https://writingcommons.org The encyclopedia for writers Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:11:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://writingcommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-WC-Site-23-32x32.png https://writingcommons.org 32 32 https://writingcommons.org/courses/enc-3250-professional-writing-spring-2025/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:02:35 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=70263 Course Sandbox Instructor Information Joseph M. Moxley, Professor of English, He/Him/Hismox@usf.edu Office Hours Please email me when you have questions. I’ll typically respond pretty quickly. If you don’t hear from me within 24 hours, pls send me a 2nd email. I’m generally available via Teams throughout the workday, especially the afternoons. Don’t hesitate to reach ... Read more

The post Spring 2025 – Professional Writing – ENC 3250 appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/writing-with-artificial-intelligence/ Fri, 31 May 2024 18:32:36 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=64117 Exigency – The Affordances & Constraints of Superintelligence The rapid progression of generative artificial intelligence raises profound questions about the future of human agency, creativity, authorship, copyright, intellectual property, and the role of writing in learning and knowledge production. In 2022 Anderson and Rainie, in partnership with the Pew Research Center, surveyed 540 “technology innovators, ... Read more

The post Writing with AI – Syllabus (ENC 3370) appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/spring-2024-professional-writing/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:47:38 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=62507 Draft Date: 4/10 Spring 2024, ENC 3250 – Professional Writing, Credit Hours: 3, Department of EnglishTR 12:30pm-1:45pm @ BSN 1400 1Acknowledgments: Contract Grading – UnGrading Resources Instructor Information Joseph M. Moxley, Professor of English, He/Him/HisOffice: CPR 383, College of Arts & SciencesOffice Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2-3 p.m. and by appointment. Please email me when ... Read more

The post Spring 2024 – Professional Writing appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/research-methods-in-professional-technical-communication/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:12:09 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=61806 Course Sandbox Instructor Information Joseph M. Moxley, Professor of English, He/Him/Hismox@usf.edu Office Hours Please email me when you have questions. I’ll typically respond pretty quickly. If you don’t hear from me within 24 hours, pls send me a 2nd email. I’m generally available via Teams throughout the workday, especially the afternoons. Don’t hesitate to reach ... Read more

The post Research Methods in Professional & Technical Communication appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/fall-2022-professional-writing-schedule/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 14:14:21 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=32384 Course Syllabus | Google Docs Tutorial | GEA1 | GEA2 Summary Professional writing is an undergraduate course on workplace writing and oral communication. This course serves sophomore and junior-level undergraduate students. It fulfills the University’s general-education requirement for an emphasis on collaboration, a high-impact practice. Acknowledgements My thanks to Julie Staggers for helping me develop this ... Read more

The post Fall 2022 – Professional Writing Course Schedule appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/courses-overview/workplace-writing/schedule-for-professional-writing-spring-2021/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 08:59:06 +0000 https://writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=24361 Welcome to the schedule for Professional Writing, Spring 2021, an undergraduate course on business writing. The schedule is divided into four major modules: The Business Model Canvas The first module involves a three-week introduction to the nine core business elements that constitute the BMC (Business Model Canvas). The Customer Discovery Process, Design Thinking, Venture Design ... Read more

The post Rhetoric & Entrepreneurship appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/courses-overview/ Thu, 14 May 2020 22:24:08 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=16618 At Writing Commons, we value the intellectual work of teachers, academic inquiry, and academic freedom. We understand many faculty in the U.S. are required by their institutions to develop their classes in course management systems such as Blackboard or Canvas. And, we recognize there are some advantages to course management tools. However, these systems undermine ... Read more

The post Courses appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/courses-overview/workplace-writing/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:10:50 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=8257 Workplace Writing refers to the texts and composing processes employees produce in workplace contexts a syllabus, a course of study, a curriculum, commonly required of undergraduate students in the U.S. higher education system a style of writing that focuses on concision, design, and visual language: Technical Writing Prose Style* *Alternative Titles: Workplace Writing may also ... Read more

The post Workplace Writing appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> https://writingcommons.org/courses/courses-overview/syllabus-fake-news/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:27:20 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/?post_type=courses&p=6637 Fake News is a themed undergraduate English composition course on research writing. This course aims to help students develop an understanding and practice of empathetic information literacy—a method for sorting out truths and falsehoods while taking into account both intellect and affect, thoughts and feelings. This annotated syllabus presents assignment instructions, teaching notes, and unit ... Read more

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