Article: Course and Assignment Design

Want Your Students to Write Better? Assign Video Essays.

Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes

Jodie’s Recommendation

In the current climate of AI doomerism, Michael Blancato and Natalie Copp offer a refreshing and optimistic take on writing, providing classroom-tested examples of how they've effectively integrated video composition into their own pedagogy.

Considering the rhetorical techniques on display in so many video essays, our proposal here is simple: Undergraduates can effectively develop writing and research skills by experimenting with the video-essay genre.