This is the video description of the film "Writing Center Presented: Writing Competence - The "What" and "How" of Academic Writing."

The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects. All figures are drawn without skin color. Only the hand that pushes these things in and out of the picture is a filmed human hand.

The film begins with a blue film being pushed into the picture by the hand. In the upper left corner is the logo of the Dresden University of Technology, which consists of the words "Technische Universität Dresden" and an octagon to the right of it. The octagon is divided into two sections, which together form the letters "T" and "U". In the center of the slide appears the logo of the Writing Center, which consists of a symbol and the abbreviation "SZD" below it. The symbol, which consists only of dashes, can be interpreted as an open book or an open laptop with an arrow pointing right from its upper left corner. To the right of this logo appears the writing "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden". The foil is then wiped out of the image again by hand.

A narrator says as an off-screen voice: "Hello from the Writing Center of the TU Dresden!" At the same time, a group of people appears. They each wear blue T-shirts with the logo of the writing center printed on the right. A black cat lies over the legs of two people. At the same time, a bulletin board appears to the left behind the group, and a lettering appears below them. The bulletin board is titled "Writing Center" and is hung with various posters. The writing below the group reads: "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden". The "S" and the "Z" in "Schreibzentrum" and the "D" in "Dresden" were highlighted in blue. The writing "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden" disappears piece by piece, so that only the letters highlighted in blue remain and merge to form "SZD", the abbreviation that stands for the Writing Center of the TU Dresden. The narrator speaks to this: "We are a team of employees, writing tutors and student assistants who are qualified in writing and higher education didactics, and we belong to a large community of writing centers at German-speaking universities."

A small picture appears to the right of the group of people for the keyword "Employees". It shows two people standing in front of a blackboard and pointing to it. A diagram is sketched on the board. For the keyword "Writing tutors", another picture appears to the right below the group. It shows two people sitting across from each other at a table. Between them are a piece of paper and a pen. Speech bubbles float above them.

At the keyword "student assistants", a third image appears on the left below the group. It shows an unfolded laptop surrounded by a light bulb and various symbols for different data formats, including a speaker and a stack of paper. Immediately following, the writing center team is pulled out of the image by hand. This reveals a sketch of a world map. At the keyword "community at writing centers," location markers appear on the world map.

The narrator continues: "We support students and teachers at the TU Dresden." At this, the three small pictures disappear. Instead, the hand pushes five people one after the other into the foreground. She says, "For this purpose, we have built up a writing center with a wide variety of offerings in recent years. What's the idea behind it?" The person on the far right, a man with long red hair and a full beard, briefly raises a hand and lowers it again. Then the hand wipes everything out of the picture.

In the next scene, the hand pushes in two people side by side. They each have pieces of paper in front of them and are writing. The person on the right also has a laptop in front of him. Next to them are stacks of books. The narrator says, "We're all about student writing, that is, writing seminar papers, document papers, theses, and so on." Meanwhile, the hand below the people depicted pushes notebooks into the picture one after the other. They lie next to each other and bear the following titles when read from left to right: "Seminar Paper," "Document," and "Thesis." The narrator continues: "From the point of view of you students, it's about questions like: What are the requirements for the text and how do I get to the finished text?" At this, a question mark appears above the two writers. Then the two people are pulled out of the picture by two hands. The question marks dissolve.

Instead, the hands push in two new people. On the left, a woman now stands holding a clipboard. On the right, a man with glasses sits at a table and writes on a piece of paper. To his left is a desk lamp. At the same time, the narrator explains: "You, as teachers, are also involved and challenged, of course. You set writing assignments, supervise papers, and teach the professional conventions of academic writing." The hand then pulls everything out of the picture.

In the next scene, we again see the writing center team in the blue T-shirts and the bulletin board with the heading "Writing Center" hanging behind them on the right this time. The narrator says, "We at the Writing Center are here to help you and yours with the challenges at hand. Roughly speaking, we start with the following understanding of writing competence:" Meanwhile, the hand pulls everything out of the picture, slides in a scale iand the narrator continues, "To be able to write a text, you first need to understand the requirements of the text type in question, i.e. WHAT you're aiming for." At the keyword "text type" the hand to the left of the scale pushes a stack of notebooks into the picture, then the word "What?" swaps to the left of the scale, causing it to change its equilibrium position and hang down on one side.

It goes on to say, "Also, you have to know HOW to get there, so how to design the writing process." At the keyword "How?" the hand to the right of the scale pushes a woman into the picture who is sitting in front of her laptop writing. Also, the word "How?" appears there. The scale thus tilts to the other side and finally hangs in balance

In the next shot, the stack of books and the word "What?" move to the center of the image. The rest disappears. In addition, a desk lamp is pushed in by hand, its cone of light illuminating the writing "WHAT?". At the same time, the narrator explains, "The WHAT includes requirements for the text type, such as: How is the work typically organized, and what are the characteristics of each part? What are the document practices and formalities? And what are the specific expectations of the supervisor?" Key terms such as "text features," "evidence practice," "citation style," and "argumentation" gradually appear around the center of the image.

The stack of books is pulled out by the hand. Instead, the hand under the desk lamp moves a writing woman into the picture, sitting in front of her laptop and surrounded by stacks of books. The word "What?" disappears and is replaced by "How?". In parallel, the narrator says: "The other question is: HOW do I make my individual writing process productive? For example, the writing process includes: developing a research question, researching efficiently, reading, collecting and evaluating data, writing a rough text, and revising it." Key words like "feedback," "revise," and "data" gradually appear around the center of the image. Subsequently, the hand wipes everything out of the picture.

