Contemporary Public Speaking integrates with your LMS
Our materials seamlessly integrate into all major learning management systems. Our content loads directly into your course shell so you can incorporate Norton materials around your existing content. Our customer success team is available to guide you every step of the way. If you are interested in learning more, contact your local representative.
When you assign Norton Courseware
Instructors get access to
Norton Teaching Tools, including chapter outlines, art and lecture PPTs, sample syllabi, sample speech assignments and rubrics, and more.
Test bank
Students get access to all the following, integrated with your LMS
- Norton Ebook with embedded videos
- InQuizitive
- Speech Library, including student speech examples
- “Try This” exercises
- “Learn More” tutorials
- Plagiarism Tutorial and MLA and APA guides
Engaging Ebook with Embedded Videos
For instructors, Contemporary Public Speaking allows you to put in your own content and videos and annotations for students to access as they read.
For students, Norton Ebooks offer an enhanced, active reading experience where they can highlight, annotate, and search—and they can watch new embedded videos of example speeches and “Learn More” tutorials. Norton Ebooks can be viewed on all devices and are born accessible, with content and features designed from the start for all learners.
Interactive Activities to Help Students Master and Apply Concepts
For instructors, InQuizitive for Contemporary Public Speaking provides helpful insights into individual students and your class as a whole, helping you get a picture of how your students are doing with key learning objectives.
For students, InQuizitive activities provide low-stakes opportunities to master and apply key concepts from the chapter. A variety of question types and robust answer-specific feedback help students learn and improve, and students are encouraged to work as long as they need to improve their understanding.
Exercises to Help Students Develop and Apply Skills
Ranging from guided breathing exercises to practice refining search terms, the "Try This" exercises referenced in the book are linked in the ebook and available online, where students can listen to audio recordings, download and edit Word files, and return to useful exercises at every stage of their speech preparation process.
Instructors can also access "Try This" exercises from Norton Teaching Tools, enabling you to customize materials for your course, assign them to students, or post them directly in your LMS.
Expert support so you can focus on teaching
We are proud to provide exceptional customer support to instructors assigning Norton courseware. Both your representative and customer success manager are an email or phone call away, and are here to help so you can spend more time teaching.
Your local representative will:
- Help you select the best books, digital products, and resources to meet your course needs
- Provide desk copies (yes, we do still provide these in most cases)
- Work with your bookstore to ensure smooth ordering of your materials
- Connect you with your customer success manager
Your customer success manager will:
- Provide training and setup support, as well as be available on-demand and throughout the year
- Consult with you on course challenges and goals to design a learning pathway for your students
- Help you integrate our learning tools into your LMS course
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