Welcome to San José U's COMM 20, Public Speaking, Section 80 online for Fall 2006! As soon as you've enrolled in the class and accessed this page, email me, Dr. Stephanie Coopman, at comm2080@yahoo.com. The class website will be available beginning Monday, August 21.
IMPORTANT DATES
- mid-August—email the instructor (do this no later than August 25)
- August 21—access the class website
- August 23—class begins
- August 25—last day to start the class
ABOUT
Offered by San José U, COMM 20, Public Speaking, is a mixed mode (online and in-person), lower-division, General Education (A1) class. We will have face-to-face meetings for the required three major speeches; all other class activities are online. The classes focuses on effectively selecting, analyzing, adapting, organizing and presenting ideas in oral communication contexts.
REGISTERING FOR COMM 20
Sign up for COMM 20 through MySJSU during the Fall 2006 registration period. Call 408-283-7500 for help with registration.
If you're not currently enrolled at SJSU, call 408-283-7500 during business hours for registration assistance.
CONTACTING THE INSTRUCTOR
If you have any questions about COMM 20 Section 80, please email me at the class address, comm2080@yahoo.com, or my primary address, sjcoopman@yahoo.com.
TEXTBOOK
Coopman, S. J., & Lull, J. (2008). Public Speaking for the Digital Age. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ISBN: (in press). The book is not in print yet, so you'll download the chapters for free from the class website.
SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS
Open-book multiple-choice quizzes, online and face-to-face participation, oral presentations, speech outlines, short writing assignments.
CAMPUS MEETING DATES
We'll meet on campus for speeches on these dates: Friday, September 15, 7:15 a.m.-noon, Friday, October 13, 7:15 a.m.-noon, and Friday, November 3, 7:15 a.m.-noon.
WEBCT URL
Bookmark the main WebCT site: sjsu.webct.com
IMPORTANT PAGES
Once the class website is available and before the semester begins, browse through the website to get an idea of how the class will function. Please pay particular attention to these pages:
- Process Overview: procedures for completing the class
- Syllabus: course description, learning objectives, assignments, grading scale, and more
- Schedule: describes what we'll be doing in class each week
- Speaking Assignments: explains oral communication requirements
- Writing Assignments: details for outlines and other writing requirements
TECH SUPPORT
- Browser check. WebCT College Edition (CE) 4.1.5 is not compatible with all operating system and browser combination. For example, WebCT is not compatible with Netscape 4.x and 6.1 (Mac), AOL (Mac OS 9), Firefox (Mac and Windows), Opera (Mac and Windows), Netscape 6.0 and 6.1 (Windows), and early versions of AOL (Windows).
Go
to the WebCT main page right now, click on "Check Browser" in the upper right corner, and make sure your
browser will work. Do the tune-ups necessary if you have a version that is not compatible with WebCT. In addition, set your browser to allow pop up windows and cookies.
- Help desk. Occasionally you might encounter technical
problems with WebCT. I will do my best to help, but normally, it will be a
problem
with your browser configuration, so please be sure you complete the browser check. For basic technical support, contact the SJSU Help Desk at helpdesk@sjsu.edu or call 408-924-2377, 8-5 weekdays.
- eCampus tutorials. Go to the eCampus Student Resources page for WebCT tutorials, learning tools, and learning resources.
ACCESS THE CLASS WEBSITE
On and after August 21, 2006, click on the "Log in" button and follow the instructions you received in the letter from SJSU's eCampus. Then you'll be able to access the class website. I look forward to our learning adventure!
