COMM 109

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COMM 109

• Wednesday Lecture

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Agenda Day Two

• Personnel in COMM 109
• Room layout
• Grading criteria
• Details on quizzes
• Details on tests
• Details on speeches
• Assignment for Friday

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COMM 109 Personnel

• Director-- Dr. Bill Seiler
• Makes final decision on course policies
• Author of textbook

• Associate Director-- Karla Bergen
• Handles administrative duties and assigns 109
  staff
• Recruits IAs for next semester

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COMM 109 Personnel (cont.)

• Assistant Director-- Adam Jones
• Trains IAs on grading record keeping.

• Supervisory Instructors
• Adam Jones
• JenniferSyrek
• Kristi Gerding
• Responsible for all issues in individual sections.

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COMM 109 Personnel (cont.)

• Assistant Supervisory Instructors (ASIs)
• Help SI supervise manage classroom
• Assist students with problems concerns
• Approves study guide for retake tests

• Instructor Assistants (IAs)
• Each IA is assigned 7 to 12 students
• Grades quizzes, tests speeches
• Assists in learning course content
• Keeps track of student grades

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Room Layout

• IA stations are along the side wall by the file
  cabinets.
• Study area is across from IA stations.
• Testing area is opposite from the study area.
• You may not sit in the testing area unless you
  are testing.

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Grading Criteria

• 8 unit quizzes
• 3 review tests
• Final exam
• 3 speeches (with corresponding outlines
  paperwork)
• Attendance

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Assignment Point Breakdown

• Review tests 185
• Quizzes 165
• Speeches 60
• Final exam 48
• Research 5
• Attendance 45
• Paperwork 15
• TOTAL 523

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Point Breakdown
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Details about Quizzes

• Quizzes account for 33 of your grade. You are
  given 20 points for mastering each quiz.

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Taking a Quiz

• First, read and study the material from the text.
• Second, ask IA for quiz within first 10 minutes
  of class.
• Third, proceed directly to testing area of room
  and take quiz.
• Fourth, when finished give quiz to IA for scoring
  and return to seat.

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Quiz Makeup Scoring

• 12 multiple choice questions worth 1 pt. each.
• 2 short answer questions worth 2 pts. each.
• Total of 16 pts. possible

• 16/16 Mastered
• 13-15/16 Justify
• 12/16 or less Retake

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Justifying a quiz

• You must justify if you score between 13 and 15
  on the quiz.
• Your IA will tell you what topics you missed and
  give page numbers from the book.
• You review those topics and re-do the questions
  you missed with your IA.

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Retaking a quiz

• You must retake a quiz if you score less than 13
  (miss more than 3).
• Your IA will tell you the topics you missed and
  the page numbers you should re-study.
• You retake the quiz during the next class period.

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Details about Review Tests

• There are three review tests. These account for
  35 of your grade.

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Schedule for Review Tests

• Review test 1 comes after you master units 1-3.
• Review test 2 comes after you master units 4-6.
• Review test 3 comes after you master units 7 and
  8.

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Review Test Makeup Scoring

• 30 multiple choice questions worth 2 pts. each.
• Total of 60 points on each test

• You must provide a blank sheet of paper to record
  your answers.
• You may retake each review test once.

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Review Test 1 Deadline

• There is a deadline for taking Review Test 1. If
  you do not attempt test 1 by that deadline, you
  will lose 5 points.
• Check the Daily Schedule for Deadlines

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Final Exam

• You will take the final after all other tests are
  completed. The final is worth 9 of your grade.

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Final Exam Makeup

• The final is comprehensive.
• You take the final after youve completed review
  test 3.
• The final has 48 multiple choice questions worth
  one point each.
• You may retake the final once.
• You must provide paper to record your answers.

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Warning!!!

• Since this course is based on mastery of the
  material, you must complete each of the unit
  quizzes, the review tests, and the final in
  order.
• Therefore, be sure to allow enough time to
  complete each of the tests. For example, if you
  get to the end of the semester and only have 2
  classes left, and you havent mastered Unit 8,
  you will not be able to take the final! So,
  manage your time wisely!

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Details about Speeches

• You give three speeches. These and the
  corresponding paperwork account for 14 of your
  grade.

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Speech Types

• Speech 1-- informative
• Speech 2-- informative/extemporaneous
• Speech 3-- persuasive

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Points for Speeches

• Exceptional 16-20 pts.
• Acceptable 11-15 pts.
• Unacceptable 0-10 pts.

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Notes on Speeches

• You must re-give the speech if you receive an
  unacceptable rating.
• You are encouraged to re-give speeches if you
  score less than 20.
• All speeches may be re-done once.

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Speech Paperwork

• 3 outlines
• 2 topic approval forms

• You receive 5 points if you present all 3
  speeches, have all 3 outlines approved on time,
  and have 2 topic approvals approved on time.

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Bonus Points

• You can receive 3 bonus points IF you retake
  every review test, speech final (assuming you
  didnt get a perfect score the first time).
• These are the only ways to increase borderline
  grades!!

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Assignments for Friday

• Comprehend chapters 1 and 7 in text

• Begin work on Unit 1 of study guide
• Complete course policy quiz in study guide (pg.
  107). You will be discussing it with your IA.