“They Say / I Say” integrates with your LMS
Our materials seamlessly integrate into all major learning management systems (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace D2L, and Schoology). Our content loads directly into your course shell so you can incorporate Norton materials around your existing content. Our customer success team is available to guide you every step of the way. If you are interested in learning more, contact your local representative.
When you assign Norton Courseware
Instructors get access to
Sample syllabi
Assignment and in-class activity suggestions
Suggested responses to Joining the Conversation questions
Robust activity reports for the Norton Illumine Ebook and InQuizitive for Writers
- Students get access to
- Norton Illumine Ebook
- InQuizitive for Writers
- Tutorials
- Thirty short videos
- The Little Seagull Handbook ebook
- Theysayiblog.com
Assignable ebook for students to practice their “I say”
- For students, writing activities at the end of each chapter and reading provide an opportunity to reflect on the material and practice the rhetorical moves, while
Check Your Understanding questions with immediate feedback help ensure students understand key topics in the text and videos. - For instructors, the analytics dashboard includes a variety of detailed engagement metrics, providing visibility into student progress, average time spent on each chapter, and more. They can also personalize students’ reading experience by embedding their own videos, audio, images, or text directly into the ebook.
Low-stakes activities for writing, editing, and researching
- For over 100,000 students each year, InQuizitive for Writers provides practice in a feedback-rich environment with direct links to The Little Seagull Handbook ebook for support. Activity topics range from rhetorical situations and thesis statements, to documentation and evaluating sources, to comma splices and subject-verb agreement.
- For instructors, InQuizitive provides a robust activity report that makes it easy to identify challenging concepts and allows for just-in-time intervention for students who need guided support. The How to Use InQuizitive assignment makes it easy to introduce the activities to your class.
Hands-on practice for students to identify rhetorical moves
- Students read and annotate an essay, answer interactive questions about the moves the writer employs, and respond to a writing prompt with templates from the book. Also included is a tutorial on Understanding & Avoiding Plagiarism—updated to address generative AI throughout—that guides students through why plagiarism matters, what counts as plagiarism, and how to avoid it.
Thirty animated videos bring writing topics to life
- Students can learn from a collection of thirty short (two-to-three-minute) animated videos covering a range of topics: understanding academic argument, peer review, critical reading strategies, using AI as a resource in the writing process, and more.
- Instructors can assign the videos through select InQuizitive for Writers activities or ebook chapters, or link to the videos through a campus learning management system.
A regularly updated source of contemporary readings keeps the conversation fresh
- Students and instructors can join in the conversation by adding their own comments on the blog. Each carefully selected reading is accompanied by a headnote, response questions, and a writing prompt, all written by coauthor Laura J. Panning Davies.
Instructor resources created by book authors and experienced instructors
- Instructors adopting “They Say / I Say” have access to a range of resources aligned with chapter topics and organized by activity type. Example content includes sample syllabi, chapter summaries, in-class activities, discussion prompts, assignment suggestions, and more.
Course materials backed by real human support every step of the way
We are proud to provide exceptional customer support to instructors assigning Norton courseware. Both your representative and customer success manager are an email or phone call away, and are here to help so you can spend more time teaching.
Your local representative will:
- Help you select the best books, digital products, and resources to meet your course needs
- Provide desk copies (yes, we do still provide these in most cases)
- Work with your bookstore to ensure smooth ordering of your materials
- Connect you with your customer success manager
Your customer success manager will:
- Help you integrate our learning tools into your LMS course
- Provide training and setup support, as well as be available on demand and throughout the year
- Consult with you on course challenges and goals to design a learning pathway for your students
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