Now follows a list of aspects that also belong to the HOW of writing, accompanied by several image changes:

• First, a man writing is pushed from the hand into the center of the picture. In front of him are a laptop and a stack of books. Shortly after, a thought bubble appears above him on the right. Following this, the text "Reflecting on the writing process" is typed in above him on the left.  At the same time, the narrator begins to enumerate, "HOW includes, among other things: organizing one's own writing process and choosing individual writing strategies, dealing with writing lows." At the keyword "writing lows" the text disappears and the writing man is handwaved out of the picture.
• In its place, the hand pushes in a person who has buried her face in a book. To her right is a stack of books. A rain cloud appears above her. In addition, the sound of rain can be heard. In the upper left corner, the word "Schreibtief" is typed. The hand wipes everything out of the picture. The text dissolves.
• The enumeration continues: "motivate themselves to write at all" The person, this time pushed by the hand into the center of the picture, jumps into the air and laughs. At the same time she calls out "Yes." A sun appears to her right. At the top left, the word "Motivation" is typed in. The text disappears again.
• The hand wipes everything out of the picture and pushes a woman in front of her laptop into the center instead. The enumeration is now finished: "revise the text - and so on and so forth."
• At "and so on and so forth" some pictures appear around the woman: At the top left, an opened laptop appears first, on which a video conference is running. The word "agreement" is typed above it. At the bottom left, the same person appears three times: once stretching, once working on the laptop, and once drinking from a cup. Above this, the word "writing routine" is typed in. Then a clock appears on the right side of the image, above which the word "time planning" is typed. Below that, a person with a dissatisfied expression appears, tangled in a red thread. Below this, the word "Writing strategies" is typed in.

The hand finally wipes everything out of the picture again.

The narrator says, "Both WHAT and HOW are themes in our various offerings." According to what has been said, the words "what" and "how" appear next to each other one after the other. The two words then move to the left and right edges of the picture. In between, the hand again moves the writing center team into the picture. Hanging behind them on the right is the bulletin board shown earlier. The narrator says: "If you are interested, we recommend the explanatory films about our offers and the information in our web area. And if you have any questions or requests: Just feel free to contact us at any time!" Meanwhile, four of the five people who were already shown together with the group at the beginning of the film are pushed by hand into the foreground. When the narrator has finished talking, everything disappears from the picture.
 

Finally, the hand slides in a slide similar to the one in the first scene. One by one, many notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms related to academic writing, for example: "exposé", "time management" or "term paper". Parallel to this, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right, the following text appears bit by bit: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

Video description: Annica Kramer

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Detailed video description "Offers for teachers"

This is the detailed video description of the film "Angebote für Lehrende" by the Writing Center of the TU Dresden.

The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects. All figures are drawn without skin color. Only the hand that pushes these things in and out of the picture is a filmed human hand.

The film begins with a blue foil being pushed into the picture by hand. In the upper left corner is the logo of the Dresden University of Technology. In the center of the foil appears the logo of the Writing Center. To the right of this logo, the writing "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden" is typed in. The foil is then wiped out of the picture again by the hand.

A man is pushed into the picture by the hand. He wears glasses, shoulder-length red hair and a full beard. He is holding a smartphone in his right hand. He says, "Hi. I'm Michael and I teach at the TU Dresden." As he talks, he raises one hand and then lowers it again. At the keyword "TU Dresden", the hand to the right of Michael pushes a group of people sitting in a lecture hall into the picture. Among them is a person in a wheelchair. To the right of this person hangs a sign on which the symbol for the hearing impaired is depicted: a crossed-out ear.

Michael continues, "I know the writing center's services well and have already taken advantage of some." As he relates this, the hand to his left slides in an unfolded laptop. On it is the Writing Center's website with the contents "Online Info Center," "Writing Consultation," and "Workshops." Michael shifts by himself to the right edge of the picture. To his left, two people are pushed in by hand:

• A woman sitting in the foreground has a laptop in front of her and is writing on a notepad.

• The man sitting behind her on the left is also writing on a notepad. Both have stacks of books lying next to them.

Meanwhile, Michael explains, "In teaching, I'm always significantly involved in the students' writing process because, for example, I give assignments and feedback for seminar papers, supervise and so on."

• At the keyword "seminar papers," a stack of pieces of paper is pushed in by hand above the people writing. The top sheet of paper in this pile is titled "Guidelines."
• At the keyword "Assignments," the hand to the left of the stack of papers pushes a flipchart into view. On it is the heading "Notes". Under the heading, various boxes and lines are sketched. Following this, Michael crosses his arms and continues, "My students are guided by my hints on academic writing; they're still learning; and I'm teaching them basic stuff."

As Michael talks, he moves his arms back to their original position.

The entire picture ensemble shifts to the left, so that all the pictures except Michael disappear from the scene. He says, "And all that is time-consuming and often not so easy, is it, dear colleagues? The writing center supports us in this." At the keyword "writing center," Michael raises a hand. A group of people are pushed into view by the human hand. They each wear blue T-shirts with the writing center logo printed on the right. A black cat lies on the lap of two people. Michael lowers his hand again. He explains, "Basically, you can contact the writing center with any student writing concerns."

The hand wipes all the people out of the picture. Following, it pushes Michael back in at the right edge. This time he is only visible from the torso up. He says, "The offerings revolve around, among other things, how we can guide and teach academic writing and reading academic literature well." At the keyword "academic writing," the hand to Michael's left slides in a flip chart. On it, one below the other, from top to bottom, is written:

• "Academic writing"
• "Reading professional literature"
• "Criteria Seminar Paper"

Michael continues, "Supervising writing is a topic, and in developing assignments, handouts, and evaluation guidelines, we are supported."

As Michael talks, notebooks gradually appear above him: one titled "Beleg," then one titled "Seminararbeit." A third notebook lies half-covered between the two. Then, to the left of the notebooks, different colored slips of paper appear with the headings "Assignment", "Handout" and "Evaluation". The notes come into the picture as soon as Michael mentions the corresponding heading.

