1. Welcome to COMM101
Section 19 MW 3:00 pm. – 4:15 pm.
WEBE (Web Enhanced Delivery)
Introduction to
Speech Communication
2. Today:
Complete all housekeeping items
Roster, syllabus, website, textbook/handbook, etc.
Discuss Intro Speech
Next class
Introduction Speeches
To do this week:
Familiarize yourself with the Angel site
Complete Read & Respond assignment
Compose, deliver introduction
Read chapters 1,2 15
Select a topic for Speech #1
Complete Topic Quiz (due Sunday)
Complete Week 1 Quiz (due Sunday)
3. What will you learn:
Effectively research, develop, and present three
speeches adapted to this audience
Become a better listener
Enhance delivery techniques
Gain confidence speaking in front of a group
5. Required Materials
(NIC Customized) Public Speaking for
College & Career (9th ed), Hamilton
Gregory
You can share textbooks.
All COMM101 sections use the same textbook.
NIC COMM101 Workbook
Purchase at NIC bookstore or print BB
USB (flashdrive) for recording speeches
Minimum 1 gb
6. Attendance Policy
2 absences are allowed
3rd and 4th absence -50 points per each
5 absences = drop or fail
Everyone must take the final
Online, open for 2 days
Book and classroom material
NIC student athlete’s responsibility to inform
me of schedule ASAP. So that I may help you
to succeed in this course.
7. What types of speeches?
1st Speech: Speech to Inform (no visual aids)
Topic: Your Choice!
5-6 min.
2nd Speech: Speech to Inform with Visual Aid
Topic: Your Choice!
6-8 min.
3rd Speech: Speech to Motivate Action
Topic: Your Choice!
8-10 min.
Students are required to deliver the minimum three
speeches to pass COMM101. Failure to do so will result
in the student not passing COMM101.
8. How are the points assigned?
Speeches
Outlines
Self Analysis
Peer Evaluations
Posted online
Quizzes re: textbook chapters
Taken online
9. Late Assignments
If time permits, students may make up speeches
but lose 25% from grade! (eg. “A” work earns a
“C”)
Late assignments are not worthless…they
are simply worth less.
Deducted 25% each calendar day after deadline
More than four days late = 0% credit
10. Zero Tolerance for Cheating!
Any unethical behavior, including any instance
of plagiarism, may result in failure of the course.
You are welcome to use research
(assignments, etc.) you completed from
another class for your speeches.
11. Center for Educational
Access/Disability Support Services
If a student would like to request accommodations, he
or she must contact the Center for Educational Access
so that a Letter of Accommodation may be sent to the
instructor. Students requesting accommodations must
contact the Center for Educational Access at the
beginning of each semester.
Seiter Hall Room 100
Phone: 769-5947
12. Keys to your Success
Respect others
Listen to your instructor and fellow classmates.
Leave cell phones and pagers on stun during class.
Do NOT text-message during class.
Take responsibility for your own actions
Be Prepared
Come to class regularly, turn-in assignments on time
Check your NIC student email regularly
Make a genuine EFFORT!
13. Blackboard E-Learning Site
Bookmark Link on NIC.EDU or MyNIC
Syllabus, detailed course calendar, quizzes, peer
evaluations, power point lectures, and handouts
discussed in class will be available on our BB
course site.
Should you miss a class, refer to this site for
information you missed in class.
14. Introduction “speech”
1-2 minutes
1. Start by getting our attention:
Share your favorite quote or an interesting and unique fact
about yourself
2. Tell us your biggest fear regarding this class
3. Tell us about the last time you had to speak in public
4. Tell us about yourself:
What was life like for you growing up?
What’s your life like now?
What do you see yourself doing 5 years from now?
5. Wrap up by tying everything back to whatever you said first