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assignments from other courses or semesters is a violation of the academic honesty guidelines and will be treated as plagiarism.

Written Work

Any assignment completed to meet the requirements of this course must be completed using a word processor and uploaded in an electronic format. Ali documents should strictly comply with 6th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style manuał. If you are not familiar with APA format, some supplemental resources can befound in the "Links" area of the D2L website. Be aware that all written work will be evaluated for clarity and grammatical accuracy. If you need any additional assistance with writing skills, please consider utilizing the UWM Writing Center.

Use MSWord (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) for Electronic Files

All written work that is submitted to meet assignment requirements must be in either in MSWord or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Other file formats are not acceptable. Because instructors do not have software to open other file formats, any file that is uploaded in a format that is not .doc or .rtf will not be evaluated and will receive a score of zero.

Presentation Time Limits and Point Deductions

Effective communication in business and professional settings must adhere to time limits that are allocated for the presentation. To evaluate students' ability to satisfy this criterion, all class presentations must be completed within the time limits provided in the assignment guidelines. Presentations that are either shorter or longer than the time allotments will receive a point deduction. The deduction is levied after a 15 second grace period and will reduce the finał assignment grade by 3 points per 15-second interval that is either over or under the time requirements. For example, if a presentation has a time limit of 5-7 minutes and the presentation is exactly 7 minutes and 15 seconds long, there is not a penalty. However, if the presentation is 7 minutes and 45 seconds long, there will be a deduction of 6 points from the assignment grade (2 times 3 points per 15 second interval above 7:15).

Visual Content during Presentations

Visual aids such as tables, charts, and so on may be required for some of the assignments in this course. For other assignments, students may not be required to use visual materials but might have the option to do so (with approval of the instructor). These visual aids may consist of text, images, tables, charts, and so forth. Presenters should not include yideo or audio elips in these materials without the prior approval of the instructor. Typically, audio and video elips will not be approved.

Do Not Reuse Topics from other Courses

When selecting a topie for a presentation or assignment, students should refrain from using materiał that was completed for other courses. For example, if a student completed a Public Speaking course and delivered a persuasive presentation about sexual discrimination, the student should not choose this same topie for an assignment in Communication 105. Anyone considering the selection of a topie that is similar to one used in another course must speak with the lab instructor before the datę of their presentation to make surę that the chosen topie is acceptably different from topics used in other courses. If it is determined that a student used an topie from another course without instructor approval, the assignment will receive a score of 0 and reported to the university as a case of academic misconduct.

Late Work is Not Accepted