The hand wipes everything out of the picture except Michael. To his left, it pushes two other people in: A woman with a headscarf sits in the foreground. She is typing on a laptop. To her left, behind her, sits a man with dark hair and glasses, a laptop in front of him. He is writing in a notebook. At the same time, Michael says, "The writing center also helps guide international students in writing." Meanwhile, above the writer, a variety of flags of different countries gradually appear. Among them are the flags of China, Russia and South Korea. Michael continues, "There are special offerings for all of these and more."

The hand wipes everything out of the picture except Michael. Michael explains, "You can get advice on all the main topics - in an individual conversation online or in presence." When Michael mentions the word "online", a rectangular field appears to his left, in which a video conference can be seen.  At the keyword "presence," the hand to Michael's left slides in two people sitting across from each other at a table. One person of them is Michael. Sitting across from him is a woman in a blue t-shirt from the writing center team. On the table are: a sign with a pictogram of a person in a wheelchair, a folder, a bowl of cookies, and a cup. To the right of the table is a stand for flyers and handouts. Printed on the top of the stand is a QR code and the symbol for the visually impaired, a crossed-out eye.

The hand pulls everything out of the picture. On the left, it now slides in a rectangle that says the word "workshop." Meanwhile, Michael says, "There's also a general workshop program, for example, on how to effectively supervise theses." As he talks, a German flag also appears at the upper left corner of the rectangle. Shortly thereafter, the flag of Great Britain appears at the lower right corner.  On the right, a sheet of paper with the heading "Saxon Certificate of Higher Education Didactics" is pushed by hand into the picture. Parallel to this, Michael explains: "All workshops can also be credited as part of the Saxon Higher Education Didactics Certificate. But the offer goes much further."

The certificate is pushed out of the picture by the hand. At the same time, a second human hand moves the field with the title "Workshop" to the center. Michael reports, "For example, I booked a customized workshop that was closely related to my course and that I integrated into my semester schedule." At the keyword "customized," a pair of scissors floats into view, cutting off the top right and bottom left corners of the rectangle. As Michael continues to narrate, the text box shrinks, moving into the background. To the left of it, Michael moves into the picture. To the right, the people sitting in the auditorium from the first scene move in again. Michael asks, "And the execution?" He raises a hand. The hand wipes out the group in the lecture hall and pushes two people in blue T-shirts from the writing center team into the frame in their place: a standing woman on the left, a seated man on the right. Michael answers the question he just asked, "Took over the writing center."

Except for the woman in the blue T-shirt, the picture empties. To her right, another woman moves in. She holds a clipboard in her hands. At the same time, Michael explains, "I still learned from a colleague that she conceived and led a workshop together with the writing center, in what's called SZD co-teaching." At the keyword "workshop," the text field with the cut corners and the content "workshop" appears again between the two women. Michael says, "The workshop was designed to their exact specifications." Then the woman with the clipboard changes her position. She is now sitting in an office chair, smiling, and holding a phone to her ear. Michael adds, "The writing center took a lot of work off her plate and a lot was learned from each other."

The hand pulls everything out of the picture. Instead, it pushes Michael in on the left side of the image. He can only be seen with his upper body upwards. He says, "I've also invited SZD writing tutors into my class on occasion to provide first-hand information about writing advice for students and to lead writing exercises." As Michael addresses "writing tutors," the hand on his right first moves a young woman with an Afro look into view. Shortly after, the hand on the woman's right pushes in a young man in a shirt, who points behind him, laughing. The already familiar people sitting in the lecture hall then appear there.

The hand pulls all but Michael out of the picture. Michael shifts backwards on his own, so that his whole body can now be seen again. He holds a stack of papers in his right hand. To this he explains, "Materials that I can use in my care process, SZD also offers." He crosses his arms in front of his chest and says, "So just contact the writing center team with your ideas and requests." At the keyword "writing center team," Michael raises a hand. To his right, the group in the blue T-shirts shown earlier slides in.

Everything disappears from the picture. Finally, the hand pushes in a similar slide as in the first scene. One by one, many notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms related to academic writing, for example: "exposé," "time management," or "term paper." Parallel to this, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right of it, piece by piece, the following text is typed: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

Logo descriptions

TU Dresden

Lettering "Dresden University of Technology." To the left is an octagon divided into two sections that together form the letters "T" and "U".

Writing Center of the TU Dresden

Logo of the Writing Center consisting of a symbol or graphic part and the abbreviation "SZD" below it. The symbol, consisting only of strokes, can be interpreted as an open book or an open laptop with an arrow pointing to the right from its upper left corner.

video description Annica Kramer

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This is the audio version of the film "Das Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden", written by Annica Kramer.

The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects. All figures are drawn without skin color.

The film begins with a view of the lecture hall center of the TU Dresden. A smiling person with short, dark hair, wearing a blazer and long trousers, is pushed into the picture: "Hi, I'm Alex. I've just written my thesis at TU Dresden - and it wasn't that easy at first."

A flashback begins: Alex is lying on a sofa and leafing through a book: "I actually always thought that writing wasn't a problem for me and I set to work in a relaxed manner."A clock hangs above the sofa, its hands turning rapidly as Alex continues to leaf through the book, "But I kept finding more and more literature and got lost in the research." Alex sits in front of a laptop, surrounded by piles of books. A sleeping black cat is lying on one of the piles.

The piles of books get higher and higher. Alex rests her head on the laptop in despair: "And when I had to start writing, I realized that I had no structure at all and couldn't really grasp my topic." There are now so many books on the table that Alex is barely recognizable.  "I haven't managed to write one sensible sentence."

