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Working with ChatGPT: Rogerian Argument Student Guide

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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.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Module, Student Guide, Student Success: Student-facing, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Anneke Snyder, Gwendolyn Inocencio, Jonahs Kneitly, Mary Landry, Terri Pantuso

Working with ChatGPT: Annotated Bibliography Student Guide

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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.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Module, Student Guide, Student Success: Student-facing

Authors: Anneke Snyder, Gwendolyn Inocencio, Jonahs Kneitly, Mary Landry, Terri Pantuso

Working with ChatGPT: Research Paper Student Guide

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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.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Module, Student Guide, Student Success: Student-facing, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Anneke Snyder, Gwendolyn Inocencio, Jonahs Kneitly, Mary Landry, Terri Pantuso

Documenting & Citing: MLA Style

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This assignment asks students to take bibliographic data and generate a properly formatted MLA citation. After completing questions #1-8, they are then asked to create 3 properly formatted in-text citations in MLA style. Finally, they are asked to take the first 8 citations and turn them into a properly formatted reference sheet, attached to the end of the worksheet. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of MLA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Authors: Hannah Bowling, Terri Pantuso

General MLA 9th ed Format Worksheet

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This assignment asks students to answer various formatting questions related to MLA style. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of MLA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills. All highlighted areas are the correct answers of the multiple choice questions; highlights should be removed from the worksheet before giving to students.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Authors: Hannah Bowling, Terri Pantuso

Demonstrative Determiners and Unclear Antecedents

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This worksheet is designed to help students develop the ability to identify unclear pronoun usage in their own writing. To achieve this ability, students are shown examples of demonstrative determiners and unclear antecedents as well as strategies to help them avoid these mistakes in their own work. This worksheet is designed to supplement previously generated lessons rather than as a stand-alone lesson.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Hannah Bowling, Terri Pantuso

Documenting & Citing: APA 7th ed Format

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This assignment asks students to take bibliographic data and generate a properly formatted APA citation. After completing questions #1-8, they are then asked to create 3 properly formatted in-text citations in APA style. Finally, they are asked to take the first 8 citations and turn them into a properly formatted reference sheet, attached to the end of the worksheet. Depending on skill level, the instructor may choose to allow them to use an aid (like Purdue Owl) to construct the citations or do them from memory. This assignment is best used to assess students’ understanding of APA and provide them with low-stakes practice of these formatting skills. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Authors: Hannah Bowling, Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire

Sharing Former Student Stories

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This resource contains activity handouts and considerations for facilitators. This resource is part of the Teaching Excellence Toolkit to help accomplish the College Readiness Goal: I want students to persist through challenges and failures.Activity Description:Students are asked to read about past students’ experience in the course and reflect on their own study strategies and responses to challenge that they can deploy to be successful in the course. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Student Success: Faculty/staff-facing

Authors: Lindsey Jones, Eric Smith, Anita Latham, Debra Hansen, Cameron Hecht