General Education

The resources collected here are intended to support faculty in addressing the learning goals of the Doctrina Lux Mentis general education curriculum. The General Education rational and requirements can be found here: General Education Requirements.

Oral Communication

Listed below are various oral communication resources that you can use or modify for your classes, as well as additional resources that can assist you when incorporating an oral communication component in your class.

Assignments

Below are a few examples of assignments that you can use or modify for your classes.

BIO 110: Group Presentation of Lab Experiment – Includes advice for student presenters, format guidelines, and instructor evaluation form (submitted by Peggy Richey)

BIO 230: 15 minute oral presentation on a human or animal nutrition topic (submitted by Peggy Richey)

BIO 340: 5 minute oral presentation on a microbe (submitted by Peggy Richey)

Evaluations

Below are a few examples of evaluations that you can use or modify for your classes.

Group presentation rubric (submitted by Peggy Richey)

Individual presentation rubric (BMB 500) (submitted by Peggy Richey)

Peer Group Evaluation Form (submitted by Peggy Richey)

Recording Student Presentations

When recording student presentations, there are two options that are available.

Option 1

Faculty can check out a video camcorder and tripod from the Library and set it up in their class. This would be recorded on the SD card and you would have to upload the footage to either One Drive and share it out with your class, or you can upload it to your Panopto library.

Option 2

Faculty can check out a web-cam, tripod and USB extension cable from the Library and set it up in their class. Faculty would then use Zoom to record the student presentations. When recording Zoom sessions, they now automatically record to the cloud and the footage is stored in your Panopto library.

Additional Resources

Additional resources to help with oral communication:

Scaffolding and Evaluating Oral Communication handout (submitted by Robyn Cutright)
Scaffolding and Evaluating Oral Communication Webinar on 12/4/20

A list of warmups to help prepare your voice for speaking (submitted by Jennifer Goff)

Alda-Kavli Method for Science Communication (submitted by Peggy Richey)
- Alda’s book on science communication is available in the CTL resource room, stop by to check it out

Choral reading instructions and suggestions (submitted by Laura Chinchilla)

Submit your Resources

Please click the link to upload your resource to the Oral Communication page.

Written Communication

Listed below are various written communication resources that you can use or modify for your classes, as well as additional resources that can assist you when incorporating a written communication component in your class.