Alex is sitting at a table in the shared kitchen.In the background are various cupboards and kitchen utensils as well as the black cat sitting in front of a bowl of food.On the table next to Alex is a nibbled apple in a pizza box.Alex's roommate Felix appears in the kitchen, his hands buried in his trouser pockets, Alex continues: "I told Felix about it and, as always, he immediately had an idea.Felix raises an index finger, Alex continues: "I should have a look at the TU writing center".

A light bulb and the writing center's logo appear next to Felix.Alex's opened laptop shows the Writing Center's website.The menu items "Online-Infothek", "Schreibberatung" and "Workshops" appear one after the other. "I also found tips in the online information center on the website." A hint of one of the handouts that the Writing Center offers to support students appears next to the laptop. "You can also take part in a writing marathon at the Writing Center, for example, and even get individual support from the writing advice service."

A scene from a writing consultation now appears next to the laptop: two students are sitting opposite each other with a written sheet of paper between them.This image also disappears again and a ten-euro bill is now visible next to the laptop, which is crossed out again almost immediately, because the services offered by the writing center are free of charge for all students.

Alex is now standing next to the laptop himself, his arms raised in the air in jubilation and a broad smile on his face: "That was exactly what I was looking for!"On the laptop, you can see Alex entering login details to register with the writing center for a writing consultation."I set off the next day."

The next short scene shows a number 61 bus speeding past some trees.

Alex is now standing in front of a pinboard in the writing center, on which various pieces of paper and a poster for the "Long Night of Writing" are displayed.Alex notes: "It was only in the writing center that I really realized what a great thing this is," and points to the right, where two more pictures appear one after the other: "Learning and writing groups are also organized here and workshops are held." The top picture shows a scene from one such learning and writing group.Three students are sitting together at a table and working on their assignments.The picture below shows a workshop.Many students are sitting at a long row of tables in front of a pin board. They are all concentrating on their laptops and notebooks.

"I felt well looked after at the Writing Center. This is certainly also due to the fact that many of the courses are run by student tutors, my peers, so to speak."

Alex is now standing next to a shadowy group of writing tutors, whose silhouettes suggest different body shapes and a wheelchair.
Two more writing tutors appear one after the other in front of this group.They laugh happily.

"And do you know who led my first workshop? My roommate Felix."Felix appears in the picture next to the writing tutors." He's a tutor at the writing center."

We are now back in the present, with Alex in front of the TU Dresden lecture hall center: "That's how it was. Writing my thesis was still stressful, of course. But the support from the Writing Center helped me to deal with my writing problems."

Alex raises a finger, next to which a small picture appears on the right, a flashback of Alex at work.In it, Alex is once again sitting in front of a laptop, surrounded by piles of books and with a strained expression on his face.

"And I've learned a lot about my writing and working habits. That will certainly help me after my studies. I wish I'd known that sooner, Felix!" Felix appears in the picture and puts an arm around Alex. The two smile at each other.

Finally, the hand pushes in a slide similar to the one in the first scene.One by one, many notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms relating to academic writing, for example: "exposé", "time management" or "term paper". At the same time, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right of it, the following text appears one by one: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

Video description : Annica Kramer

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Audio version or detailed video description

compiled by Annica Kramer

This is the audio version resp. detailed video description of the film "Schreibberatung" of the Writing Center of the TU Dresden. The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects. All figures are drawn without skin color. Only the hand that pushes these things in and out of the picture is a filmed human hand.

The film begins with a blue film being pushed into the picture by the hand. In the upper left corner is the logo of the Dresden University of Technology, which consists of the words "Technische Universität Dresden" and an octagon to the right of it. The octagon is divided into two sections, which together form the letters "T" and "U". In the center of the slide appears the logo of the Writing Center, which consists of a symbol and the abbreviation "SZD" below it. The symbol, which consists only of dashes, can be interpreted as an open book or open laptop with an arrow pointing to the right from its upper left corner. To the right of this logo appears the writing "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden". The foil is then wiped out of the image again by hand.

Wiping away the film reveals a young man standing in the center of the image. He is powerfully built and wears a T-shirt and jeans. He raises a hand and says, "Hi, I'm Joshua and I study at the TU Dresden."  Joshua lowers his hand again and continues, "I remember when I was supposed to write my first term paper, I thought I was pretty well prepared for it after graduating from high school." As he talks, his hand is pushed to the left edge of the picture. To the right of Joshua, the hand also pushes in a thought bubble. Inside, Joshua is sitting at a table typing on a laptop. Behind him, two more tables are set up. Joshua continues, "In the beginning, I also got on quite well and worked every day in the SLUB, that is, the library..." At the keyword "SLUB," a banner unrolls at the top of the thought bubble. The logo of the SLUB Dresden can be seen in it. It consists of two overlapping red squares. To the right of it is the lettering "SLUB TextLab". Under this lettering, the following text can be read: "Writing and Digital Humanities".

The hand wipes everything out of the picture. It then pushes in a collection of new picture elements:

• on the floor, a wayfinding system consisting of two rows of lines and dots running pointedly towards each other
• to the left of it three small tables pushed together
• two chairs standing by the tables
• a flower pot and a cookie bowl standing on the tables
• a green wall ornament hanging behind the tables

Joshua recounts, "During my coffee break, I struck up a conversation with Elisa." Meanwhile, the hand first pushes Joshua into the foreground of the picture. He looks to the left. There, the hand pushes in another person: She's wearing an Afro look, a blouse, and has a backpack hanging over one shoulder.  Joshua explains, "She's a writing tutor at the writing center, helping students get on well with their writing in writing consultations." As he talks, the hand on the left in the background slides more elements into view:

• three more tables pushed together with one chair
• a flowerpot and a cup standing on the tables
• behind it another table where a woman is sitting and drinking from a cup
• a can and another cup standing on this table
• a young man who has turned towards the sitting woman and is gesticulating
• a baby carriage standing in front of the young man

Afterwards, Joshua raises a hand. Elisha turns her head in his direction. Joshua shifts closer to Elisa. The hand finally wipes everything out of the picture.

