This set of two workshops brings together national expertise and campus-based support for teaching with writing and assignment design. In session 1, Dan Melzer, author of Engaging Ideas, describes writing across the curriculum programs with a focus on how writing assignments can promote student learning in the age of AI. Session 2 provides an overview of evidence-based strategies to make assignments more engaging, meaningful and equitable. Co-hosted by the Center for Teaching and the Writing Center, these workshops will provide faculty with concrete tools and strategies to refine their assignments for the fall semester.

Participants can register for one or both sessions. A boxed lunch will be provided from noon to 1 pm for those who register for both sessions.

Session 1: Writing Across the Curriculum in the Age of AI
10 a.m. - noon
Presented by Dr. Daniel Melzer, associate director of first-year composition at UC Davis. This session introduces writing across the curriculum (WAC) as a concept, describes different structures for WAC programs, and explores how to design writing assignments that can promote critical thinking and creativity in the age of Generative AI.

Session 2: Transparent Assignment Design Retreat
1 - 3 p.m.
This casual retreat will help instructors learn how to design assignments leveraging the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework, which a growing body of evidence indicates helps enhance student learning and create more equitable courses. There will also be optional support for instructors who would like to produce research on the efficacy of their assignments.

This event was made possible by an Arts and Humanities Initiative Grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Co-sponsored by the Writing Center, the Center for Teaching, the Frank Business Communication Center, the College of Nursing, the Obermann Center, and the Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core.