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• COMM 102 Entire Course
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• COMM 102 Week 1 Assignment Written Communication
  Exercises
• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 1
• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 2
• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 3
• COMM 102 Week 2 Assignment Personal Communication
  Reflection
• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 1
• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 2
• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 3
• COMM 102 Week 3 Assignment Interpersonal
  Communication Video

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• COMM 102 Week 1 Assignment Written Communication
  Exercises
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• Write a 250- to 500-word response to each of the
  following three exercises, 750 to 1500 words
  total. Reference this weeks readings to
  formulate your responses.
• Exercise 1 Consider a research paper you have
  written. Describe how you selected your topics,
  chose your research sources, organized your
  paper, and composed your writing. If you could
  rewrite that paper, how might you change your
  approach?
• Exercise 2 Describe how to select an
  appropriate research topic for an audience. How
  do you analyze your audience? Why is source
  credibility important

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• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Week 1 DQ 1
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• Are you an effective communicator? What makes you
  think so (yes/no?)? What needs improvement?

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• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Week 1 DQ 2
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• What can we do to be sure that the way we read
  a non-verbal message is accurate?
• What noise do you think typically interrupts
  your listening? Where do you have room for
  improvement with your listening?

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• COMM 102 Week 1 DQ 3
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• Week 1 DQ 3
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• What are some of the ways you have seen
  technology change the face of communication for
  you/your organization? Is it good or bad?

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• COMM 102 Week 2 Assignment Personal Communication
  Reflection
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• Write a 1- or 2-paragraph response to each of the
  following prompts, 750-800 words total. Use this
  weeks readings to compose your responses.
• A Describe the fundamentals of your
  communication process. Briefly discuss and
  provide examples of the components, principles,
  and contexts of how you use messages to generate
  meaning.
• B Describe a personal situation in which a
  message was perceived differently than it was
  intended. Think of personal and professional
  interactions. Were you on the sending or
  receiving end of the message? Based on this
  misperception, what strategies might you use in
  the future to ensure your audience perceives your
  messages as you intend?

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• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Week 2 DQ 1
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• Describe three examples of how nonverbal behavior
  might be misperceived. Think about senses, such
  as sight, hearing, smell, or touch. How can you
  avoid these misperceptions?
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• Also, what are some examples of ineffective
  communication in your workplace, either
  electronic or face to face, that have led to
  negative results or poor outcomes. What went
  wrong? How might these problems be avoided in the
  future?

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• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Week 2 DQ 2
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• When you write a paper using references, how do
  you keep track of what information you reference?
  Might there be a better way? What are some other
  important tips to share about writing an
  effective paper? Describe the strategies you use
  to organize your ideas before you write an
  academic paper, or a business memo, report, or
  proposal.

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• COMM 102 Week 2 DQ 3
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• Week 2 DQ 3
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• Do you recognize how we all see the world
  differently? Are you aware of your own biased
  perceptions? Give us an example where your
  perception of a situation was completely
  different than someone else. Looking at how we
  view the world differently, can you see now why
  you had such a varying perception?

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• COMM 102 Week 3 Assignment Interpersonal
  Communication Video Clip Analysis
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• Find a short video clip, 3 to 10 minutes, that
  demonstrates an interpersonal communication
  failure that had a negative outcome. Consider
  publicized or historical communication
  breakdowns, or film or television scenes.
• Please be sure to describe where the clip comes
  from in your assignment (for example the local
  news, story about ) or a shorter scene clip in
  a movie a YouTube video etc.
• Write a 750-1000-word paper in which you
  describeyour perception of the nature of the
  relationship, the communication failure, and the
  resulting negative outcome. Include detailed
  answers to the following questions

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• COMM 102 Week 3 DQ 1
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• What do you do when you are not effectively
  listening? Why is it that you dont listen? What
  types of listening do you use most often
  (consider review of the textbook or the
  PowerPoint slides for the 4 types)

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• COMM 102 Week 3 DQ 2
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• What barriers do you have to effective listening?
  (Consider review in the textbook/PowerPoint
  slides)

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• COMM 102 Week 3 DQ 3
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• What techniques can you use to improve your
  inter-cultural communications? Can you give us an
  example of your exposure to inter-cultural
  situations?

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• COMM 102 Week 4 DQ 1
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• What are your fears about public speaking? Where
  do you think you need to improve? What are some
  of the features of a GOOD public speaker?

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• COMM 102 Week 4 DQ 2
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• What roles have you seen played in your group?
  What role do you tend to take on? Why do these
  roles enhance communication in our groups?

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• COMM 102 Week 4 DQ 3
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• Think about a time when a group did not work
  well togetherwhat caused the dissension in the
  group?

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• COMM 102 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment
  Effective Group Communication Action Plan
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• Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word effective group
  communication action plan.
• Summarize a scenario from your experiences of
  working in groups or in Learning Teams that
  required group conflict management and problem
  solving.
• Describe at least three obstacles that threatened
  the effectiveness of the group. Consider
  ineffective communication styles, processes, and
  roles, for example.

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• COMM 102 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Let's talk communication ...what's been most
  valuable for you in class what will you take
  with you after this class?

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• COMM 102 Week 5 DQ 2
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• What other resources have you seen used to
  increase the value or quality of presentations?

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• COMM 102 Week 5 DQ 3
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• Of the suggestions in the text, to organize your
  presentation, which ones do you like the best (or
  have heard) and why?

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• COMM 102 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Effective Presentation Training
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• Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation with speaker notes that you would
  use to train coworkers on effective presentation
  techniques.. Include the following (please note
  that you are NOT writing a paper however,
  speaker notes should be detailed and clear. Where
  you can use bullets, outline format or any other
  form of documentation that makes it easy for you
  to support your presentation, be sure the
  information is complete should have notes on all
  slides should have a title slide and reference
  slide as a part of the 20 do not exceed 20
  slides).
• Strategies for effectively presenting information
  to an audience

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