CxC is here as a resource for you! This toolbox contains some topical items about effective communication to support learning by LSU students and teachers. We'll be regularly updating as we identify useful resources, so bookmark this page and check in when you need it!
Resources to share with your students
Starting the semester strong
- Student Communication Tips for Remote Learning Success (text doc)
- Student Communication Tips for Remote Learning Success (blog post)
- Center for Academic Success Tips for Online Learning
- Email Etiquette (pdf)
- What Your Nonverbals Say About You (pdf)
Video conferencing
- Student Etiquette Tips for Participating in Live Online Video Meetings (text doc)
- Student Etiquette Tips for Participating in Live Online Video Meetings (video)
- Student Etiquette Tips for Participating in Live Online Video Meetings (blog post)
- The Basics of Filming Yourself (quick video)
- Tips for Video Conferencing (quick video)
- Tips for Effective Presentations in a Video Conference (quick video)
Presentations
- The Basics of Filming Yourself (quick video)
- Tips for Effective Presentations in a Video Conference (quick video)
- Building Your Research Poster: Design & Construction (video of recorded workshop)
- Building Your Research Poster: Delivery (video of recorded workshop)
- Crafting Your Presentation: From Content to Delivery (video)
- The Rhetorical Triangle and CxC Studio 151 Resources (video)
- Filming a Presentation Video with Minimal Resources (text doc)
- Visual Communication Basics (videos)
Resources for you as a teacher
Active Learning Strategies
- Compiled by CxC Faculty Chair and Professor of Education Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner in May 2020, this collaborative resource outlines ways to adapt traditional active learning techniques in synchronous, asynchronous, and socially distanced classrooms.
Faculty as Communicators
- Faculty Tips: 5 ways to hone your own public speaking skills (blog post)
- Teaching Tip: Communicating the What and Why to Your Students (one-sheeter)
- Teaching Tip: How to encouraging end-of-semester reflection from students (blog post)
- Tips for promoting student engagement and advocacy in your course materials
Teaching in a Digital Environment
- Faculty Resource Share: Teaching in the Age of COVID-19 (form and spreadsheet)
- Teaching Communication-Intensive (C-I) Courses Remotely (blog post)
- Fostering Effective Class Discussions in Asynchronous Settings (blog post)
- Seven ways to improve your digital classroom setting without buying new equipment (blog post)
- Using web technologies in your classroom (blog post)
- Leveraging Wikipedia for Teaching, Learning, and Research (wiki)
Sample C-I Rubrics
- Written Communication (text doc)
- Spoken Communication (text doc)
- Visual Communication (text doc)
- Technological Communication (text doc)
Do you have a helpful resource you would like to share? Reach out to us at cxc@lsu.edu.