Assignments

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The assignments and discussions in this course are openly licensed, and are available as-is, or can be modified to suit your students’ needs. You can view them below or throughout the course.

Assignments by Module

If you import this course into your learning management system (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.), the assignments will automatically be loaded into the assignment tool. The capstone project is a multipart speech project designed to scaffold the various tasks involved in putting together a speech.

Module Assignment Capstone Assignment
Module 1: Introduction to Public Speaking Assessing and Deflecting Communication Apprehension Capstone: Topic, Purpose, and Central Idea
Module 2: Ethical Speech Ethical Dilemmas Capstone: Researching Your Speech
Module 3: Listening and Responding Listening and Obstacles to Listening Capstone: Organizing and Outlining Your Ideas
Module 4: Considering the Audience Audience Analysis and Application Capstone: Rehearsing Your Speech
Module 5: Choosing and Researching a Topic Gathering Quality Material to Build a Speech Capstone: Delivering Your Speech
Module 6: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech Outlining a Speech
Module 7: Refining your Speech Oral versus Written Style
Module 8: Delivering your Speech Practice Speech
Module 9: Speaking to Inform Informative Speech Purpose and Structure
Module 10: Persuasive Speaking Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Module 11: Speaking to Entertain and for Special Occasion Practice Special Occasion Speaking
Module 12: Public Speaking Online Engaging the Audience Online
Module 13: Public Speaking on the Job Creating an Agenda
Module 14: Small Group Communication Working in Groups
Module 15: Creating and Using Presentation Aids Practice Slide Deck Creation

Discussions

The following discussion assignments will also be preloaded (into the discussion-board tool) in your learning management system if you import the course. They can be used as is, modified, or removed. You can view them below or throughout the course.

Module Discussions 
Module 1: Introduction to Public Speaking Speaking for Advocacy
Module 2: Ethical Speech Ethical Dilemmas in Public Speaking
Module 3: Listening and Responding Listening
Module 4: Considering the Audience Understanding Your Audience
Module 5: Choosing and Researching a Topic Selecting a Speech Topic
Module 6: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech Organizational Patterns
Module 7: Refining your Speech Attention-Getters
Module 8: Delivering your Speech Delivery
Module 9: Speaking to Inform Pre-Existing Knowledge
Module 10: Persuasive Speaking Identifying Possible Appeals for Persuasive Speaking
Module 11: Speaking to Entertain and for Special Occasion Special Occasions
Module 12: Public Speaking Online Challenges of Online Communication
Module 13: Public Speaking on the Job Pitching an Idea
Module 14: Small Group Communication Group Roles
Module 15: Creating and Using Presentation Aids Visual Aids