Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Communications
Course Number: COM 113
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Tom Huffman
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your
program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Program,
Discipline or Course
In the boxes below,
summarize the outcomes
assessed in your program or
discipline during the last
year.
In the boxes below,
summarize the methods
used to assess program,
discipline, or course
outcomes during the last
year.
In the boxes below, summarize the results
of your assessment activities during the
last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve
student learning.
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please summarize
how and why in the boxes below.
Outcome #1:
Students will demonstrate
the ability to use the key
strategies of effective
speaking including
organization, vocal
variety, and ethics.
Faculty team will
evaluate a random
selection of video-taped
presentations by
individual students.
With the financial crisis, video-taping
nine (9) sections of COM 113 was out
of reach. We designed a 10-point,
true/false scantron to measure the
outcome:
1. When delivering your speech, it is
best to look slightly over the heads of
your listeners.
2. When you feel strongly about a
topic for a persuasive speech, it is best
to state your thoughts and ignore the
opinions of the audience.
3. Your credibility as a speaker is
enhanced when you support your ideas
with sources known and valued by the
audience.
4. One of the best ways to begin your
speech is with a long, extended story.
5. Reading your speech and accurately
stating your opinions is more
important than making eye contact
with the audience.
6. Visual aids are usually distracting
and add little to a speech.
Because students scored
highly on all but the two
points about body language,
it seems safe to say that
body language would be an
area to reinforce in COM
113.
The outcomes are satisfactory.
The video-taping measures are
out of reach during this
financial crisis.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Communications
Course Number: COM 113
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Tom Huffman
Academic Year: 2010-2011
7. A summary is a good way to end an
informative speech.
8. The primary difference between an
informative speech and a persuasive
speech is the organization of the
speech.
9. The expression of a central idea or
thesis statement is helpful to the
audience in understanding your
speech.
10. When delivering a speech it is
important to stand in one location and
avoid moving.
One instructor who teaches a hybrid
COM 113 did not participate. He
teaches two (2) sections. Seven (7)
sections completed the assessment tool
for a total of 156 completed scantrons.
80% was the class average. Students
scored between 80% and 100% on all
but two points. Students only scored
poorly on numbers 1 and 10. The
scores were 62% and 57% correct
respectively. Those two points were
the only two points about body
language.
Outcome #2:
Students will demonstrate
the ability to work
cooperatively with
members of a team.
A faculty team will
evaluate a random
selection of video
recordings of group
presentations.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Communications
Course Number: COM 113
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Tom Huffman
Academic Year: 2010-2011
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Nancy Faires (signed electronically)
Department Chair
Armida Fruzzetti
Dean
Date December 23, 2010
Date: May 27, 2011
John Tuthill
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Date August 23, 2011