Asynchronous
The student will be introduced to basic principles of effective speaking and listening. Emphasis is on both understanding basic communication theory and on improving oral communication skills. The student will learn to prepare, organize, and deliver effective research-based informative and persuasive speeches.
Course Alignment
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
Faculty Contact Information
T/Th 10:3-11:30 Virtual
Dana Corlett Bryant
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design.
- Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication.
- Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result.
- Craft informative and persuasive speeches using appropriate organization methods and content, including research.
- Identify and employ effective delivery techniques.
- Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest.
- Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials.
- Foundations of Human Communication
- Develop awareness of the communication process and understand the relationships among self, message, and others in effective message design
- Ethics
- Listen to, evaluate, and critique verbal communication
- Demonstrate acceptable ethical standards in research and presentation of materials
- Topic Selection
- Discuss factors that characterize good demonstrative, informative, and persuasive speech topics
- Audience Analysis
- Analyze the audience and situation and use language that is appropriate to enhance understanding and affect the desired result
- Speech Delivery
- Identify and employ effective delivery techniques
- Reasoning and Support
- Learn proper research and citation methods
- Organization and Outlining
- Utilize a clear and effective organizational pattern which helps the audience follow along with the presentation
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Write an introduction which gains the audience's attention, reveals the topic, creates topic significance, and establishes your credibility
- Persuasion
- Utilize strategies and means of persuasion to craft a persuasive argument
- Presentational Aids
- Prepare and use presentational aids that promote clarity and interest
No textbooks required.
Must have a computer with webcam and access to reliable internet.
Evaluation
Assignment Percent of Total Grade Grading Scale
Speeches 60% A = 90%
Tests 15% B = 80%
Dicussions 10% C = 70%
Supporting Materials 15% D = 60%
F = below 60%
*Speeches
- Demonstration Speech (five minutes) 20%
- Informative Speech (seven minutes) 20%
- Persuasive Speech (nine minutes) 20%
Major speeches will be graded before the next major speech is due.
Failure to submit any of the major speeches will result in an automatic F for the course.
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Course Policies
Pursuant to IAI requirements, a student who does not complete a minimum of three major speeches (Informative and Persuasive) of at least 5 minutes in length will automatically fail the course.
Email responses: The best way to contact is through Canvas. Every effort will be made to respond to your emails in a prompt manner. However, please be aware if you have sent an email after office hours, you may not receive a response until the next day. Additionally, if you have sent an email over the weekend, you may not receive a response until the following Monday.
Late Work: No late assignments will be accepted except in extreme circumstances and at the discretion of the instructor. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible if an issue arises.
Technology: Technology is never an excuse for missing assignments. Keep multiple copies of assignments and work on assignments in advance to minimize last-minute problems.
Submitting Work: All assignments must be submitted via Canvas. No work will be accepted via email. If you have any issues with Vid Grid, see the VidGrid Troubleshooting page or contact the ITS HelpDesk.
Room: L364
815-802-8900
helpdesk@kcc.edu
Academic Dishonesty
Cheating
Cheating can take many forms in a classroom: copying or using another student’s work, working in groups on individual assignments (whether openly or in secret), sharing or stealing answers for tests or assignments (either from a classmate or online or in a text), etc. No form of cheating is acceptable in this course. If you cheat on a test or assignment, you will receive a 0% on the first offense. You will be removed from the course with an F for a second offense.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in section 16.2 of the Code of Conduct: “Representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own. Plagiarism includes claiming credit for assignments completed by someone else.” All instances of intentional plagiarism, as determined by the instructor, on any major assignment for this course will lead to the immediate failure of the course with no opportunity for the student to withdraw. The instance of plagiarism will be reported to the Dean of Student Development. If the student has a second instance of plagiarism reported to the Dean of Student Development, the student may be suspended from the institution.
Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:
- submitting someone else’s paper or speech
- using any form of AI
- using published material, including materials published online, without proper attribution
- paraphrasing or quoting someone without attributing the quote in your paper even if the source is included on the works cited page
- working with someone (without my permission) to write your paper and presenting it as your own
- submitting a paper or speech you have previously submitted for another class
If you are in doubt, ask me or visit the Tutoring Center.
Module 1: Demonstration Speech
Week 1: An Introduction to Public Speaking.
- Watch “Getting Started” video.
- Create an Introduction Speech and submit by 11: 59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Post to Introduction Speech Discussion by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
Week 2: Ethics of Public Speaking.
- Ethics of Public Speaking Lecture.
- Ethics Discussion Forum due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Reply to 2 classmates by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Begin working on Demonstration Speech.
Week 3: Speaking with Confidence.
- Speaking with Confidence Lecture.
- Speaking with Confidence Forum due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Reply to 2 classmates by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Continue working on Demonstration Speech.
Week 4: Demonstration Speech
- Demonstration Speech Outline due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Demonstration Speech Works Cited by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Demonstration Speech due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
Module 2: Informative Speech
Week 5: Speaking to Inform.
- Speaking to Inform Lecture
- Speaking to Inform Discussion Forum due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Begin working on Informative Speech
Week 6: Informative Speech
- Informative Outline due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Informative Power Point due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Informative Works Cited due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
Module 3: Persuasive Speech
Week 7: Speaking to Persuade.
- Speaking to Persuade Lecture
- Persuasion Discussion Forum due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Begin working on Persuasive Speech.
Week 8: Persuasive Speech
- Persuasive Speech due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.
- Persuasive Speech Outline due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.
- Persuasive Speech PowerPoint due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.
- Persuasive Speech Works Cited due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.
- Complete Final Exam by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
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