 

Workshop Request Form