Events

All UMN faculty and graduate instructors of record are invited to participate in this highly interactive, five-day seminar, held August 24–28, 2026!  …

Writing Across the Curriculum is pleased to announce our annual workshops for graduate instructors and teaching assistants, revised to include the widest range of student appointments and instructional contexts, and to address questions about Generative AI. We encourage graduate instructors…

Writing Across the Curriculum is pleased to announce our annual workshops for graduate instructors and teaching assistants, revised to include the widest range of student appointments and instructional contexts, and to address questions about Generative AI. We encourage graduate instructors…

Many instructors allow students to use Generative Artificial Intelligence tools in many stages of the writing process, but how can students be clear about where they have consulted AI tools, especially when the AI output isn’t quoted directly? In this interactive workshop, participants will…

Since at least 2022, everyone who writes or reads has been forced to consider hard questions about the role of writing in the era of Generative AI. John Warner, author, columnist, podcast regular, and editor emeritus at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, offers a nuanced take in his most recent…

A casual, agenda-free meet-up for instructors working on projects related to teaching with writing—from giving feedback on a stack of papers to designing new courses or curricula. Participants can request brief consultations with the WAC team during the session or simply come to enjoy…

GIs, TAs, and graders are often the first to see evidence of genAI misuse in students’ writing, particularly in large introductory courses. But with supervising faculty typically setting AI policy and taking the lead on enforcement, GIs and TAs can feel caught in the middle, with lots of…

Asynchronous online classes are among the most challenging of teaching contexts. Not only do we miss out on the community and sense of belonging that come with shared time and environment, but instructors may also have a harder time building the strong relationships that foster earnest…

What if the first three rules of writing were “location, location, location”? This panel brings together scholars and researchers who use maps and mapping in their teaching and research to explore how the processes of mapping and using maps to generate insight might intersect with writing…

Over the last few years, you’ve undoubtedly developed one (or a dozen) AI policies for your courses. But have you included students in the process? Involving students in creating community agreements around AI increases engagement and supports accountability. The workshop will provide…

A key criterion of writing-intensive (WI) courses at the University of Minnesota is that “Writing in the course is learned through revision in the course.” Many students…

Instructors assign problem sets as homework to reinforce conceptual learning and build students' capacity to reach solutions. Unfortunately, these valuable low-stakes opportunities are occasionally undervalued by students, who fixate on “getting the right answer on question 3” rather than…