The hand now pushes in a larger table with three chairs. At the table, Elisa and the young man from the previous scene sit across from each other. He has turned his back to the viewers, in front of the man is a cup on the table, to his left is a baby carriage. In front of Elisa are a cup and a folder. There is also a bowl of cookies between the two. In parallel, Joshua says, "I had already noticed that she was regularly engaged in intense conversations with other students here." The hand the scene from the picture. Joshua says, "The break conversation with her made me curious:"

Meanwhile, the hand pushes Joshua into the center of the picture. He sits typing on a laptop. He continues, "I wonder what would come out of me if I could ask anything that kept me busy at work? My working techniques could certainly be optimized, and did my previous text even have a common thread?" At the same time, Joshua raises his head and looks up at the ceiling, frowning. A thought bubble appears above him on the left, in which, as he talks, various images appear in turn: First, two gears and a question mark, then a yellow highlighter with the same question mark, and finally a calendar with crosses and a red circle drawn on it, with the same question mark. Finally, the thought bubble empties again. The hand then wipes everything out of the picture. Joshua says, "It couldn't do any harm. So I made a face-to-face appointment, I preferred that to an online writing consultation."

The hand pushes in a table at which Joshua and Elisa are sitting opposite each other, with Joshua sitting with his back to the viewers. Both have a cup in front of them. Also on the table are a folder, a bowl of cookies, and a sign with the pictogram of a person in a wheelchair. To the right of the table is a stand for flyers and handouts. Printed on the top of the stand are two symbols. On the left is the symbol for the visually impaired: a crossed-out eye. On the right is a QR code. Joshua continues, "It helped me a lot to just talk with Elisa calmly about my thoughts and ideas. She also gave me good suggestions, and it made me think about how I want to build my work." As he talks, speech bubbles appear over Joshua and Elisa in turn. They contain either question marks, exclamation points, or three dots placed next to each other. At the keyword "suggestions," the last speech bubble disappears and a light bulb appears above Joshua, accompanied by a brief ringing sound. Joshua adds, "And with Elisa's method tips, I also set up a schedule for myself right away." At the keyword "method tips," a sheet of paper appears on the left edge of the picture, with a diagram of boxes and lines drawn on it. The hand finally pulls everything out of the picture.

Wiping away the previous image reveals Joshua. He is once again sitting in front of a laptop and typing. Parallel to this, he says, "I had really made a big step forward with this. On my own, I'm sure it would have taken me well over an hour!" The hand moves Joshua and his laptop to the right edge of the screen. He says, "To talk about how to incorporate quotes well into my writing, I made another appointment right away, this time online." As he talks, the hand above Joshua on the left slides Elisa into the picture. She, too, is sitting in front of a laptop. Then, the hand on the left edge of the frame slides in a large open laptop with a video conference open. Joshua continues, "And at a third appointment, Elisa gave me feedback on the comprehensibility of my text." As he speaks, Joshua lifts his head, raises an eyebrow and looks at the ceiling. The hand finally wipes everything out of the picture.

Joshua says, "With the help of writing advice, I feel more confident now when I write texts for college." As he talks, the hand slides in a large blue banner at the right edge of the picture. It says "Writing Center." Beneath that lettering is the logo of the writing center. Then the hand pushes Joshua in. He is sitting at a laptop and typing. To his left on the table is a desk lamp and a stack of books. Joshua says, "Because writing for college is just different than writing for school." At this, he lifts his head and smiles in the direction of the audience. He concludes, "So I can really recommend the writing consultation..." At the keyword "writing consultation," Elisa is pushed into the picture by the hand on the right. Joshua adds, "...no matter what phase of work you're in." At this, he lifts his head, raises an eyebrow again, and looks up. The hand wipes everything out of the picture.  Joshua reappears in the center of the image. Finally, he says, "It helped me a lot to just talk about my ideas and insecurities."

Finally, the hand slides in a slide similar to the one in the first scene. One by one, many notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms related to academic writing, for example: "exposé," "time management," or "term paper." Parallel to this, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right, the following text appears bit by bit: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

This is the audio version of the film "Learning and Writing Groups" by the Writing Center at TU Dresden.

The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects.All figures are drawn without skin color.Only the hand that pushes these things in and out of the picture is a filmed human hand.

The film begins with a blue film being pushed into the picture by the hand. In the top left corner is the logo of the Technische Universität Dresden, which consists of the words "Technische Universität Dresden" and an octagon to the right of it. The octagon is divided into two sections, which together form the letters "T" and "U". The logo of the Writing Center appears in the middle of the film, consisting of a symbol and the abbreviation "SZD" below it. The symbol, which consists only of lines, can be interpreted as an open book or an open laptop with an arrow pointing to the right from the top left corner. The words "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden" appear to the right of this logo. The foil is then wiped out of the picture by hand.

When the foil is wiped away, a person becomes visible. She has short hair, is wearing a white T-shirt and dark pants.

She raises a hand and says: "Hey, my name is Mika!" Mika looks towards the top of the screen, where the word "Schreibmarathon" gradually appears. A sheet of paper then unrolls to the right of this lettering.The writing marathon logo can be seen in the middle.It consists of a blue oval with a sneaker on it.Two pins protrude from the sneaker.One of the shoe's laces is loosely wrapped around the pins.Meanwhile, Mika asks: "Have you ever heard of a 'writing marathon'?Well, I hadn't heard of it from the start either."

