Oral Communications

Roanoke College faculty members may use any of the materials below in their classes or may modify these material as desired.

 

Favorite Videos to use in class

• In the library, you will find several sets of DVDs of student presentations that can be used to show students what you want, don't want, and to allow them to critique a presentation by the rubric you will use.  See "Student Speeches for Critique and Analysis" on reserve in Fintel.
• Steve Jobs presentation style analyzed as a model for others

General

• PowerPoint to introduce relationships between written and oral communication
• Communication Model and Explanation
• General Resources
• Library Resources

Performance Anxiety

• Managing Performance Anxiety

Visual Aids

 

Assignment Design for Formal Presentations

• Presentation Vocabulary

 

Class Participation and Discussion

• Principles of Discussion Handout
• Questions to Stimulate Discussion
• Discussion Resources
• Discussion Workshop Notes
• Classroom Communication Climate Tips
• Listening Behaviors
• Listening Problems
• Getting Students to Prepare

Oral Presentation Assignments

• Sample Assignments Presentation
• Types of Individual Assignments

Group Presentations

• Group Communication Resources
• Group Communication Sample Assignments
• Small Group Projects PowerPoint
• INQ 120 Group Presentations

 

Citations in an Oral Presentation

 

Responding to and Grading Presentations

• Presentation Criteria and Rubrics
• INQ Oral Communication Rubric This is the rubric we use to assess student oral communication skills for program-level assessment. Instructors are welcome to share this with students or to use the rubric in non-INQ courses, if desired