COM 111 - Digitally Speaking

(3 units)

This course teaches how to use modern digital communication platforms and prepares students to meet the unique constraints of the digital world and take advantage of the opportunities it provides. Students will learn to carefully construct and deliver messages to tell stories, raise awareness, report on local issues, and actively engage their communities. Students will develop and adapt messages to the context formed by the technologies they use and the situations they address.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. research topics to obtain quality evidence to construct public messages.
2. organize evidence and images to develop a narrative.
3. focus the purpose of a presentation by articulating a thesis.
4. craft an effective presentation that contains an introduction, body, and conclusion.
5. deliver extemporaneously.
6. use audience analysis to adapt a message.
7. construct sound arguments through applying persuasion theory.
8. demonstrate a favorable ethos when presenting in public.
9. present messages across a variety of digital platforms.

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