Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) programs and Writing Centers can expand their faculty development initiatives and their support for students by broadening from the term "writing," usually applied primarily to verbal texts—words—to "composing," in recognition that we and our students increasingly can and should communicate effectively in words, pictures, and gestures; in print and in electronic media.

Educated citizens now require "multiple literacies" to contribute to their communities and to succeed and advance in their educations and careers:

• Web Development and Design as well as MLA Manuscript and Documentation Format
• Email and Discussion Board Protocols as well as the Writing Process
• Hypertext and Media as well as Text

With electronic mail, synchronous chat and messaging, Web discussion boards, individual and collaborative Web pages, and hypermedia, students compose for a variety of rhetorical situations and with a variety of media.

• 4Cs Workshop Presentation Slides
• Related Webs
  • WAC to CAC to ECAC: Composing in Electronic Environments
  • Visual Communication: Krieger; Drucker1, 2; Mitchell; Tufte
  • Process—Learning Made Visible with Online Compositions
    • Faith and Carey: Discussion Board Letters
    • History, Psychology, and Math Bulletin Boards
  • Products—Hypertext and Hypermedia Compositions
    • Jay's Electronic Portfolio and the TCC Webfolio Project
    • Al's Poetry Post
    • Khoa's Drawing and Poem