The Writing Center supports writing across campus in many ways. Click through the options below to see what form of collaboration works for you, your students, and/or your campus group.
The Writing Center offers 10-minute informational visits. Consultants are available to visit a class, meeting, or event and tell participants about the services offered at the Center, how students can schedule appointments, and share our contact information with participants.
Writing Center staff can also visit faculty or departmental meetings to provide information on Writing Center services. These visits can assist instructors in learning more about how we support students and how appointments can benefit their students.
Informational visits are available both in person and via Zoom.
Note: One form must be filled out per class section or meeting. Please do not put multiple sections on one request form.
Requests must be submitted at least 5 business days prior to the requested date of visit.
Requests for Fall 2025 events and workshops are now closed.
Requests for classroom visits, tabling events, and workshops for SPRING 2026 are OPEN.
The Writing Center offers writing-related workshops by request. Previous workshops include citing sources, finding credible resources, writing a literature review, an introduction to graduate-level writing, overviews of APA citation style and of Chicago citation style, and creating an annotated bibliography. We are happy to create and deliver a presentation specific to your students' needs, pending staff availability.
Workshops may also be applicable to non-course groups. If your group or organization thinks that a writing-related workshop would benefit members, please reach out.
Note: One form must be filled out per class section, even if the same workshop is being requested. Please do not put multiple sections on one request form.
Creating workshops takes time and our professional staff is small. When requesting a pre-existing workshop from our list below, please submit requests at least 3 weeks prior to the requested date of visit. When requesting a custom workshop, please submit requests at least 6-8 weeks in advance of the desired presentation date.
Requests for Fall 2025 events and workshops are now closed.
Requests for classroom visits, tabling events, and workshops for SPRING 2026 are OPEN.
At the Writing Center, we strive to meet the needs of each classroom instructor or group seeking our services. We offer both pre-existing and custom workshops to help us meet this goal.
Pre-Existing Workshops
The Writing Center has worked to curate a library of pre-existing workshops we can deliver more quickly for classroom instructors. These workshops are on popular topics that are frequently requested. Here is a list of workshops currently available. The number in parenthesis indicates the approximate length of the individual workshop.
OU Library
Occasionally people ask the Writing Center for sessions that might be better served by the OU Library. Want a session on finding credible sources, for example? Check out University Libraries On-Request Workshops.
Custom Workshops
The Writing Center may also be able to create a custom workshop for an individual course. Availability depends upon the number and variety of requests received each semester. Because of the small administrative staff at the Writing Center, we may not able to fulfill all requests.
If you are interested in a custom workshop, complete the request form found above on this page. Be as detailed as possible in your description. Then, someone from the Writing Center will contact you to discuss our availability and the details of the request.
Questions can also be directed to the Writing Center via: writingcenter@ou.edu.
The Writing Center creates a variety of resources that are available to both instructors and students. These resources include both text-based handouts and video tutorials.
We welcome instructors to incorporate these materials into their courses. We do ask that any user who alters or edits these materials in any way adhere to Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA.
Downloadable (PDF) resources include:
Head to our YouTube Channel for captioned video content on writing-related topics as well. We have video tutorials on:
Are you requiring your students to visit the Writing Center? Or, are you offering extra credit for students who schedule an appointment?
The Writing Center has created a guide in order to assist instructors who are considering making required or incentivized visits part of their course curriculum. This guide, "Required and Incentivized Visits for the OU Writing Center: Guidance for Faculty and Instructors," covers recommendations for promoting visits that are useful to students. It also suggests actions to avoid when promoting useful required or incentivized visits.
Below you can also find more information about the Writing Center and a general outline of our policies regarding required or incentivized visits.
Writing Center consultants are trained to work with students across all disciplines, at all academic levels, and at any stage of the writing process. Our consultants work with individual writers and with groups on group assignments.
If you choose to require students to visit the Writing Center as part of an assignment, or offer extra credit to students who visit, we ask that you do a few things to help us prepare and manage the planned influx of appointments:
Below is a statement about the Writing Center that instructors can copy and paste into a current syllabus or add to a course Canvas page.
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Writing centers are a place where individuals can come together to talk about writing. Here at OU, the Writing Center exists to help all levels of writers at any stage of their writing process. Trained writing consultants can offer feedback and serve as a sounding board for any writing (academic or personal) in any discipline or genre. Receiving feedback is a vital way for all writers to improve the clarity of their work to suit their purpose.
The Writing Center offers both in-person and remote/online appointments, as well as workshops, retreats, and other services. You can find out about their events on OU Engage or schedule an appointment on their website.
Help students connect with the OU Writing Center through Canvas by adding a page to each course. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3.
The Writing Enriched Curriculum program (WEC) is a university-sponsored initiative to promote the teaching of writing in all academic disciplines. The WEC project is designed to further the university’s goal, outlined in the 2013-14 Strategic Plan, to “focus on building student and faculty writing and oral communication skills.” In keeping with the AACU’s identification of writing education as a high-impact practice in undergraduate education, WEC offers faculty support for developing writing curricula that can make the teaching of writing a significant part of every major and degree program.
The WEC program is run through the Center for Faculty Excellence.
Support for faculty teaching and writing does not take place through the Writing Center. The Center for Faculty Excellence provides writing support for all areas of faculty writing, including journal articles and book chapters, research and creative activity proposals, and integrating writing into teaching curriculum.
Looking for information on accessibility and disability? Learn more about resources provided for classroom instructors by the Accessibility and Disability Resource Center (ADRC).