The hand pulls everything out of the picture.

Next, the hand pushes in a collection of things:

• Mika, who is sitting at a table in the center of the picture, pulling her hair out.
• Several notebooks lying on the table in front of Mika.
• A laptop on the table to Mika's left.
• A pile of books on the table to Mika's right.
• A piece of paper hanging on the wall to Mika's left.It has the heading "To Do!" and three key points underneath.
• A calendar with crosses on it, hanging on the wall behind Mika on the right.

Mika explains: "When I once again had to write three assignments in one semester, I didn't make much progress: although I actually had enough time, I didn't know when and where I should write." As Mika talks, more and more key points are added to the to-do list. More crosses are made in the calendar and red circles are drawn.

The piece of paper and the calendar in the background then shrink. Everything else flies downwards out of the picture. Instead, three new pictures slide in one after the other. The first shows Mika sitting on a sofa with a video game controller in his hand. Next, a picture appears to the right showing Mika vacuuming. The last image to appear is to the left of the first image and shows Mika sitting at a table. There is an open notebook on the table. Mika is supporting his own head with one hand and holding a smartphone in the other. Meanwhile, Mika comments: "I did a lot of things at home, but I couldn't concentrate on writing."

The hand wipes everything out of the picture and then pushes a group of people in. It is Mika and two other people sitting at a table. There are many sheets of paper on the table. The person sitting on the left is holding a tablet PC and the person sitting in the middle is holding a pen. In front of Mika is a laptop. All three are smiling towards the audience. In the background are two high tables with several stools and benches. A text field hangs at the top of the picture. The SLUB Dresden logo can be seen in it. It consists of two overlapping red squares. To the right is the lettering "SLUB TextLab". Below this lettering is the following text: "Writing and Digital Humanities". Mika says: "When my fellow students arranged to work with me in the library, it was much easier for me to use the time to work."

The hand pulls everything out of the picture except for the high tables in the background.

When the group disappears, only Mika reappears. Mika is sitting alone at a table, resting her head on a pile of books, another book open on her head and explaining: "Unfortunately, we didn't get to meet up that often. And working alone, even in the library, somehow didn't have the same effect." Meanwhile, two question marks appear one after the other above Mika. Mika continues: "I think I lacked commitment without the others and was wasting my time like I did at home before."

Mika changes position and is now sitting at the table with a smartphone in his hand, as previously shown, and adds: "I was dissatisfied, I wasn't getting anywhere and that probably wouldn't have changed if I hadn't taken part in the writing marathon." While Mika is speaking, a screen is pushed in by hand in the background on the left. The word "Schreibmarathon" is written on this screen, with illegible text underneath and the writing marathon logo to the left.

The hand finally pulls everything out of the picture.

In the next scene, the hand pushes Mika, standing with one hand pointing to the right, into the left edge of the screen. Mika says: "At a writing marathon, 15 to 25 students work together for five days, either online or in person."

For the keyword "writing marathon", the writing marathon logo with a shoe with pens stuck in the upper appears where Mika is pointing. Another image appears under this logo for the keyword "students". It shows several people sitting next to each other at tables. In front of them are laptops and notebooks. A poster hangs on the wall behind them.

Mika points in the direction of this picture. At the keyword "five days", a weekly plan appears to the right of the writing marathon logo. It consists of seven adjacent squares, each of which is labeled with a day of the week. Different colored horizontal bars are drawn in the individual squares, but also occasionally across several squares. Mika points in the direction of this plan. At the keyword "online", a large open laptop appears under the weekly schedule. A video conference is open on it, and Mika can be seen among the participants. Mika now points in the direction of the laptop.

The hand wipes everything except Mika out of the picture.

Instead, a flipchart appears to the right of Mika. The logo of the writing marathon is in the bottom right-hand corner. The blue shoelace that is wrapped around the pens on the logo is longer this time and winds along the entire bottom edge of the flipchart. Mika explains: "What helped me in particular was the concentrated working atmosphere, the structured daily routine, which motivated me to work longer on my project and that I learned how to set myself concrete goals." While Mika is talking, the following terms are written on the flipchart, one below the other and each marked with a "+":

• "Concentrated working atmosphere"
• "Structured daily routine"
• "Writing tips"
• "Exchange"
• "Writing advice"
• "Set goals"

Under these points, "Drive & commitment" appears behind an "=".

While the terms appear one after the other, Mika points to the top or bottom of the flipchart. The hand finally pulls everything out of the picture.

Then three small tables appear, which are pushed together. There are two chairs at each table and flower pots on the tables. A green wall ornament hangs behind the tables. The hand then pushes Mika into the foreground. Mika says: "When I felt like it, I talked to others after the lunch break." At the keyword "others", the hand pushes two more people into the picture one after the other. First, a young woman with glasses, sitting at a table on the right of the picture. She is holding a cup in her hand. There is a plate of food on the table. The next person to enter the picture is a young man. He is standing to the left of the woman, looking in her direction and gesticulating.

Mika continues: "That reassured me somehow, because it's really amazing how often we face very similar questions! I also found the suggestions and tips from the writing tutors helpful, and writing advice was also offered." At the keyword "suggestions", the hand to Mika's left pushes in another young woman who is looking in Mika's direction. She is wearing an afro and has a rucksack hanging over one shoulder. At the keyword "writing advice", the hand wipes everything out of the picture and pushes in a new collection of things instead:

• A table with two people sitting at it: a sturdily built man with his back to the spectators and, sitting opposite him, the young woman with an Afro look who has just been shown.
• Various objects on the table: two cups, a bowl of cookies, a folder and a sign with the pictogram of a person in a wheelchair.
• A stand for flyers and handouts next to the table with two symbols printed on the top: the symbol for visually impaired people on the left, a crossed-out eye, and a QR code on the right.

