Course Description
Skills of developing and delivering oral presentations,
interviews, and meetings in digitally mediated environments.
Athena Title
Comm in Digital Environments
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will recognize the unique characteristics of oral presentations in digital environments.
- Students will develop argumentation and organizational strategies for speeches delivered in digital environments.
- Students will develop abilities to listen critically to speeches delivered in digital environments.
- Students will critique the strategies of contemporary presentations in digital environments.
- Students will practice delivery of diverse oral presentation techniques in digital environments.
- Students will consider the ethical implications of communicating in digital environments.
Topical Outline
- I. Foundations of oral presentation
- II. The ethics of digital communication
- III. Video resumes
- IV. Interviewing through digital video
- V. Conducting a meeting or seminar through online conferencing
- VI. Developing an individual presentation product
- VII. Speech anxiety in digital settings
- VIII. Language choices for speeches delivered in digital settings
Syllabus
