Dear Colleagues,
Request: Before you lay this semester to rest, we invite you to contribute your syllabi, assignments, and classroom materials to the First-Year Composition Archive (the full URL is https://fyca.colostate.edu/index.cfm), housed on the WAC Clearinghouse site.
To those of you who were able to join us for our panel, The FYW Syllabus Project and FYC Archive: Toward Abundant Knowledge for First-Year Writing at CCCC 2024 in Spokane, thank you! We very much appreciated the vibrant discussion; if you have additional feedback for us, we would love to hear from you. This email is for you whether you joined us or not in Spokane.
The First-Year Composition Archive serves as a resource for scholars and teachers who seek to learn more about trends in first-year writing, the history of the discipline, teaching resources, pedagogical developments, and much more.
Why should you contribute? Here are just a few questions you might ask yourself:
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Teaching: Am I looking for inspiration for a first-year course? Would I like to share my work to inspire others?
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Scholarship: Do I need primary resources for a research project on assignments or syllabi? Would I like to contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning?
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Service: Am I going up for review and looking to enhance my service to the profession? Do I need to claim my work on my annual reports and CVs?
The process is quick and easy! Once on the site, select “Contribute Content.” You’ll be prompted to create an account and then submit your materials.
Contributions to the archive are editorially reviewed by the directing team to assure they align with our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and that they do not include malicious links. Once approved, your materials are published immediately and you’ll receive an acknowledgement via email.
Ideally, you can use these syllabi, assignment sheets, and course materials to assist you in designing your first-year composition courses, researching the teaching of writing, and helping writers across the curriculum. To read more about how to use these resources ethically, please read our “Ethical Use Statement.”
We’ve done our best to provide answers to your anticipated questions about who, what, and why we are on the site’s FYCArchive
Contribute to this growing resource today!
FYCA Team
Anthony Edgington, University of Toledo
Dawn M. Formo, California State University, San Marcos
Kimberly Robinson Neary, Los Angeles City College