This handout serves as a tool for introducing students to textual analysis, encompassing its definition, objective, significance, various approaches, and considerations for analyzing text.

Authors: Brandi Morley, C. Anneke Snyder
Editor: Mary Landry
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this lesson, students will
- review the steps in the writing process (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing).
- generate ideas about a topic using three prewriting strategies (Listing, Freewriting, Clustering).
- reflect and discuss the various prewriting strategies as well as their importance to the writing process.

A PowerPoint lesson is included.

Author: Brandi Morley
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

In this section, you will gain insights about privacy and confidentiality concerns related to a form of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) known as Large Language Models (LLMs) and, specifically, OpenAI’s policies about ChatGPT.

The full extent of privacy and confidentiality risks in relation to ChatGPT, which relies on collective intelligence for information gathering and dissemination, has not been fully realized. Users should be mindful of OpenAI’s terms of use, particularly as those terms are subject to change. Though OpenAI claims to not share private user information, the language around such statements is vague and contradictory, and there is a strong possibility that personal information may be monitored by human proctors. Moreover, educators who are bound to the legal obligations outlined in FERPA should be particularly concerned about how student privacy could be potentially violated by using ChatGPT and other GenAI technologies.

After reading this section, you should be able to articulate and discuss OpenAI’s significant terms of use and privacy policy, consider the potential privacy and intellectual property violations contained within the collective intelligence paradigm, and communicate your own concerns about privacy and confidentiality in relation to GenAI technologies.

Author: C. Anneke Snyder
Contributors: Gwendolyn Inocencio, Mary Landry, Jonahs Kneitly
Designers: Irene AI, Sweta Kailani
Supervisors: Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire

This handout provides definitions and examples of media propaganda techniques, including Name-Calling, Glittering Generalities, Transfer, Testimonials, Plain Folks, Card-Stacking, Bandwagon Appeals, Half-Truths, Loaded Words, Obfuscation, Straw Man Arguments, and Deliberate Manipulation.

Authors: Sharon Haigler, C. Anneke Snyder
Editor: Mary Landry
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

With this graphic organizer, students can delve into questions about role, audience, format, and topic (RAFT) as part of their exploration of audience and purpose. Specifically, working through the writing RAFT strategy can help a student understand their role as a writer and how to most effectively communicate their ideas.

Author: Brandi Morley
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will
- formulate a researchable, open-ended question on a current and controversial topic that has two clear sides.
- construct a well-structured research proposal that includes credible sources and follows APA format guidelines, including a cover page, in-text citations, and a references page.

Author: Kimberly Stelly
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this lesson, students will
- compose a persuasive letter following the Rogerian argument form, including a summary of opposing views, a statement of position, a proposed compromise, and a conclusion.

Author: Kimberly Stelly
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Attached is a sample syllabus used for freshman composition by Dr. Terri Pantuso at Texas A&M University. This course is typically the second in the first year writing sequence and focuses on argumentation and information literacy. 

Upon successful completion of this activity, students will
- identify and analyze the specific characteristics of various literary elements in a text, including characters, settings, symbols, and plot.
- collaborate with peers to share insights, discuss interpretations, and construct meaning together.
- compose creative formats to express their interpretations.

Author: Claire Carly-Miles
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this lesson, students will
- distinguish between summarizing and paraphrasing.
- practice summarizing and paraphrasing while maintaining the meaning of the original text.

Author: Brandi Morley
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

With this graphic organizer, students not only practice defining various types of evidence and appeals but they also practice specifically identifying when these devices are used within a text and how they help achieve the text’s purpose.

Author: Frances Santos
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this lesson, students will
- revise ineffective thesis statements to improve their clarity, specificity, and arguability.
- compose original thesis statements that align with the characteristics of effective thesis statements.

Author: Brandi Morley, Claire Carly-Miles
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Instructors interested in helping students develop time management skills will find this resource helpful. After first establishing why time management is important, this resource outlines various time management methods students can use, including calendars, planners, to-do lists, and digital tools. For each method, this resource details its strengths and weaknesses, empowering students to select the system that best suits their needs. Additionally, this resource provides downloadable templates and practical case studies for helping students practice time management skills. By the end, instructors and students will understand time management principles and be able to implement an effective system to support their academic and personal success.

Author: Tyler Laughlin
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will
- create a persuasive Toulmin Argument by introducing a current and arguable claim, developing grounds with evidence, addressing counterarguments, and concluding with restated claims and implications.

