Instructor Resource Center
Welcome to ISUComm's Instructor Resource Center. Use the following list of options to search for specific types of assignments, activities, assessment rubrics, and resources. Simply click on any of the listed topics to select. Hold the CTRL (PC) or CMD (Mac) key while clicking to select multiple options. Then press submit.
Written Communication
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At the Egyptian city of Naucratis, there was a famous old god, whose name was Theuth. He was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice.
But his great discovery was the use of letters.
Now in those days the god Thamus was the king of the whole country of Egypt. To the king came Theuth and showed his inventions. King Thamus enquired about their several uses, and praised some of them and censured others, as he approved or disapproved of them.
Then they came to letters.
Curriculum Overview
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Currently, the ISUComm curriculum can be understood as composed of four components:
Foundation Communication. The two required ISUComm courses (English 150 and 250) have now replaced the former English 104 and 105, providing a more rigorous, more multimodal learning experience. ISU Instructors, along with many faculty from Iowa’s community colleges, have been trained in WOVE pedagogy through ongoing professional development workshops and presentations.
ISUComm Pedagogy
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This section is structured around two main ISUComm goals. Materials under the "Learning to Communicate" section are more suitable for use in foundation and advanced communication courses. Those in the "Communicating to Learn" section apply to the use of communication in individual majors to strengthen student understanding of their disciplines. Both sections are subdivided into two types of materials. In "Teaching Aids" are materials specially developed for ISUComm teachers. These use the ISUComm pedagogy and integrate multimodal theory.
Email Evaluation
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E-mail Assignment: Criteria for Evaluation
| Feature | Excellent | Good | Average | Poor | Unacceptable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uses appropriate tone | |||||
| Shows clarity | |||||
| Follows e-mail conventions | |||||
| Includes relevant content |
Primer on Small Groups and Teams
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The following represents a composite of information about groups and teams that can be shared with students to help increase their understanding of group dynamics and thus improve their performance on group assignments.
STRUCTURE: Groups develop a structure to accomplish their tasks. Duality of structure: structure guides interactions; interactions produce/re-produce structure.
1. Groups are systems. Actions of each person affects the overall group.
2. Member characteristics: The combination of the members' qualities determines the "team personality."