THE COMM 101 COURSE MENU

Course familiarization

INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION:

WE SUGGEST YOU DOWNLOAD

Click one of the red menu buttons

For an explanation page

of each function(Or you can press the space bar and advance linearly)

SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE

button links to the course Syllabus. The Syllabus is a keystone document for this course. It has class information, expectations, grading requirements, etc.

This button also links to the “Course Calendar”. The Course Calendar provides a visual map of course objectives and assessments. You should make consistent reference to both of these documents to ensure that you are achieving all the objectives of the course.

FACULTY INFO

button links to your instructor’s

page for a brief biography, contact

information, and office hours.

ASSIGNMENTS

button links to weekly folders. A

folder contains that week’s

assignments, objectives, and

assessments.

This button will most likely be

the button that you will start

your work with.

LECTURES

button links to the important components of class lectures. Lecture Notes this links to the notes that your instructor

uses to deliver presentations. Many students will print these out and add notes of their own as they watch lectures.

PowerPoints This button links to your instructor’s PowerPoints. Many students use these as flashcards as they study for quizzes/exams.

Lecture Videos are available through this link. Students will watch these lectures in preparation for coursework and quizzes, and to supplement textbook reading.

It is important to note that some lecture videos may not become available until later in the week.We upload the lectures as they occur in our face-to-face classes.

QUIZZES/EXAMS

button will lead each student to

the quizzes or exams that will be

administered during that week’s

module.

You can find Exam Reviews there.

GROUP DISCUSSIONS

button links to the Group

Discussion Board, Group e-mail,

and Group Collaboration.

In this course, your gateway to all

things “Group.”

EXERCISES

button links to the specific requirements of course exercises and, upon occasion, to examples of exemplary work by previous students.

Since you will be submitting your exercises for revision to the writing center, there are also links to the writing center.

SPEECH DETAILS

button links to the specific speech

requirements, tips, and outline

requirements for your speeches.

Links to videos of Demonstration

Speeches.

SELF EVALUATION PAPER

button links to the specific

requirements of your culminating

paper. This self evaluation paper,

assigned toward the end of the

course, will ask you to consider

your development and continuing

needs as a communicator.

MY GRADES

button links to your Grade book. You should check your Grade book frequently. After you instructor enters a grade and you leave it uncontested for a week, we consider it correct and permanent.

If you suspect your instructor entered a mistaken grade—notify them immediately.

ASK THE INSTRUCTOR

button links to the Ask the

Instructor Discussion Board. You

should post generic questions that

have value to other students in

the “Ask the Instructor”

discussion board. In other

words, if other students are likely

to have or benefit from the

question, post in this thread.

STUDENT RESOURCES

button links to this resource cornucopia for students. The list is too long to include here.

You should definitely familiarize yourself with this button.

this button also has a folder with Screencasts. Screencasts are recordings of a computer in action. They will help you to perform some of the technological functions of the course.

EXTRA CREDIT INFORMATION

button links to extra credit

opportunities that “may” be given

over the course of the semester.

COURSE EVALUATION

this button will become functional

1 to 2 weeks prior to the semester

end. It links to the course

evaluation survey and will be an

extra credit opportunity for the

students.