EDC 534: Seminar in Digital Authorship
Spring 2026
Graduate certificateInstructor: Professor Renee Hobbs
Course Begins: January 21, 2026
Registration Deadline: January 10, 2026
Course Fee: $1,965
About the Seminar
This course examines how AI tools can be used for creative expression and communication, considering some of the legal, ethical, and social issues of human-machine collaboration. Major theories of digital authorship as a pedagogical approach to digital literacy are explored through hands-on dynamic learning experiences that integrate digital media, technologies, and best practice strategies for teaching composition and authorship in a Web 2.0 world. This course is part of the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy at the University of Rhode Island.
About the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy
The Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy includes four flexible graduate-level courses that can be taken in any order. Students may complete the certificate in one year or take up to four years to finish all 12 credits.
- EDC 531 – Summer Institute in Digital Literacy (in-person)
- EDC 532 – Digital Literacy (Fall, online)
- EDC 534 – Digital Authorship (Spring, online)
- EDC 535 – Tier 2 Summer Institute (in-person)
Who Can Enroll?
These courses (including EDC 534) are open to any graduate student in any program, and even to someone who is interested in taking a single course. Graduate students from other programs at URI and other universities around the country (and around the world) have successfully incorporated one or more of these four graduate courses into their academic degree programs.
Summer Institute
Please contact Julie Coiro at jcoiro@uri.edu for updated details about course fees and scheduling for the in-person Summer Institute in Digital Literacy for Summer 2026.
For Current Students
How to Register for the Seminar in Digital Authorship
This course is open for all students. If you are currently a URI student, you can register using your eCampus account. You can access your account through MyApps:
MyApps (ecampus)
Once in eCampus, you may follow the step-by-step guide for course registration. If you are having issues with accessing your URI accounts, please contact the IT Service Desk for support by phone, email, and virtual meetings.
Search for the Course
Course Title and Code: EDU 534 Seminar in Digital Authorship
Semester: Spring 2026, Meeting 1/21/26 to 4/29/26
Section Number: 0250
Permission Number: None Required
Prerequisites: None Required
Non-Degree and New Students
How to Register for the Seminar in Digital Authorship
Step 1: Non-Degree Application
If you are not currently enrolled or accepted into a URI program yet, you will complete a non-degree application for each semester you wish to enroll. Here are the steps:
Non-Degree Application
Trouble Accessing the Website?
If you see an error message that states “You are not authorized for this page”, please try accessing the non-degree application form again by doing one or both of the following:
- Try to access the form from a new device or browser that you have never used to log into URI e-Campus, or using your browser “in-private” mode.
- Open a browser that you have previously used to access e-Campus, please clear your browser history, close the browser, and then open it again to access the form.
Step 2: Create URI Account and ID
Within three business days of the submission of your application form, you will receive your URI Student ID# via an email from es-registration-group@uri.edu (no-reply). Be sure to check your spam folder for receipt of this notification. If this is your first time applying to take a course at URI, you will then use your URI ID# to register for e-Campus, URI’s student information system. To create your e-Campus account, visit Getting Started – Students and click on the “Register for an eCampus Account” link. You will create a username and password. (SSO)access.
Step 3: Enroll in eCampus
To complete your enrollment for URI credits, you will enroll into the class in eCampus. Follow these step-by-step instructions for enrolling in URI courses via e-Campus. You will need to obtain the course, section, and permission number from your high school instructor. You can access eCampus through MyApps:
Search for the Course
- Course Title and Code: EDU 534 Seminar in Digital Authorship
- Semester: Spring 2026, Meeting 1/21/26 to 4/29/26
- Section Number: 0250
- Permission Number: None Required
- Prerequisites: None Required
Recommend Last Day to Register: January 10, 2026
Step 4: Create URI Email
You will be able to access your uri.edu email address through SSO within several hours of your URI concurrent enrollment course registration. The username you select for e-Campus will also serve as your URI email User ID. If you encounter any issues related to your URI e-Campus or uri.edu accounts, please contact the URI IT Service Desk at 401-874-4357 or helpdesk@uri.edu.
IT Help Desk
What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
The University of Rhode Island requires SSO and multi-factor authentication be enabled on your URI issued accounts (@uri.edu). You will primarily use the Duo mobile App, or you can use other secondary methods (such as a phone call or text message).
Tuition Waivers: This course can only accept tuition waivers from an approved RI institution: URI, RIC, or CCRI. You must scan or email a copy of your approved tuition waiver to Sierra Perez (Sierra.perez@uri.edu).
Have registration questions?
Contact Sierra Perez (sierra.perez@uri.edu) from the Office of Academic Programs.