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Think of us any time you have included any type of oral assignment in your classes. See all of your options below (or at a glance to the left).
Guides for faculty
Information about designing and grading oral assignments:
Watch the "Designing, Supporting, and Grading Oral Assignments" podcast (presented to a group of capstone instructors)
Design and Grade Oral Assignments (Faculty Development Presentation)
Incorporating Oral Assignments Into Your Classes
Grading Oral Presentations
Using Debate Assignments
Using Oral Assignments in a Large Class
Teaching with Pecha Kucha (20x20 presentations)
Rubrics and critique sheets:
Oral Communication Rubric (in PDF)
Oral Communication Rubric (in Word, so you can edit)
Adapted Rubric (to allow for comment space; PDF)
Adapted Rubric (Word)
Discussion Rubric (in PDF; can be used for more informal speaking assignments)
Discussion Rubric (in Word)
Speech Critique (PDF)
Speech Critique (Word, so you can edit)
Group Presentation Critique (PDF)
Group Presentation Critique (Word, so you can edit)
Interview Rubric (in Word)
Feedback sheet used in the Speaking Center
Information sheet for students about the Speaking Center (make your own copies or request some from the Speaking Center).
PRCA-24. An assessment tool to use for communication apprehension.
Schedule a class visit or center tour.
We can come in for 10-15 minutes and just talk about the Speaking Center or we can come for an entire class and give a more general talk about effective presentation skills. You can also schedule tours of the Speaking Center. To schedule a class visit or tour, please fill out this form. You can also contact the Speaking Center Director, Dr. Wendy Atkins-Sayre, at ext. 6-4370 or wendy.atkinssayre@usm.edu. Our schedule is limited, so please send requests as early as possible and understand that we cannot accomodate all requests.
Encourage (or require) your students to come to the Center as part of the assignment.
We would love to work with your students one-on-one. If you would like to require a visit, we ask that you share your assignment write-up with us and give us any additional information that you think would be useful so that we can give your students the most useful advice.
Schedule a Speaking Center workshop.
We are now working under a "workshop on demand" model. We can host a workshop in the center or come to your classroom. Take a look at our workshop topics and let us know how we can help you.
Use our PowerPoint presentation.
We've created this basic presentation so that you can share this information with your classes. Feel free to use the whole presentation or selected slides. Download the presentation.
Consider encouraging students to pick up a copy of A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking, by O’Hair, Rubenstein, and Stewart.
This text has great tips for all kinds of presentations. It also has a section at the end that discusses particular types of presentations (Science and Math presentations, Arts and Humanities courses, group presentations, etc.). There are reference copies available in the Speaking Center.
Use the Center for your own purposes.
Feel free to set up your own appointment to work on on-campus presentations, conference presentations, or lectures. We have a camera in the Center that can capture your presentation and the Coordinator or Director can meet with you to give advice.
Consider taking the QEP Faculty Seminar.
Learn best practices for incorporating speaking and writing assignments into all of your classes. Find out more about the seminar at the QEP web site.
Have any other ideas? Please send them to Wendy Atkins-Sayre at wendy.atkinssayre@usm.edu.
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