Communication Center
Do you need advice about preparing or delivering a speech? Do you need to record a rehearsal of your next speech assignment or theatre monologue?
The tutors in the Communication Center are ready to help. A tutor will review your preparation and delivery of the presentation or performance, offering helpful feedback. If you simply need help developing or organizing a presentation, we can help you with this, too.
The Communication Center is open to students, faculty, and staff. The recording and the advice are absolutely free.
Location
The Communication Center is located in Union Hall, Room 052.
For Autumn 2022, we will provide both in-person (synchronous) and virtual (by email) appointments.
Appointments
Virtual Appointments
For virtual appointments, you will record your speech and upload it for a tutor to
review at your appointment time.
Virtual Appointment Times:
Monday 11am-5pm
Tuesday 8am-5pm
Wednesday 9am-7pm
Thursday 11am-5pm
Friday 11am-4pm
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sunday 11am-3pm
Please follow the steps below for virtual appointments:
1. Schedule an appointment for Communication Center Tutoring using Starfish.
2. At or before your scheduled appointment time, you should email a YouTube link to your recorded speech rehearsal and your speech preparation outline to the Comm Center's email address (commcenter@cscc.edu). Below are some tips to ensure you receive credit:
- Rehearse your speech at home, often, and with an audience, until you feel confident that you can perform it well.
- Before your scheduled appointment time
- Record yourself rehearsing the speech, and upload your rehearsal video to YouTube
- Deliver the speech as if you are presenting it for your class.
- Do not read your speech.
- When uploading videos to YouTube, make the videos public and unlisted so that only people who have the link can see your videos.
- Record yourself rehearsing the speech, and upload your rehearsal video to YouTube
- By the start of the scheduled appointment time, using your CSCC email account, email a copy of the YouTube link to your speech rehearsal
video to the email address "commcenter@cscc.edu"
- AAttach a copy of your full-sentence speech preparation outline, either as a word doc or pdf file to the email.
- Attach a copy of the assignment details either as a word doc or pdf file to the email.
- Note: You will never meet with the tutor face to face; everything is done via email. The tutor will provide you with feedback via email within 24 hours of your appointment. /li>
3. Your professor has access to the tutor’s notes on Starfish, however, please keep all emails from the communication center for your records.
In-Person Appointments
For in-person appointments, you will bring your speech outline and notes to the Communication Center in Union Hall 052 at your appointment time and perform your speech live for one of our tutors.
In-Person Appointment Times:
- Monday 9am-2pm
- Thursday 2pm-4pm
Please follow the steps below for in-person appointments:
1. Schedule an appointment at the Communication Center using Starfish.
Make an In-Person Appointment.
2. Below are some tips to ensure you receive credit:
- Rehearse your speech at home, often, and with an audience, until you feel confident that you can perform it well.
- Bring your full-sentence preparation outline, speaking notes, visual aids (if any), and copy of the assignment details to the tutoring session.
- Plan to arrive promptly at 052 Union Hall for your appointment as it should take the full 30 minutes. The speech coach will read your outline before taping. This is why you need to bring a printed copy of your full preparation outline. Discuss your performance objectives before the taping. Perform the rehearsal with confidence.
- View this speech rehearsal with the coach and accept the tutor's critical feedback.
Contact
To leave a question for a tutor at the Communication Center, email us at commcenter@cscc.edu and a tutor will get back to you within 24 hours (excluding weekends).