Author: Kimberly Stelly
Editor: Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Supervisor: Terri Pantuso

This resource offers student-focused tutorials that demonstrate how ChatGPT can augment the writing process for assignments commonly given in a rhetoric and composition course. These tutorials cover the evaluation essay, rhetorical analysis, Rogerian argument, annotated bibliography, and research essay—all while promoting the responsible and ethical use of AI in writing and research. With this comprehensive resource, instructors and students can not only build confidence in their understanding of generative AI within academia, but also build digital literacy that will serve them in the world beyond.

Author: Mary Landry

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to utilize a specific formation of generative AI (GenAI)—the prominent Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT—as an aid within the annotated bibliography writing process to

explore, evaluate, and refine a research question
brainstorm and determine effective search components and keywords
decipher complex ideas within academic articles

Additionally, you will critically reflect on ChatGPT’s place within the citation practices of an annotated bibliography. Specifically, you will consider why and how ChatGPT should be cited according to both MLA and APA.

This resource offers student-focused tutorials that demonstrate how ChatGPT can augment the writing process for assignments commonly given in a rhetoric and composition course. These tutorials cover the evaluation essay, rhetorical analysis, Rogerian argument, annotated bibliography, and research essay—all while promoting the responsible and ethical use of AI in writing and research. With this comprehensive resource, instructors and students can not only build confidence in their understanding of generative AI within academia, but also build digital literacy that will serve them in the world beyond.

Author: Mary Landry

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to utilize a specific formation of generative AI (GenAI)—the prominent Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT—as an aid within the evaluation essay writing process to

develop specific assessment criteria
maintain a professional, unbiased tone
articulate the sociohistorical context of a subject

Additionally, you will be able to identify specific limitations with using ChatGPT for an evaluation essay, including its limited ability to perform evaluations itself.

This resource offers student-focused tutorials that demonstrate how ChatGPT can augment the writing process for assignments commonly given in a rhetoric and composition course. These tutorials cover the evaluation essay, rhetorical analysis, Rogerian argument, annotated bibliography, and research essay—all while promoting the responsible and ethical use of AI in writing and research. With this comprehensive resource, instructors and students can not only build confidence in their understanding of generative AI within academia, but also build digital literacy that will serve them in the world beyond.

Author: Mary Landry

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to utilize a specific formation of generative AI (GenAI)—the prominent Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT—as an aid within the research paper writing process to

survey the ongoing discourse of research on a given topic
draft with different reasoning strategies
integrate sources and quotes

Additionally, you will critically reflect on the possible pitfalls in regards to originality and time management when using ChatGPT as an aid for composing a research paper.

This resource offers student-focused tutorials that demonstrate how ChatGPT can augment the writing process for assignments commonly given in a rhetoric and composition course. These tutorials cover the evaluation essay, rhetorical analysis, Rogerian argument, annotated bibliography, and research essay—all while promoting the responsible and ethical use of AI in writing and research. With this comprehensive resource, instructors and students can not only build confidence in their understanding of generative AI within academia, but also build digital literacy that will serve them in the world beyond.

Author: Jonahs Kneitly

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to utilize a specific formation of generative AI (GenAI)—the prominent Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT—as an aid within the rhetorical analysis writing process to

identify rhetorical situations and strategies
evaluate applied logic within a text
locate bias and logical fallacies within a text

Additionally, you will be able to develop critical evaluation skills to avoid the possible pitfalls from using GenAI for performing rhetorical analysis.

This resource offers student-focused tutorials that demonstrate how ChatGPT can augment the writing process for assignments commonly given in a rhetoric and composition course. These tutorials cover the evaluation essay, rhetorical analysis, Rogerian argument, annotated bibliography, and research essay—all while promoting the responsible and ethical use of AI in writing and research. With this comprehensive resource, instructors and students can not only build confidence in their understanding of generative AI within academia, but also build digital literacy that will serve them in the world beyond.

Author: Jonahs Kneitly

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to utilize a specific formation of generative AI (GenAI)—the prominent Large Language Model (LLM) ChatGPT—as an aid within the Rogerian argument writing process to

determine and refine an appropriate topic argument
brainstorm effective counterarguments and concessions
locate faulty logic and explore workable solutions

Additionally, you will develop critical evaluation skills to avoid the possible pitfalls with using GenAI for argumentation.