When Mika has finished speaking, the hand pulls everything out of the picture.

In the following scene, the hand pushes Mika into the center of the screen with his mouth open and his hands raised. Mika says: "Don't worry, the process is not compulsory and you don't have to come at the same time every day or be online."

Mika then moves to the left edge of the screen and points to the right with one finger. There, his hand pushes in the previously shown weekly schedule with the seven squares next to each other and the crossbars drawn in them. At the same time, Mika explains: "You can divide this one-week or multi-week marathon into individual stages and decide for yourself which of the offers in the writing marathon you want to use." While Mika is talking, the crossbars in the weekly plan are repeatedly moved to different positions. The hand then pulls everything out of the picture.

Instead, three new pictures are now pushed in by hand one after the other. First, she places a young man with glasses sitting at a table in the center of the lower edge of the picture. He is supporting his head with one hand and writing in a notebook with the other. To his left is a laptop on the table.

Next, the hand above the man on the right pushes in three people who are also sitting at a table. They are writing in notebooks. Finally, to the left above these three people, a picture of several people sitting at a long table is pushed in by the hand. The people are working on laptops and with notebooks. A poster hangs on the wall behind them. Mika comments at the same time: "Because on a writing marathon, you work individually on your own writing project."

When Mika has finished speaking, thought bubbles appear one after the other above each of the three pictures. The first thought bubble appears above the picture with several people and contains two interlocking cogwheels. The second thought bubble appears above the picture of the single man and contains a yellow highlighter. The last thought bubble appears above the picture of the three people and contains a light bulb.

Mika adds: "But in community - because it's often better to write together than alone." At the keyword "community", two of the people writing turn their eyes away from their notebooks and look towards the audience. The images in the thought bubbles then turn into hands showing a thumbs-up.

All the things in the picture first move together and then dissolve. Instead, an unfolded laptop appears, on which a window with a video conference is open. Mika is also recognizable among the participants. In the bottom right-hand corner of the screen is the logo of the writing marathon. Mika says: "So, maybe I'll see you at the next writing marathon!"

Finally, the hand pushes in a slide similar to the one in the first scene. One by one, lots of notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms relating to academic writing, for example: "exposé", "time management" or "term paper". At the same time, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right of it, the following text appears one by one: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

Video description: Annica Kramer

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This is the audio version of the film "Learning and Writing Groups" by the Writing Center at TU Dresden. The film consists of stylized, two-dimensional drawings of people, buildings and objects. All figures are drawn without skin color. Only the hand that pushes these things in and out of the picture is a filmed human hand.

The film begins with a blue film being pushed into the picture by the hand. In the top left corner is the logo of the Technische Universität Dresden, which consists of the words "Technische Universität Dresden" and an octagon to the right of it. The octagon is divided into two sections, which together form the letters "T" and "U". The logo of the Writing Center appears in the middle of the film, consisting of a symbol and the abbreviation "SZD" below it. The symbol, which consists only of lines, can be interpreted as an open book or an open laptop with an arrow pointing to the right from the top left corner. The words "Schreibzentrum der TU Dresden" appear to the right of this logo. The foil is then wiped out of the picture by hand.

When the foil is wiped away, a young woman with long dark hair becomes visible, sitting cross-legged on the floor. She is holding a sheet of paper in each hand. In front of her on the floor is a laptop. She looks at the sheets of paper, frowning, and says: "Do you also put things off forever? That can be stressful ..."

Meanwhile, the hand pushes three more objects into the picture one after the other: first a calendar with crosses and red circles drawn on it above the woman on the left, then a pile of books to the left of the woman and finally a pile of paper to the right of her. She continues: "I'm Jasmin and I study at the TU Dresden." As she says this, she looks towards the audience and raises a hand. Jasmin adds: "I think it can be quite difficult to motivate yourself to study for an exam, write a seminar paper or a report."

As she speaks, she lowers her hand and looks back towards the two papers. A thought bubble also appears above Jasmin on the right. Three images alternate in it: first a paintbrush appears, then a video game controller and finally a smartphone. The change between the images takes place like a slot machine. At the same time, the previously inserted calendar fills up with more and more crosses and red circles. The hand finally wipes everything out of the picture.

In the following scene, the hand pushes a group of people in. The group consists of Jasmin, who is sitting on a bench laughing with four other people, two women and two men. Two of them have straight, light-colored hair, two of them have dark, frizzy hair. All but one of them are holding a notepad and a pen. The third person is holding a laptop. A clock is then pushed in by hand to the left above the group, its hands turning continuously. At the same time, Jasmin says: "It's easier for me when I make appointments with friends from university, so I have a binding date and we motivate each other. It also creates the drive to actually get something done."

The hand pulls everything out of the picture.

Jasmin reappears underneath. She is standing on the right-hand edge of the picture and looking at her cell phone. She says: "But my fellow students don't always feel like doing it or sometimes I'm the only one who has to write something." At the same time, four speech bubbles appear one after the other to her left, which are supposed to represent a chat. The top green speech bubble, which points directly at Jasmin, says: "Studying?".

The three gray speech bubbles below it contain the following content, read from top to bottom:

• "Can't"
• "No."
• „Sorry ☹“

The speech bubbles fly upwards out of the picture.

Jasmin explains: "The Writing Center and the Central Student Advisory Service at TU Dresden have a solution for this: study and writing groups!" Meanwhile, Jasmin's hand pushes her to the left side of the picture. A gray text field with the heading "SZD" also appears to her right. Under the heading it says: "New message". Jasmin raises her index finger. At the keyword "Learning and writing groups", she taps on the gray text field with one finger. A blue banner then unfolds underneath. It bears the heading "Learning and writing groups". A hexagon containing a picture is drawn under the heading. This shows several people sitting together at a table. There is a laptop on the table. Jasmin says: "You can meet up with others there to work together in a focused way, exchange ideas or give each other tips on learning and writing strategies."

