Teaching Resources
Ancillary Resource Center (ARC): at www.oup-arc.com is a convenient, instructor-focused single destination for resources to accompany your text. Accessed online through individual user accounts, the ARC provides instructors with access to up-to-date ancillaries at any time while guaranteeing the security of grade-significant resources. In addition, it allows OUP to keep instructors informed when new content becomes available. See resources available on the Essential Communication Ancillary Resource Center (ARC) below:
o Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank
o Computerized Test Bank
o PowerPoint Presentations
The Essential Guide to Teaching Communication: The Essential Guide to Teaching Communication by Athena du Pre provides chapter lesson plans with a variety of engaging lectures and activities for in person, hybrid, online, and face-to-face courses. With a variety of activity options for every learning objective in the chapter, you can choose what works best for your class including lectures, videos, discussions, small group activities, and speaking prompts. With screen shots and links to the accompanying lecture slides, downloadable worksheets and handouts, grading rubrics, and more, The Essential Guide will get new teachers up and running instantly and provide experienced instructors with a library of new ideas they can try out.
The Essential Lecture Slide Deck: The Essential Lecture Slide Deck includes a wealth of class activities in each chapter: video clips with discussion prompts and lead-in slides for group activities, speaking opportunities, and writing prompts. The Essential Lecture Slide Deck sets you up for great classes all on its own. When combined with The Essential Guide to Teaching Communication, you also get expert teaching tips for specific activities from master teacher Athena du Pre, accompanying worksheets, and time estimates for each activity to help you plan your courses.
The Accessible Lecture Slide Deck: The Accessible Lecture Slide Deck is built with accessibility in mind. If you or your students require slides designed and developed to meet accessibility needs or just prefer a more standard slide deck containing a detailed outline of the chapter and its accompanying images, choose The Accessible Lecture Slide Deck for a comprehensive chapter overview that’s as accessible as possible.
Test Bank: The comprehensive Test Bank offers approximately 60 class-tested exam questions per chapter in multiple-choice and short answer formats. It is available in a variety of formats: Word, Computerized with complimentary Wimba Software for easy customization, and for major learning management systems including BlackBoard, Canvas, D2L, Moodle.
Now Playing: Instructor’s Edition: An instructor-only online supplement, includes an introduction on how to incorporate film examples in class, sample responses to the numerous discussion questions in the student edition of Now Playing, viewing guides, additional films, and references.
Dashboard for Essential Communication, 2e: An online student resource, includes the interactive eBook, flashcards, pre and post tests for each chapter with 20 questions per test, and animations, videos, and matching assessments.
· Dashboard Site ISBN: 9780190650155