Support for Classes

White text on a multicoloured background says Looking for custom workshops for your courses?

The WCC has researched and developed many interactive workshops on topics related to writing and communication. We can support your classroom, lab, research group, or student association live and/or asynchronously. We offer:

  • Live in-class workshops
  • Live virtual workshops
  • Online modules for your LEARN course
  • Q&As and Interactive sessions for our online modules
  • ...and more!

You can also direct your students to our current online workshops available through LEARN, or even add a specific workshop to your syllabus!

Click on the Request a Workshop button (right) to get the conversation started. Once we receive your request, we’ll get in touch to set up a quick meeting, where we’ll discuss your needs and identify how we can best support you.

Workshops we offer

We’ve researched and developed material across the writing and communication process that we can adapt to support your specific needs.

Consider what you want your students to learn and where they are in the writing process to identify the category that best fits your needs. If what you want doesn't fit neatly into one category, you can still fill out the form, which includes a place for you to add more details. 

If you’re not sure what best supports your group’s learning goals, fill out the request form to get the conversation started! We’ll book a meeting with you to make a plan that meets your needs.

Check out the online workshops we already have available on our WCC Workshops LEARN site.

Writing habits and strategies

Workshops in this category help students set goals, develop productive habits, and fine-tune their writing process. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Developing a writing process
  • Goal-setting strategies
  • Effective writing habits
  • Planning for publication
  • Generative AI in the writing process
  • Something else, depending on your needs 

Ideation

Workshops in this category help students think through their topic and use creative strategies to develop new ideas and arguments. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Productive writing strategies
  • Goal-setting and backwards planning
  • Developing a topic
  • Moving from topic to research question
  • Thesis statements
  • Outlining and mapping
  • Identifying your audience, purpose, and context
  • Something else, depending on your needs 

Drafting

Workshops in this category help students compose clear sentences and paragraphs that integrate evidence effectively. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Building body paragraphs
  • Integrating sources effectively
  • Writing persuasive introductions
  • Something else, depending on your needs

Revising

Workshops in this category help students understand revision as a process and apply concrete revision strategies to an existing draft. Sample topics include:

  • Understanding the stages of revision
  • Giving and receiving peer feedback
  • Revising with Generative AI
  • Concrete revision strategies
  • Revising for clarity & conciseness
  • Something else, depending on your needs 

Presenting

Workshops in this category help students communicate their research or ideas through oral and visual formats. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Designing assertion-evidence slides
  • Designing visual supports
  • Presenting to academic or non-academic audiences
  • Speaking & answering questions confidently
  • Something else, depending on your needs 

Common Genres

Workshops in this category help students learn the structure and characteristics of a specific kind of academic or professional communication. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Literature Reviews
  • Academic Posters
  • Research Proposals
  • Critical Analysis
  • Blog posts
  • 3MT presentations
  • Podcasting
  • Something else, depending on your needs

When should you make your request?

We need 4 weeks’ notice to present one of our workshops to your group (synchronous or asynchronous). If you'd like something new or custom developed for your group, we'll need more notice -- approximately 4-6 weeks.

Make your request as soon as possible – we're a small team and our schedules can book up surprisingly quickly. Requests that come at the end of a semester are harder for us to support, though we’ll do our best. Fill out the request form so we can get started on the process.