The Academic Success Centre is once again offering an eight-part online workshop series during the Spring 2024 term called Building Your Writing Foundation. This series includes eight sessions that will equip students with foundational writing skills for college success.
Read below for workshop dates, topics, descriptions, and meeting links. No registration is required; just join the workshops using the links below.
If you plan to attend a workshop and require accommodations, please email us: writing@rrc.ca.
Workshop recordings, tip sheets and practice activities for each of the eight workshop topics will be made available once workshop dates have passed.
Writing Feedback
RRC Polytech students are welcome to submit their practice activities to writing@rrc.ca for feedback. Please add “BYWF” in the subject line.
Questions? Contact writing@rrc.ca.
What does a professional email look like? When should you send one?
Description: Join this workshop to learn all about professional emails: when to send them, what they look like and sound like, how to structure them, and how to write with a professional tone.
Date: Wednesday, May 8th 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
How should I organize my ideas in a paragraph?
Description: Join this workshop to learn how to organize big ideas and details into a clear paragraph. The paragraph structure you will learn can be applied to all types of academic writing assignments, including summaries, reflections, discussion posts, essays, reports, and more.
Date: Wednesday, May 15th 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
What does 'claim + evidence' mean? How can I prove my point in my writing?
Description: Join this workshop to learn what a claim is, how to strengthen your claims with reasons, and how to back them up with evidence. Learn how to provide evidence with both personal experience and research.
What is APA citation style? Why do we use it? Where can I find information to use APA accurately?
Description: Join this workshop to learn the basics of why and how the APA citation style is used in many academic assignments. Then, learn how to use online resources to become confident in creating in-text citations and references in the APA 7th edition citation style.
Date: Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 from 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
How can I reduce a text to only the main idea?
Description: Join this workshop to learn what summaries should and should not include. Learn how to write a summary that accurately expresses the main idea of a text.
Date: Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 from 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
How do I use other writers' ideas in my writing?
Description: Join this workshop to learn how to write another person's ideas in your own words and how to incorporate into your writing. Learn a five-step process to paraphrase effectively.
Date: Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 from 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
What does it mean to 'reflect'? How can I write about what I've learned?
Description: Join this workshop to learn what reflective writing is and how to spot a reflective writing assignment. Learn a reflective writing structure you can use in your assignments and see it in action with a discussion board post example.
Date: Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 from 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
Am I using APA correctly in my writing? How can I be sure?
Description: Join this workshop to ask questions about using APA in your writing. What happens if there's no date? How do I cite a document with no author? Where does the period go? We can go over it all.
Date: Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 from 12:15-12:45pm (click here to join the meeting)
