Welcome

Hello WVC Faculty! This course is designed with busy faculty in mind. Many are already familiar with the concepts of humanizing and just want to develop their skills. This one-minute video explains how to use this course for hands-on practice.

If you want to learn more about what humanizing is, including scholarship and "the why." I've curated this Humanizing resources - the why page for you.

Choose your own learning adventure

Drop in and work on what you want, as much or as little as you want. Modules do not need to be completed in order.

Which adventure appeals to you today?
Module	What you'll learn to do
Warm Up Wherever You Write Go to module	Describe how using warm language can help student feel. Revise sample sentences to apply various strategies for warming up the language. Revise one sentence from one of your own courses to warm it with your authentic voice.
Show Care in Your Instructions Go to module	Analyze cold vs. warm language in assignment instructions. Develop a checksheet for showing care in instructions. Revise a set of instructions from your own course to show more care.
Add YOU to Your Announcements Go to module	Compare different types of announcements and identify ways you could personalize (add YOU) them. Brainstorm ways to connect your course content to real world events in an announcement. Develop a new announcement for one of your courses implementing strategies for writing successful announcements.

Questions? Reach out any time. I'm YOUR faculty Instructional Designer, Whitney Clay, and I'm happy to help!

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