The gray text field disappears. Jasmine and the blue banner move together further to the left. On the right-hand side, the hand pushes two people in one below the other: first a young man at the top, then a young woman below. They are both sitting at a table and writing on a piece of paper. Both also have stacks of books next to them. There is also a laptop in front of the woman. At the keyword "exchange", Jasmin and the banner are pulled out of the picture by hand. In their place, she pushes in a group of four people who look at each other and gesticulate. Among them are a sturdier person and a person with a headscarf. The hand wipes everything out of the picture.

The hand now pushes in Jasmine, who is sitting cross-legged on the floor, holding a sheet of paper in each hand. She looks at the papers, frowning. In front of her on the floor is a laptop. At the same time, a second hand pushes a larger, open laptop into the picture to the left of Jasmin. A video conference can be seen on it. Meanwhile, Jasmin says: "And the whole thing works great online too, of course! It doesn't matter whether someone wants to study or write."

She raises her head. A calendar then appears between Jasmin and the larger laptop, in which several tick marks have been drawn. Gradually, more ticks and two red circles are added. At the same time, Jasmin continues: "The main thing is to keep at it regularly and achieve the goals we've set."

The two hands pull everything left and right out of the picture.

This reveals three people in the center of the picture. They are all sitting on chairs. A young man is sitting on the right. He has his arms propped up on his knees and is holding a smartphone in one hand while gesticulating with the other. On the left sits a sturdier woman who is looking at this man. Jasmin is sitting between the two of them. She has a tablet PC on her lap and is also looking in the direction of the man. At the same time, she says: "You can also share your own problems at university and help each other - or just let off steam."

The group of people disappears.

In the following scene, a group of people is pushed into the picture by the hand on the left. They are each wearing blue T-shirts with the writing center logo printed on the right. This identifies them as members of the writing center team. A black cat lies over the legs of two people. Jasmin explains at the same time: "The teams from the Writing Center and the Central Student Advisory Service help you find a study and writing group and give you tips on how to work well together as a group - even if the group has already been formed."

At the keyword "Central Student Advisory Service", the hand to the right of the Writing Center team pushes an open laptop into the picture. A video conference can be seen on the screen. The laptop and the team then shrink in size. Gradually, three more images appear around them. At the keyword "find", several people appear at the bottom of the picture, gathered around a table. There is a laptop and several pieces of paper on the table. The three people sitting on chairs from the previous scene appear at the top left when the keyword "working well together" is used.

When Jasmin has finished talking, a third image appears in the top center: it shows Jasmin surrounded by the four other people she sat with at the beginning of the film. Jasmin then adds: "You decide together exactly how you want to work together. For example, you can write down in a kind of contract what you want to create and when, and under what conditions you want to work."

The two hands finally pull everything out of the picture on the left and right.

On the left of the picture, the hand pushes in a group of people. They are sitting or standing around a table with a laptop on it. At the same time, Jasmin says: "So you can organize the learning and writing group according to your individual wishes."

The hand then pushes Jasmin into the picture on the right. She has her arms crossed and smiles in the direction of the spectators. She continues: "What all variants have in common is peer pressure with a positive effect on your studies."

The hand wipes everything out of the picture.

An open laptop appears in the center of the screen. The writing center's website is open on the screen. The heading of the open page reads: "Materials & Tips". Further down is the sub-heading: "Infothek for students and teachers - tips and checklists". Jasmin explains: "The Writing Center can also support you with methods and tips to help you make good progress with your writing and you can register for a writing consultation at any time." As she talks, the page scrolls down. When the keyword "writing advice" is scrolled down, the heading "Writing advice" appears on the screen. Further down is the sub-heading: "Arrange online writing consultation".

The hand finally pulls the laptop downwards out of the picture.

This reveals people. Jasmin is standing on the right. She is smiling and has her arms crossed. To her left, a group of three people are sitting at a table. In front of them on the table are pieces of paper and laptops. They each hold a pen in their hand and look in the direction of the spectators. One by one, thought bubbles appear above them. First, a thought bubble appears above the person sitting in the middle, in which there is a notebook with the title "Seminar". Then a thought bubble appears above the person on the left. A notebook with the title "Beleg" can be seen in it. Finally, a thought bubble also appears above the person sitting on the right, in which there is a notebook with the title "Graduation". Meanwhile, Jasmin says: "Are you all working on a writing project? Then you can also take part in the writing marathon together. But that's another story."

Jasmin winks. The hand finally wipes everything out of the picture.

In the following scene, the hand on the right pushes Jasmin into the picture. She is sitting cross-legged on the floor, holding a sheet of paper in each hand and frowning at the pages. In front of her on the floor is a laptop. On the left of the picture, the hand pushes Jasmin in again. This time she is standing and looking to the right with a furrowed brow. She has also raised a hand in that direction. Meanwhile, Jasmin concludes: "So, overcome your inner bastard and become part of a learning and writing group to get through your studies together." At the keyword "study and writing group", the hand shifts the entire picture to the right. As a result, the seated Jasmine disappears and a group of people moves into the picture on the left. The group has gathered around a table with a laptop on it. Jasmine, who is now standing on the right, raises her index finger at the same time.

Finally, the hand pushes in a slide similar to the one in the first scene. One by one, lots of notes appear around the slide. On each of them are individual terms relating to academic writing, for example: "exposé", "time management" or "term paper". At the same time, the logo of the writing center appears on the slide. To the right of it, the following text appears one by one: "All current information: tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/szd."

Video description: Annica Kramer

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