Writing Center Resources for Faculty

On-Line Resources: Writing Across the Curriculum

Manoa Writing Program's Teacher Resources
http://mwp01.mwp.hawaii.edu/resources.htm
This page offers a wide range of tips and resources for assignment design, encouraging critical thinking, responding to writing, and designing writing intensive courses. There are many examples of how writing is incorporated into various disciplines.

WAC Clearinghouse at Colorado State
http://wac.colostate.edu/
Home site for the WAC movement, this resource offers news, archives, e-groups and journals, teaching tips, links to programs, calls for papers, etc.

"Tools for Teaching"
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/writebetter.html
This chapter from Barbara Gross Davis's book offers general strategies and suggestions for brief in-class writing activities.

Northern Illinois WAC Site
http://www.engl.niu.edu/wac/
Offers an archive of WAC sites and material.

University Writing Center at Cal Poly Pomona Faculty Links Page
http://www.csupomona.edu/~uwc/non_protect/faculty/resources.htm

An excellent collection of resources to help faculty design assignments, respond to student writing, and discourage plagiarism.

Online Resources: Avoiding Plagiarism

CSUCI Library Plagiarism Web Site
http://www.library.csuci.edu/faculty/plagiarism.htm
CSUCI's Library page offers excellent anti-plagiarism resources: tips on prevention and detection. The links in the notes to the page are very useful.

 Robert Harris's "Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers"
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
 Harris's article is a thoughtful exploration of the problem from both a faculty and student perspective.

Preventing CyberPlagiarism (Penn State)
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag
Combines sources for detection and prevention with a "news" section, some basic definitions, and quizzes to help reinforce students' understanding of the concept.

Plagiarism in Colleges in USA
http://www.rbs2.com/plag.htm#anchor888888
Ronald Standler's collection of plagiarism data emphasizes the issue's legal aspects.

Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html A list of web sites for faculty, offering ideas on preventing plagiarism, detection tips, and sources of temptation.