Policies, Deadlines and Expectations
Late assignments lose approximately this amount of credit per day.
What is about one letter grade?
The category worth the largest percentage of the final grade.
What is Speech Preparation and Presentations (50%)?
The two speeches every student must complete in order to pass the course.
What are the Informative Speech and Persuasive Speech?
Attendance is taken at this point in every class session.
What is the beginning of class?
The official course number and title of this class.
What is SPCH 1311 Introduction to Communication OR SPCH 1315 Public Speaking or 1321 Business and Professional Communication
Most assignments close approximately this many days after being assigned.
What is 8 days?
The percentage of the grade assigned to quizzes.
What is 10%?
Failing to complete either required speech results in this final course grade.
What is an F?
Students must attend at least this percentage of class to receive credit.
What is 85%?
The fastest and preferred way to contact the instructor.
What is Canvas Inbox?
Cell phones and earbuds must be placed in this location during class.
What is out of sight?
The minimum percentage needed to earn a C in the course.
What is 70%?
All Speech Ladder assignments must be completed with at least this raw score to be eligible to speak.
What is 8?
Speech days are treated the same as this type of academic event.
What is an exam?
The amount of time students should allow for a response during weekdays.
What is 24 hours?
Recording other students without permission is explicitly prohibited by this policy.
What is class recordings policy?
Grades are rounded up when the decimal is at least this amount.
What is .5?
The deadline for completing all speech preparation work before a scheduled speaking day.
What is 48 hours prior?
Leaving early or attending less than this percentage may result in an absence.
What is 50% of the class?
The free digital textbook used in this course.
What is Communication in the Real World?
This federal regulation prevents instructors from discussing student performance with parents.
What is FERPA?
This professionalism-related behavior is worth 5% of the course grade.
What is Professionalism?
Students who read 50% or more of their speech receive this temporary grade and must re-present.
What is an Incomplete?
Work obligations and routine family responsibilities fall into this category on speech days.
What are unexcused absences?
The college district where this course is part of the CORE curriculum.
What is Tarrant County College District (TCCD)?